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{{Short description|Public university system in Massachusetts}}
{{about|the statewide university system|the flagship campus often referred to as "UMass"|University of Massachusetts Amherst|other uses|University of Massachusetts (disambiguation)|the university chartered in 1917 under this name|Middlesex University (Massachusetts)}}
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 | name                   = University of Massachusetts
 | image                  = University of Massachusetts logo.svg
 | image_size             = 200
 | motto                  = 
 | established            = {{start date and age|1863}} (Amherst campus)<br>1964 (UMass system)
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[university system]]
 | endowment              = $1.5 billion (2024)<ref name="umass system endowment">{{cite web |url=https://www.umassfoundation.org/s/1355/22/interior.aspx?sid=1355&gid=1&pgid=6792 |title=Endowment Overview}}</ref>
 | budget                 = $3.79 billion (FY 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=UMass Facts 2022 |url=https://www.massachusetts.edu/sites/default/files/2023-04/UMass%20Facts%202022.pdf |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>
 | administrative_staff   = 17,506<ref name="umassp1">{{cite web |url=https://www.umassp.edu/sites/umassp.edu/files/content/publications/institutional-research/facts-2014-2015.pdf |title=University of Massachusetts system - Institution Research Facts |publisher=University of Massachusetts Office of the President |date=December 4, 2015 |access-date=December 4, 2015 |archive-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113033604/https://www.umassp.edu/sites/umassp.edu/files/content/publications/institutional-research/facts-2014-2015.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 | faculty                = 
 | president              = [[Marty Meehan]]
 | students               = 74,000 (2019)<ref name="Massachusetts Quick Facts">{{cite web|title=Quick Facts|url=https://www.massachusetts.edu/about/quick-facts|access-date=November 6, 2021|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112001505/https://www.massachusetts.edu/about/quick-facts|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 
 | postgrad               = 
 | doctoral               = 
 | state                  = [[Massachusetts]]
 | country                = United States
 | campus                 = [[University of Massachusetts Amherst|UMass Amherst]]<br/>[[University of Massachusetts Boston|UMass Boston]]<br/>[[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth|UMass Dartmouth]]<br/>[[University of Massachusetts Lowell|UMass Lowell]]<br/>[[UMass Chan Medical School]]<br/>[[University of Massachusetts School of Law|UMass School of Law]]
 | nickname               = UMass
 | affiliations           = 
 | footnotes              = 
 | website                = {{official url}}
 | coor                   = 
 | logo                   = University of Massachusetts wordmark.svg
| logo_size               = 250
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The '''University of Massachusetts''' ('''UMass''') is the [[Public university|public]] [[university system]] of the [[Massachusetts|Commonwealth of Massachusetts]]. The university system includes six campuses ([[University of Massachusetts Amherst|Amherst]], [[University of Massachusetts Boston|Boston]], [[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth|Dartmouth]], [[University of Massachusetts Lowell|Lowell]], a medical school in Worcester and a law school in Dartmouth), a [[satellite campus]] in Springfield<ref name="UMass Springfield">{{cite web|title=UMass Opens Springfield Center Campus Office|date=March 31, 2014|url=http://wamc.org/post/umass-opens-springfield-center-campus-office|publisher=WAMC/Northeast Public Radio|access-date=April 3, 2014|archive-date=March 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310215600/http://wamc.org/post/umass-opens-springfield-center-campus-office|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="UMass satellite">{{cite web|title=UMass' Springfield center holds opening ceremony|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/03/30/umass-springfield-center-holds-opening-ceremony/a3Kai2Ma7Bx3omsaMzjjmO/story.html|publisher=boston.com|access-date=April 3, 2014|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071837/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/03/30/umass-springfield-center-holds-opening-ceremony/a3Kai2Ma7Bx3omsaMzjjmO/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and 25 smaller campuses throughout [[California]] and [[Washington (state)|Washington]] with the [[University of Massachusetts Global]]. The system enrolled 73,593 students in fall 2023.<ref name="Massachusetts Quick Facts"/>

The University of Massachusetts system is governed by a president<ref name="UMass President">{{cite web|title=President - University of Massachusetts|url=https://www.massachusetts.edu/about/president-marty-meehan|publisher=University of Massachusetts|access-date=May 15, 2023}}</ref> and a 22-member board of trustees.<ref name="UMass BOT">{{cite web|title=Board of Trustees - University of Massachusetts|url=https://www.umassp.edu/bot|publisher=University of Massachusetts|access-date=May 15, 2023}}</ref> The system administration is in Boston and Shrewsbury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umassp.edu/about|title=About - University of Massachusetts Office of the President|access-date=April 1, 2016|archive-date=March 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323164712/https://www.umassp.edu/about|url-status=live}}</ref> Each of the institutions in the system is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[New England Commission of Higher Education]].

