The University of Massachusetts Amherst

Diverse UMass students

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.

BEAM students in front of an illustration depicting medical research elements.

Through the BEAM program, UMass Amherst biomedical engineering majors conduct translational research in a clinical setting at UMass Chan Medical School.

Are You Ready?

Step into your future and discover UMass Amherst

This is UMass

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. 
This is UMass.
 

 

By the Numbers

31K+

Students

1,900+

Faculty Members

307K+

Alumni Worldwide

#26

U.S. News & World Report Ranking Among 225 Top National Public Universities

Top 50

Best Value Colleges (Public), The Princeton Review

#1

Best Campus Food, The Princeton Review

The 2023 cohort of UMass Community Scholars.

Through collaboration with local organizations, UMass Community Scholars advocate for an equitable future and contribute to meaningful projects that address critical real-world challenges.

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.

Three students look at the Res Gestae Divi Augusti inscription in Rome.

At UMass Amherst, excellence extends far beyond the classroom. With hundreds of programs in 56 countries choose from—including dynamic first-year global launch opportunities— each UMass Amherst student who embarks on a study abroad journey will have a truly unique experience.

News and Events

Research

The latest UMass Poll also shows broad opposition to potential cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and a belief by a plurality that America is now an oligarchy.

Research

A PUMA prototype shoe developed with modern computational design and optimization techniques was found to break through the elite footwear plateau set in 2016.

Honors and Awards

The ‘Oscars of science’ goes to team probing the origins of the universe to reveal its most fundamental constituents and their interactions.

Research

Cotter, Honors Discovery Seminar instructor in Commonwealth Honors College, solved the nearly 400-year-old mystery of who published an unauthorized Dutch version of a legal treatise that raised the ire of English King Charles I.