UMass Amherst  
   
Research: Office of the Vice Provost
 
 

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

Artificial Intelligence

Nanotechnology (pdf)

Environmental Science

Neuroscience

Food Science

Polymer Science and Engineering

Green Chemistry

Remote Sensing

Life Sciences

 

World Ranking (UMass System)

The London Times (11/04): 45th

National Rankings (UMass Amherst)

U.S News and World Report:

  • Linguistics - 1st
  • Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence - 6th
  • Graduate Programs: Biological Sciences-60th, clinical psychology-44th, computer science-25th, education-45th, nursing-58th, psychology-66th, and speech language pathology-39th.

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

American Chemical Society:

  • Chemistry Department: a "Top 25" program in numbers of PhDs awarded
  • Grants 27% of the nation's Polymer Science PhDs

Student Data

  • 19,823 undergraduates; 5,770 graduates
  • 1,149 master's and 253 PhDs awarded in '06

Vice Provost for Research: Paul T. Kostecki

Research Awards ('06): $116M

Research Expenditures ('06): $113.5M*

Technologies: Over 200 cases under management including patents pending & issued - many available for licensing

A Top National Research Institution: 70+ research centers and institutes; 3rd in research support and 3rd largest producer of PhDs in MA (behind Harvard and MIT)

*Source: UMA Dept of Cost Analysis

Interdisciplinary Research Centers**:

Center for UMass-Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP)

MassNanotech

Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute (PVLSI)

Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response Institute (SEPRI)

The Environmental Institute (TEI)

**These centers are under the jurisdiction of the Vice Provost for Research; there are many more interdisciplinary centers on campus reporting elsewhere.