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Research At-A-Glance

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UMass Amherst is an internationally ranked Carnegie research extensive institution focused on an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to research. Our faculty includes top-ranked scientists who are producing new technologies and ideas in a wide spectrum of disciplines.

Areas of Distinction

Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence

Linguistics

Environmental Science

Nanotechnology (pdf)

Food Science

Neuroscience

Green Chemistry

Polymer Science and Engineering

Life Sciences

Remote Sensing

National and World Rankings for UMass Amherst

U.S News and World Report:

  • Linguistics - 1st
  • Computer Science- 20th (overall); Artificial Intelligence- 10th; Systems- 18th
  • Graduate Programs: Engineering-49th, Education-45th, Computer Science-20th, Nursing-54th, Speech Language Pathology-30th

National Research Council:

  • Computer Science - 18th in quality of Ph. D. education
  • Polymer Science - 2nd in quality of education; 7th in quality of scholarship among all U.S. materials departments

Institute for Scientific Information:

  • Chemical Engineering program - 5th
  • Computer Science Department - 9th
  • Geosciences Department recognizedfor producing most cited paper on Global Warming

American Chemical Society:

  • Chemistry Department: a "Top 25" program in numbers of Ph. D.s awarded
  • UMass Amherst grants 27% of the nation's Polymer Science Ph. D.s

London Times ranked the UMass System 45th for top 200 universities in the world, Nov 2004.

Student Data ('07)

  • 20,114 undergraduates; 5,759 graduates
  • 1,186 Master's and 293 PhDs awarded

 

 

 

Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement : Paul T. Kostecki

Research Awards ('08): $135M

Research Expenditures ('08): $126M

Technologies: Over 280 cases under management including patents pending & issued - many available for licensing

A Top National Research Institution: 70+ research centers and institutes; 3rd in MA for research support and 3rd largest producer in MA of PhDs

Interdisciplinary Centers of Note:

Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing
www.umass.edu/chm

Center for UMass-Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP)
www.pse.umass.edu/
cumirp

Institute for Cellular Engineering
www.umass.edu/ice

The Institute for Massachusetts Biofuels Research
www.pse.umass.edu/

cumirp/

Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute
www.pvlsi.org