== Administration ==
=== Board of trustees ===
The University of Massachusetts is governed by a board of trustees that functions as a legislative body dealing mainly with questions of policy. The board establishes the general policies governing the university, but has delegated many powers to the president and, through the president, to campus administrators for day-to-day-operations. In certain rare instances when required by the Massachusetts General Laws, it may function as an appeal body.

The founding board had fourteen appointed members and four ''[[ex-officio]]'' members. Formerly, trustees were appointed by the legislature or the board itself; currently, members are appointed by the governor. The size of the board has fluctuated between twelve and twenty-four members. The current board is composed of nineteen voting members and three ''ex-officio'' non-voting members. Seventeen board members are appointed by the governor of the Commonwealth; at least five of those appointed must be alumni of the university, and one must be a representative of organized labor. The other two voting members are students. Overall, the board has five student members, elected for one-year terms, from the Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and Worcester campuses. Voting membership rotates among the campuses: two students are voting members and three others are non-voting members.

== Presidents ==
The president is the university's chief executive officer and works to advance its mission of education, research and public service.
[[Marty Meehan]] became the 27th president of the five-campus, 73,000-student University of Massachusetts system on July 1, 2015.

Before the 1962 establishment of the medical school, the president was the administrator of the system's only campus in Amherst. When UMass Boston was organized in 1964, it was headed by a chancellor who reported to the president. In 1970, as part of a reorganization, day-to-day leadership responsibilities for UMass Amherst were transferred to a chancellor, with both chancellors reporting on an equal basis to the president. Today, the president administers five campuses.

