The University of Massachusetts is a public university system of five campuses and the only public research system at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The University system includes five campuses (Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and medical school in Worcester), and a satellite campus, with system administration in Boston and Shrewsbury. The system is accredited by the Association of Schools and Colleges of New England and throughout its campus enrolls 73,000 students.
The UMass system is ranked 52nd in the World in 2016 for its Innovative Achievements according to Reuters. The World University Rankings of Times College rank 91-100 systems in the world with a reputation in 2015 and 19 in the world in 2011. University of Ranges Ranking rankings of University of Massachusetts No. 65 nationally and No. 165 globally by 2017. By 2016, Times Higher Education places UMass 165 globally and 57 nationally. Furthermore, Times Higher Education placed the UMass system globally for 2017 with the subject as No. 95 in engineering & amp; technology, No. 92 in art & amp; humanities, No. 78 in physics, and No. 91 in business & amp; economy.
By 2015, the system is ranked 30th globally in Top 100 Universities Worldwide, Delivering US Patents in 2015 by the National Academy of Inventors. In 2017 Times Higher Education published the list of the most international universities in the world, with the University of Massachusetts listed No.88.
In 2012, the state of Massachusetts introduced $ 607 million in funding new bonds to advance high quality research and research facilities projects throughout the UMass system. By 2017, research spending on the UMass system is approaching $ 670 million.
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The University of Massachusetts Amherst is the flagship and largest school in the UMass system. It was also the first established, dating back to 1863, when it was founded as Massachusetts Agricultural College . The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Massachusetts was founded in 1962, and is located in Worcester. The University of Massachusetts Boston, originally founded in 1964, joined Boston State College in 1982. In 1991, Lowell University and Southeastern Massachusetts University joined the system as the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, respectively.
UMass Amherst
UMass Amherst is the flagship and largest UMass campus, as well as the first established. Like many colleges and universities, Massachusetts Agricultural College (as originally called) at Amherst was established as a land grant college in 1863, received initial initial funding as part of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. It became "Massachusetts State College" in 1931, and "University of Massachusetts" in 1947. The library system is New Zealand's largest state-supported library system in New England with over 6.1 million items. The campus has many distinctive architectural buildings commissioned by the Commonwealth and designed by world-renowned architects.
UMass Amherst offers a wide range of academic and co-curricular options. Ninety-three percent of the 1,174 faculty members still hold the highest degree in their field. The average SAT score (read and math only) for the class entering 2015 is 1226, and the GPA averages 3.83 on a 4.0 scale. The campus has 21,373 students and offers 86 undergraduate degree programs. There is a student-to-faculty ratio of 17: 1. UMass Amherst hosts Commonwealth Honors College (CHC) where acceptance is more competitive with an average SAT score of 1390. CHC offers personal guidance, smaller class sizes taught by professors, and six the Honors Residential Community building, which opens in the fall of 2013.
Students participate in 240 campus organizations, 21 NCAA Division I athletics teams, living-learning spaces, community services, internships, and faculty research. UMass Amherst is also part of the Five Colleges consortium, with Smith, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, and Amherst college, all on a free bus journey with each other using the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority. Students can take classes at one of these campuses and participate in all co-curricular and cultural activities. Kumble R. Subbaswamy serves as UMass Amherst chancellor.
UMass Boston
UMass Boston is a research university located in the City of Boston. Located on the Columbia Point peninsula, the University is surrounded by Boston Harbor, the John F. Kennedy Library, and the Massachusetts State Archives. The Boston Globe is also headquartered adjacent to the campus, as well as Boston College High School. Furthermore, the university has many partnerships with its neighboring organizations, providing research opportunities and employment opportunities.
UMass Boston is known for its growing and diverse students of over 11,000 students and nearly 4,000 graduate students, making it the third largest campus in the system. The university has five undergraduate colleges and two postgraduate colleges, with over 100 undergraduate programs and 50 graduate programs. Ninety-three percent of the teaching staff still hold the highest degree in their field.
The campus is home to more than 100 student organizations - including clubs, literary magazines, newspapers, radio stations, art galleries, and 16 NCAA Division III sports teams. J. Keith Motley is chancellor of UMass Boston campus.
UMass Dartmouth
Located in southeastern Massachusetts, UMass Dartmouth began in 1895 as the New Bedford Textile School, Bradford Durfee Textile School, and then Southeastern Massachusetts University (SMU). UMass Dartmouth offers a variety of programs in accounting, finance, management information systems, operations management and marketing, all of which are accredited by the Association for Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International. UMass Dartmouth has a top ranking engineering and nursing program.
In addition to the 710-acre (2.9Ã, km 2 ) main campus of UMass Dartmouth is, satellite campuses are located throughout SouthCoast.
With 7,982 undergraduate students and 65 degree programs, the campus has an 18: 1 learner-to-faculty ratio at the Faculty of Arts & amp; Science; Charlton Business College; Technical College; College of Nursing; College of Visual Arts and Performing Arts; School of Education, Public Policy, and Community Involvement; and School of Marine Science and Technology. Universities organize internships, undergraduate research opportunities, and service learning experiences, as well as the Honors Program.
More than 100 student organizations and 25 NCAA Division III athletics teams provide a strong community outside the classroom. The campus buildings are designed by the internationally renowned Modernist architect, Paul Rudolph. Dr. Robert E. Johnson is the Chancellor of UMass Dartmouth campus.
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UMass Lowell
UMass Lowell is a 1971 merger product between Lowell State College (founded in 1894 as Lowell Normal School) and Lowell Technological Institute (founded in 1895 as Lowell Textile School). The combined institution became Lowell University, with former Lowell Tech who serves as the Northern Campus and the former Lowell State who serves as the Southern Campus.
