Academics

Most of MCB's approximately 100 faculty are in life sciences departments on the UMass Amherst campus. Others are in life sciences departments on the nearby campuses of Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Hampshire College, and Amherst College. MCB faculty have close relationships with faculty/MDs at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., through the UMass/Baystate Collaborative Biomedical Research Program.

Only Five-College students (students from Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mt. Holyoke College, Smith College or University of Massachusetts) are eligible for admission to the MS degree program. Students are required to have a home laboratory PRIOR to admission, and the student's advisor must be a member of the MCB Program. Most MS students continue research started in their final undergraduate years. See Academic Requirements page for a typical course of study for the MS degree.