The following persons have led what has become the University of Massachusetts system:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.umassp.edu/about/past-presidents |title=Past Presidents |publisher=University of Massachusetts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/index.html |title=Presidents of the University |publisher=University of Massachusetts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419030804/http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/index.html |archive-date=April 19, 2014 |access-date=January 11, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=p:presidents |title=Presidents |publisher=UMass Amherst}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!{{abbr|No.|Number}}!!Image!!President!!Term start!!Term end!!{{refh}}
|-
|colspan=6 align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" style="Font-weight: bold;" |Presidents of Massachusetts Agricultural College (1863–1931)
|-
|1
|[[File:Flagg French portrait.png|70px]]
|[[Henry F. French]]
|1864
|1866
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/french.html |title=Henry Flagg French, 1864-66 |publisher=University of Massachusetts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181942/http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/french.html |archive-date=2014-07-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2
|[[File:PaulAChadbourne.png|70px]]
|[[Paul A. Chadbourne]]
|1866
|1867
|<ref name="Chadbourne">{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/chadbourne.html |title=Paul Ansel Chadbourne, 1866-67 and 1882-83 |publisher=University of Massachusetts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111031616/http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/chadbourne.html |archive-date=2014-01-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|3
|[[File:William S. Clark.jpg|70px]]
|[[William S. Clark]]
|1867
|1879
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/clark.html |title=William Smith Clark, 1867-79 |publisher=University of Massachusetts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111160032/http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/clark.html |archive-date=2014-01-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|4
|[[File:ChasLFlint portrait.png|70px]]
|[[Charles L. Flint]]
|1879
|1880
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/flint.html |title=Charles L. Flint, 1879-80 |publisher=University of Massachusetts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111165001/http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/flint.html |archive-date=2014-01-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|''Acting''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"|[[File:LeviStockbridge.png|70px]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"|[[Levi Stockbridge]]
|1876
|1876
|<ref name="Stockbridge">{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/stockbridge.html |title=Levi Stockbridge, 1876 and 1880-82 |publisher=University of Massachusetts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111173702/http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/stockbridge.html |archive-date=2014-01-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|5
|1880
|1882
|<ref name="Stockbridge"/>
|-
|6
|[[File:PaulAChadbourne.png|70px]]
|[[Paul A. Chadbourne]]
|1882
|1883
|<ref name="Chadbourne"/>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|''Acting''
|[[File:Goodell portrait (cropped).png|70px]]
|Henry H. Goodell <!-- DO NOT WIKI-LINK - [[Henry H. Goodell]] redirect here -->
|1883
|1883
|<ref name="Goodell">{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/goodell.html |title=Henry Hill Goodell, 1883 and 1886-1905 |publisher=University of Massachusetts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111173657/http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/goodell.html |archive-date=2014-01-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|7
|[[File:JamesCGreenough.png|70px]]
|[[James C. Greenough]]
|1883
|1886
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/greenough.html |title=James C. Greenough, 1883-86 |publisher=University of Massachusetts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111161216/http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/greenough.html |archive-date=2014-01-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|8
|[[File:Goodell portrait (cropped).png|70px]]
|Henry H. Goodell <!-- DO NOT WIKI-LINK - [[Henry H. Goodell]] redirect here -->
|1886
|1905
|<ref name="Goodell"/>
|-
|9
|[[File:WilliamPBrooks.png|70px]]
|[[William P. Brooks]]
|1905
|1906
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/brooks.html |title=William Penn Brooks, 1905-06 |publisher=University of Massachusetts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234622/http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/brooks.html |archive-date=2014-04-18 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|10
|[[File:Butterfield Kenyon.png|70px]]
|[[Kenyon L. Butterfield]]
|1906
|1924
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/butterfield.html |title=Kenyon L. Butterfield, 1906-24 |publisher=University of Massachusetts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111185758/http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/butterfield.html |archive-date=2014-01-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|''Acting''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"|[[File:EdwardMorganLewis.png|70px]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"|[[Edward M. Lewis]]
|1912
|1912
|<ref name="Lewis">{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/lewis.html |title=Edward M. Lewis, 1924-27 |publisher=University of Massachusetts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111171750/http://www.massachusetts.edu/presidents/lewis.html |archive-date=2014-01-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|11
|1924
|1927
|<ref name="Lewis"/>
|-
|colspan=6 align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" style="Font-weight: bold;" |Presidents of Massachusetts State College (1931–1947)
|-
|12
|[[File:Roscoe W. Thatcher of N.Y., 11-13-24 LCCN2016838854 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Roscoe W. Thatcher]]
|1927
|1932
|
|-
|13
|
|[[Hugh P. Baker]]
|1933
|1947
|
|-
|colspan=6 align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" style="Font-weight: bold;" |Presidents of the University of Massachusetts (1947-1970)
|-
|14
|
|Ralph A. Van Meter <!-- DO NOT WIKI-LINK - [[Ralph A. Van Meter]] and [[Ralph Van Meter]] redirect here -->
|1947
|1954
|
|-
|15
|
|Jean Paul Mather
|1954
|1960
|
|-
|16
|
|John W. Lederle <!-- DO NOT WIKI-LINK - [[John W. Lederle]] redirect here -->
|1960
|1970
|
|-
|colspan=6 align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" style="Font-weight: bold;" |Presidents of the University of Massachusetts system (1970–present)
|-
|17
|[[File:Robert C. Wood, the second Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.jpg|70px]]
|[[Robert C. Wood]]
|1970
|1977
|
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|interim
|
|[[Franklin K. Patterson]]
|1978
|1978
|
|-
|18
|
|[[David C. Knapp]]
|1978
|1990
|
|-
|19
|[[File:Joseph Duffey, State Magazine 1997-06- Iss 406 (IA sim state-magazine 1997-06 406) (page 6 crop).jpg|70px]]
|[[Joseph D. Duffey]]
|March 1990
|July 1991
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=d:duffey_joseph |title=Duffey, Joseph |publisher=UMass Amherst}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|interim
|
|[[E. K. Fretwell]]
|1991
|1992
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=f:fretwell_e_k |title=Fretwell, E. K. |publisher=UMass Amherst}}</ref>
|-
|20
|
|[[Michael Hooker]]
|1992
|1995{{efn|Resigned to head the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=h:hooker_michael_k |title=Hooker, Michael K. |publisher=UMass Amherst}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|interim
|
|Sherry H. Penney
|1995
|1996
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=p:penney_sherry_h |title=Penney, Sherry H. |publisher=UMass Amherst}}</ref>
|-
|24
|[[File:Senate President William M. Bulger (9519685196) 3.jpg|70px]]
|[[William Bulger]]
|January 4, 1996
|September 1, 2003
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=b:bulger_william_m |title=Bulger, William M. |publisher=UMass Amherst}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://dailycollegian.com/2003/09/bulger-resigns-as-umass-president/ |title=Bulger resigns as UMass president |first=Jamie |last=Loo |date=September 2, 2003 |newspaper=[[The Massachusetts Daily Collegian]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/31/us/embattled-umass-president-says-goodbye-to-students.html |title=Embattled UMass President Says Goodbye to Students |date=August 31, 2003 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|interim
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff"|[[Jack M. Wilson]]
|September 2, 2003
|March 24, 2004
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/state/2003/08/29/umass-picks-interim-president/50447386007/ |title=UMass picks an interim president |first=David |last=Kibbe |date=August 29, 2003 |newspaper=[[South Coast Today]]}}</ref>
|-
|25
|March 24, 2004
|June 30, 2011
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2004/03/25/wilson-appointed-umass-president/50943409007/ |title=Wilson appointed UMass president |date=March 25, 2004 |newspaper=[[Cape Cod Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.massachusetts.edu/news/jack-m-wilson-conclude-umass-presidency-2011 |title=Jack M. Wilson to conclude UMass presidency in 2011 |date=March 1, 2010 |publisher=University of Massachusetts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=w:wilson_jack_m |title=Wilson, Jack M. |publisher=UMass Amherst}}</ref>
|-
|26
|[[File:Bob Caret photo.jpg|70px]]
|[[Robert Caret]]
|July 1, 2011
|June 30, 2015{{efn|Resigned to head the University System of Maryland.}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.massachusetts.edu/news/university-massachusetts-inaugurates-robert-l-caret-26th-president-0 |title=University of Massachusetts inaugurates Robert L. Caret as 26th President |date=November 1, 2011 |publisher=University of Massachusetts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2011/01/robert_caret_is_named_new_pres.html |title=Robert Caret is named new president of the University of Massachusetts |date=January 13, 2011 |first=Dan |last=Ring |newspaper=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|The Republican]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usmd.edu/newsroom/news/1424 |title=Caret to Return to Maryland as USM Chancellor |date=December 17, 2014 |publisher=University System of Maryland}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://scua.library.umass.edu/youmass/doku.php?id=c:caret_robert_l |title=Caret, Robert L. |publisher=UMass Amherst}}</ref>
|-
|27
|[[File:Marty Meehan, President of the University of Massachusetts (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Marty Meehan]]
|July 1, 2015
|present
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uml.edu/news/press-releases/2015/meehan-named-president.aspx |title=Martin T. Meehan Elected 27th President of the University of Massachusetts |date=May 1, 2015 |publisher=UMass Lowell}}</ref>
|-
|}

