At UMass Amherst, we seek to answer new questions, challenge old conventions, and build a world where all of us—regardless of background—have the freedom to be ourselves.
First-year UMass Amherst students can take advantage of Flex Start opportunities to launch their college journey by studying abroad for a semester for an immersive, international experience.
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Step into your future and discover UMass Amherst
At UMass Amherst, we welcome you to join our diverse, inclusive community of dreamers, innovators, creators, and doers. Find out how you can explore your interests and build skills to make your mark on the world with a UMass education.
This is your moment.
This is your opportunity.
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By the Numbers
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U.S. News & World Report Ranking Among 225 Top National Public Universities
Best Value Colleges (Public), The Princeton Review
Best Campus Food, The Princeton Review
Over 20 percent of UMass Amherst undergraduates are first-generation college students—trailblazers in their families. Their stories are ones of ambition and finding belonging at UMass.
EXPLORE OUR PROGRAMS
With 110 undergraduate majors and 127 graduate programs offered on campus and online, there are hundreds of opportunities to pursue your passion at UMass Amherst. Study on campus or take advantage of a wide array of flexible and innovative learning options.
UMass Amherst students benefit from the Five College Consortium, a unique partnership that allows them to tap into the extensive resources of our flagship research campus and four top-ranked, private liberal arts colleges nearby.
News and Events
The judges announced Gizzi, professor of poetry in the UMass MFA for Poets and Writers program, as the winner for his poetry collection, “Fierce Elegy,” at a Jan. 13 award ceremony in London.
Katherine Whitaker, professor of astronomy, has used data from the James Webb Space Telescope to effectively look 11 billion years into the past to see how and why globular clusters formed.
The latest breakthrough from a team of UMass Amherst and Ernest Pharmaceutical researchers uses aspirin in its targeted drug delivery therapy.
UMass Amherst researcher Erica Scharrer finds traditional coping strategies intensified teens’ distress.
Get Social With UMass
Want a window into daily campus life? Whether you’re a current student, or thinking about attending UMass, or want to reminisce about days past, check out our social media channels.
The University Relations Social Media Team is the official voice of UMass Amherst on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more. In addition, we share videos on your YouTube and UMass video gallery. On these channels, you’ll find stories of engagement and activism, academic excellence, remarkable research and the many ways we are pioneers, builders and unconventional doers.