UMass Lowell is a comprehensive University with a national reputation in science, engineering, management and technology, and is committed to educating students for lifelong success in a diverse world and conducting research and outreach activities that underpin economic, environmental and social health in the region.
UMass Lowell is located in Merrimack Valley, close to Boston, the seaside and the New Hampshire mountains. With a national reputation for education and research in science, engineering and technology, the campus offers a number of undergraduate and graduate programs. Academic programs include internships, co-ops, learning services, and international education.
UMass Lowell has a total of 18,316 students in the fall of 2017 and is the fastest growing of the five UMass campuses. The campus offers more than 120 fully accredited programs taught by 737 faculty members at five colleges. Most of the 75 undergraduate programs offer a five-year Bachelor's program for Master's programs. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15: 1 and half of the undergraduate classes have fewer than 20 students. Ninety-three percent of full-time faculty members hold the highest degree in their field.
There are 12 university dormitories located on campus. There are over 120 active campus student organizations, campus recreation centers, 16 NCAA Division I sports teams competing in the East America Conference, and ice hockey teams competing in the Eastern Hockey Conference.
UMass Medical School
The University of Massachusetts Worcester, also known as UMass Medical School, is one of the fastest growing academic health centers in the country and home to the School of Medicine (SOM) - the only Commonwealth medical school - the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences ( GSBS), the Graduate School of Nursing (GSN), and a research company that draws more than $ 200 million in external funding annually.
Located in the heart of Central Massachusetts on a 63-acre campus (250,000m 2 ) shared with UMass Memorial Health Care's clinical partner, the region's premier healthcare system and the largest company, UMass Medical is consistently between top ten percent in US News & amp; World Report's annual ranking of the best medical schools.
The work of UMass Medical researchers and the 2006 Nobel Prize winner Craig Mello, an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, against the discovery of RNA interference has launched a promising field of new research. The school is also the future home of the Albert Sherman Center, a research, interdisciplinary, and educational facility that will encourage collaboration among interdisciplinary scientists and innovations. Michael F. Collins is rector of UMass Medical School campus.
Springfield satellite center
- UMass Center in Springfield
On August 8, 2013, The University of Massachusetts began asking for proposals for potential classrooms and offices to set up a satellite center in Springfield. UMass looks for a 25,000 square foot space that will be used for classrooms, faculty offices and other uses, with the option of doubling the amount of space later on. On November 23, 2013, Governor Deval Patrick and University of Massachusetts President Robert L. Caret announced the selection of Tower Field in downtown Springfield as a new satellite university center. The university will lease 27,321 square meters on the second floor of a 30-storey building, owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. and located at 1500 Main St. UMass is planned to build an academic program at the center starting in autumn 2014.
In 2014, the state of Massachusetts gave $ 5.2 million to the Springfield satellite center to allow the university to complete construction and purchase furniture..
The satellite center, run by the Amherst campus, opened in March 2014, enrolling students for September 2014. Courses include nursing, education, business administration, addiction counseling, and GED classes. Enrollment in more than 20 programs offered at the center has grown from 250 students in the fall of 2014 when it opened to 850 in the spring of 2016, according to Daniel Montagna, director of operations at the center. From programs leading to bachelor and doctoral degrees in nursing to a master's degree in business administration, and from a 180-day teacher certification program to a cybersecurity certificate program triggered by a $ 5 million investment by MassMutual.
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Collaboration
Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center is a joint venture of the University of Massachusetts, MIT, Harvard, Boston University, and Northeastern systems to build a high performance shared computing facility. In 2010, UMass Boston partnered with Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center to collaborate on research aimed at addressing the issue of cancer health disparities in populations deprived of rights under the U54 Cancer Partnership.
Inter Campus Program
The University of Massachusetts Intercampus Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology is an undergraduate program that offers Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy and Professional Master of Science Degree. The graduates receive a joint degree from all four major UMass campuses.
Finance and faculty salaries
The FY 2014 Operational Budget for the UMass system is $ 2.94 billion representing an increase of 2.6% of current year expenditures. Some Massachusetts university employees are among the top paying civil servants in Massachusetts.
President of the University
The President is the chief executive of the university and works to advance the mission of education, research and public service. Marty Meehan became the 27th president of the University of Massachusetts system consisting of five campuses, 73,000 students on 1 July 2015.
President
Below is a list of Presidents of the University of Massachusetts. Prior to the establishment of the School of Medicine in 1962, the president was the administrator of the only campus system in Amherst. Today, the President manages 5 campuses.
Supervisory Board
The University of Massachusetts is governed by the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board functions as a legislative body primarily addressing policy issues. The board is not an administrative or management council. In certain rare instances when required by Massachusetts General Law, it may serve as an appeals body. The Council establishes a general policy governing the University, but has delegated much power to the President and, through the President, to the campus administrator for day-to-day operations.
Board Composition
The Founding Board has fourteen appointed members and four ex-officio members. Previously, the coach was appointed by the legislature or the council itself; Currently, members are appointed by the Governor. Board size fluctuates between twelve and twenty-four members. The Council currently consists of nineteen voting members and three non-voting members. Seventeen members of the Council shall be appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth; at least five of them appointed must be alumni of the University and one must be a representative of organized laborers. The other two voters are students. Overall, the board has five student members, elected for a one-year term, from Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell and Worcester campuses. Membership of voting revolves between campuses: two students are voting members and the other three are non-voting members.
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External links
- The University of Massachusetts system
- University of Massachusetts Center in Springfield
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