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.
Through the BEAM program, UMass Amherst biomedical engineering majors conduct translational research in a clinical setting at UMass Chan Medical School.
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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.
This is UMass.
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
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.
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
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.
A PUMA prototype shoe developed with modern computational design and optimization techniques was found to break through the elite footwear plateau set in 2016.
The ‘Oscars of science’ goes to team probing the origins of the universe to reveal its most fundamental constituents and their interactions.
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.
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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.