By the Numbers
U.S. News & World Report ranking among national public universities
Academic disciplines ranked among the Top 200 programs worldwide
Best Value Colleges (Public), The Princeton Review
Best Campus Food, The Princeton Review
Coolest Schools, Sierra Club sustainability rankings
Faculty members
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.
COVID-19 Information
UMass Amherst is committed to the health and safety of our campus community.
UMass Amherst's Stonewall Center is an LGBTQIA+ space paving the way for inclusion, with a 40-year record of advocacy.
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.
Outside of classes, you'll find abundant opportunities to meet new friends, explore hobbies, and make your voice heard through activism.
Take Charge. Stay Curious.
News and Events
Thanks to a grant from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), members of the UMass Amherst Biochemistry Club spent this past spring semester working with high school students in Holyoke planting the seeds for the next generation of biochemists.
UMass Dining brought home gold at the American Culinary Federation’s (ACF) collegiate competition, held during the 28th Annual Chef Culinary Conference at UMass Amherst last week.
The study, which shows that the use of Cape Cod Bay by critically endangered North Atlantic right whales has shifted significantly over the last 20 years, illustrates the need for adjustments in protective measures for threatened and end
UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, under whose leadership the commonwealth’s flagship campus experienced a decade of unprecedented success and momentum, today announced that he will retire at the end of June 2023.
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