Six students with diverse majors and interests share their experiences living and learning at UMass Amherst.
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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.
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.
By the Numbers
U.S. News & World Report ranking among national public universities
Faculty members
Academic disciplines ranked among the Top 200 programs worldwide
Best Value Colleges (Public), The Princeton Review
Best Campus Food, The Princeton Review
Out of 5 Stars
Best of the Best LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges & Universities, Campus Pride Index
Learn more about the remarkable journeys, perseverance, and achievements of UMass women.
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UMass Amherst trains the next generation of teachers and educational leaders in applying a vision of a more just world to educating the nation's youth.
News and Events
The university has been recognized by the U.S. Department of State as a Fulbright Top Producing Institution — one of the nation’s universities with the highest number of students, faculty and administrators selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student and Fulbright U.S. Scholar Programs for the 2023-24 academic year.
As part of UMass Amherst’s Community, Democracy and Dialogue (CDD) initiative, representatives from the grassroots organization Standing Together will visit campus on Wednesday, March 6 to present on their work in Israel.
New research led by UMass Amherst engineers quantifies how the impact of poorly maintained roads disproportionately impacts residents across the state.
The five-year effort led by UMass Amherst will advance offshore wind energy designed to be reliable, resilient and equitable.
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