Your Greater Boston Hub for Professional Development
Find your pathway to success
Ready to level up? Spend a semester interning across Greater Boston while completing academic coursework. Learn on the job, grow your network, and boost your résumé.
Jump-start your career readiness
Begin career exploration during your first fall as a UMass student in Greater Boston. You’ll complete general education courses, tackle employer-sponsored projects, build job skills, and return to Amherst in spring with experience, connections, and momentum.
"The people who designed this program really care."
Staying at the Charles River Campus allowed Arna Bhattacharya the chance to do an internship in Boston as a software engineer at Whoop.
In the News
UMass Amherst’s Mount Ida Campus to be renamed Charles River Campus
The University of Massachusetts Amherst has announced that it will rename its center for professional development and experiential learning in Newton.
UMass Amherst Celebrates First Cohort of Career Launch Program at the Charles River Campus
UMass Amherst recently celebrated a first-of-its-kind pilot program designed to give first-year fall semester students early exposure to careers
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Claire Cronin Joins the Mount Ida Campus
The Honorable Claire Cronin, who served as U.S. ambassador to Ireland from 2022 to 2025, has joined the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