Table notes:
{{notelist}}

== Campuses ==
The [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] is the largest school in the UMass system. It was also the first one established, dating back to 1863, when it was founded as the Massachusetts Agricultural College. The [[University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School]] was founded in 1962, and is located in [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]]. The [[University of Massachusetts Boston]], originally established in 1964, was merged with [[Boston State College]] in 1982. In 1991, the University of Lowell and Southeastern Massachusetts University joined the system as the [[University of Massachusetts Lowell]] and [[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth]], respectively.

=== Amherst ===
{{Main article|University of Massachusetts Amherst}}
[[File:Amherst Massachusetts.jpg|thumb|UMass Amherst looking southeast from the air (2006)]]

Amherst is the flagship and the largest of the UMass campuses, as well as the first established. Like many colleges and universities, the Massachusetts Agricultural College (as it was originally called) in Amherst was founded as a [[land-grant colleges|land-grant college]] in 1863, receiving initial start-up 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 the largest state-supported library system in New England with over 6.1 million items.

Students participate in 240 campus organizations, 21 NCAA Division I athletic teams, living-learning residence halls, community service, internships, and faculty research. Massachusetts is also part of the Five Colleges consortium, with Smith, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, and Amherst colleges, all within a free bus ride of each other using the [[Pioneer Valley Transit Authority]]. Students can take classes on any of these campuses and participate in all co-curricular and cultural activities.<ref name="massachusetts1">{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/umassforyou/umass_amherst.html |title=Massachusetts.edu |publisher=Massachusetts.edu |access-date=December 13, 2011 |archive-date=July 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705125432/http://www.massachusetts.edu/umassforyou/umass_amherst.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Boston ===
{{Main article|University of Massachusetts Boston}}
[[Image:Umb - 002.jpg|thumb|The UMass Boston campus, viewed from [[Squantum Point Park]] in [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]]]]

