Research At-A-Glance

UMass Amherst is an internationally ranked research 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:

• Overall Best Engineering School- 50th; Computer Science- 20th; Artificial Intelligence- 10th
• Math- 64th; Physics- 48th
• English- 46th; History- 64th
• Psychology- 50th; Sociology- 31st; Speech-Language Pathology- 30th

National Research Council:

• Computer Science - 18th in quality of PhD 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
• Recognized Geosciences Department for producing most cited paper on Global Warming

Student Data ('08)

• 20,539 undergraduates; 5,820 graduate; 26,359 total
• 1,215 Master's and 291 PhDs awarded

Faculty Data ('08)

• 975 Tenure Track
• 1,265.6 FTE

Last updated October 14, 2009