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

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

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