UMass Boston is a research university<ref>{{cite web |url=http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/lookup_listings/view_institution.php?unit_id=166638&start_page=institution.php&clq={%22first_letter%22%3A%22U%22} |title=Carnegie Classification |publisher=[[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]] |access-date=July 18, 2010}}</ref> located in the City of [[Boston]]. Located on the [[Columbia Point (Boston)|Columbia Point]] peninsula, the university is surrounded by the [[Boston Harbor]], the [[John F. Kennedy Library]] and the Massachusetts State Archives. ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' is also headquartered adjacent to campus, as well as [[Boston College High School]]. Subsequently, the university holds many partnerships with its neighboring organizations, providing research and employment opportunities.

UMass Boston enrolls more than 12,000 undergraduates and nearly 4,000 graduate students, making it the third largest campus in the system.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.massachusetts.edu/about-umass/quick-facts | title=About – Quick Facts &#124; University of Massachusetts }}</ref> The university has five undergraduate colleges and two graduate colleges, with over 100 undergraduate programs and 50 graduate programs.<ref name="massachusetts2">{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/umassforyou/umass_boston.html |title=UMass Boston |publisher=University of Massachusetts |access-date=December 13, 2011 |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905224055/http://www.massachusetts.edu/umassforyou/umass_boston.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The campus is also home to more than 100 student organizations—including clubs, literary magazines, newspaper, radio station, art gallery, and 16 NCAA Division III sports teams.<ref name="massachusetts2"/>

=== Dartmouth ===
{{Main article|University of Massachusetts Dartmouth}}
[[File:ClaireTCarneyLibrary.jpg|thumb|The Claire T. Carney Library]]

Located in southeastern Massachusetts, UMass Dartmouth started in 1895 as the [[New Bedford Textile School]], the [[Bradford Durfee Textile School]], and later Southeastern Massachusetts University (SMU). In addition to the {{convert|710|acre|km2|adj=on}} UMass Dartmouth main campus is, satellite campuses are located throughout the South Coast.<ref name="massachusetts3">{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/umassforyou/umass_dartmouth.html |title=Massachusetts.edu |publisher=Massachusetts.edu |access-date=December 13, 2011 |archive-date=December 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205204733/http://www.massachusetts.edu/umassforyou/umass_dartmouth.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The university has nearly 8,000 students and 65 degree programs in its College of Arts & Sciences; Charlton College of Business; College of Engineering; College of Nursing; College of Visual and Performing Arts; School of Education, Public Policy, and Civic Engagement; and the School for Marine Science and Technology. The university hosts internships, undergraduate research opportunities, and service learning experiences, as well as an Honors Program.<ref name="massachusetts3"/>

The university has more than 100 student organizations and 25 NCAA Division III athletic teams. The buildings of the campus were designed by internationally renowned Modernist architect [[Paul Rudolph (architect)|Paul Rudolph]].

The [[University of Massachusetts School of Law]] was opened in September 2010 three miles from the Dartmouth campus.

=== Lowell ===
{{Main article|University of Massachusetts Lowell}}
[[File:Cumnock Hall - University of Massachusetts Lowell - DSC00148.JPG|thumb|Cumnock Hall, on North Campus]]

UMass Lowell is the product of a 1971 merger between [[Lowell State College]] (founded in 1894 as Lowell Normal School) and [[Lowell Technological Institute]] (founded in 1895 as the Lowell Textile School). The merged institution became the University of Lowell, with the former Lowell Tech serving as the North Campus and the former Lowell State serving as the South Campus.

UMass Lowell is located in the [[Merrimack Valley]].<ref name="massachusetts4">{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/umassforyou/umass_lowell.html |title=Massachusetts.edu |publisher=Massachusetts.edu |access-date=December 13, 2011 |archive-date=December 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228081416/http://www.massachusetts.edu/umassforyou/umass_lowell.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It had a total of 18,316<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uml.edu/docs/2018-Report-Card_tcm18-289476.pdf|title=UMass Lowell 2018 Report Card|access-date=April 29, 2018|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210090851/https://www.uml.edu/docs/2018-Report-Card_tcm18-289476.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> students as of fall 2017 and is the fastest growing of the five UMass campuses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.umassp.edu/massedu/ir/facts2013-2014.pdf|title=This page/site is temporarily unavailable.|access-date=May 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522212932/http://media.umassp.edu/massedu/ir/facts2013-2014.pdf|archive-date=May 22, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The campus offers over 120 programs taught by 737 faculty members in five colleges.<ref name="massachusetts4"/>

There are 12 residence halls on the campus. There are more than 120 active student organizations on campus, a campus recreation center, 16 NCAA Division I sports teams that compete in the [[America East Conference]], and the [[UMass Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey|ice hockey team]] that competes in the [[Hockey East|Hockey East Conference]].

