About

Connecting the state’s flagship public research university to the Greater Boston business community.

The Charles River Campus of UMass Amherst serves as a center for student professional development, industry engagement, and academic and research collaboration in Greater Boston. 

The campus connects the state’s flagship public research university to the Greater Boston business community and serves as a secondary instructional and residential site for UMass Amherst, offering comprehensive internship pathways, a first-year career exploration program, an undergraduate program in Veterinary Technology, and graduate programs in Statistics and Business Analytics.

By enhancing opportunities for our students to grow professionally while contributing to our state’s vibrant economy, UMass Amherst, the commonwealth’s only public land-grant university and its flagship campus, is building on its long history of service to the state, while fostering upward economic mobility for the citizens of Massachusetts and the world.

The campus is located at 100 Carlson Avenue in Newton, Mass., eight miles from downtown Boston.

It is governed by the Charles River Campus Steering Committee.