=== Chan Medical School ===
{{Main article|University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School}}
[[File:Umass Medical School Lazare Research Building.jpg|thumb|The Lazare Research Building]]

The University of Massachusetts Worcester, also known as UMass Chan Medical School or UMass Medical School is one of the fastest growing academic health science centers in the country and is home to the School of Medicine (SOM)—the Commonwealth's only public medical school—the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), the Graduate School of Nursing (GSN), and a research enterprise that attracts more than $200 million in external funding annually.<ref name="massachusetts5">{{cite web |url=http://www.massachusetts.edu/umassforyou/umass_worcester.html |title=Massachusetts.edu |publisher=Massachusetts.edu |access-date=December 13, 2011 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106131134/http://www.massachusetts.edu/umassforyou/umass_worcester.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its {{convert|63|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus is shared with clinical partner UMass Memorial Health Care, the region's largest employer.<ref name="massachusetts5"/>

The work of UMass Chan Medical researcher and 2006 [[Nobel Prize]] winner [[Craig Mello]], an investigator of the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute, toward the discovery of RNA interference has launched a promising new field of research. The school is also the home of the Albert Sherman Center, an interdisciplinary, research and education facility that fosters collaboration among scientists and innovation across disciplines.<ref name="massachusetts5"/>

=== School of Law ===
{{Main article|University of Massachusetts School of Law}}

The [[University of Massachusetts School of Law]] also known as the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth Law School, UMass Law School or UMass Law is located near the main campus of [[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth|UMass Dartmouth]] in [[Dartmouth, Massachusetts|North Dartmouth, Massachusetts]] and is also a part of UMass Dartmouth.<ref name=":0" />

UMass Law was established in 1981 as the Southeastern Massachusetts-Rhode Island-Avins Law School with a volunteer faculty and a handful of part-time students. It grew from a store-front operation, offering a weekend program of study in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]] to a dual-division law school located in its own state-of-the-art facility in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.<ref name=":0" />

In 1986 the Southeastern Massachusetts-Rhode Island-Avins Law School became the [[Southern New England School of Law]] (SNESL). In 1992 the first full-time program at SNESL was established along with SNESL's first day classes. In 1994 SNESL moved to its new current site at 333 Faunce Corner Road in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. In 1995 SNESL was Accredited by [[New England Association of Schools and Colleges]]. In 2009 University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees approves UMass Dartmouth plan to offer [[Juris Doctor]] (JD) degrees at SNESL.<ref name=":0" />

In 2010 the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education authorized UMass Dartmouth to offer JD degrees along with the establishment of the University of Massachusetts School of Law - Dartmouth (UMass Law). UMass Law was made possible by a $23 million donation of assets, a facility, land, library, technology, and cash from the Southern New England School of Law. In 2010 at the time of the donation from SNESL, SNESL had 1,200 alumni, 200 students, 13 full-time faculty members, and 24 adjunct faculty.<ref name=":0" />

Also in 2010 the first UMass Law class matriculates. In 2011 UMass Law confers their first JD degrees. In 2012 UMass Law was granted provisional approval by Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the [[American Bar Association]] with full accreditation being granted four years later.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Law|first=UMass|title=History|url=https://www.umassd.edu/law/about/mission/history/|access-date=September 15, 2021|website=www.umassd.edu|language=en|archive-date=September 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915191231/https://www.umassd.edu/law/about/mission/history/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== UMass Amherst Center at Springfield ===
On August 8, 2013, the University of Massachusetts started requesting proposals for potential classroom and office space to establish a satellite center in Springfield. UMass was looking for 25,000 square feet of space that it would use for classrooms, faculty offices and other uses, with the option of doubling the amount of space at a later date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/08/umass_seeking_taking_another_s.html|title=UMass requests proposals for Springfield satellite center|date=August 6, 2013|website=masslive.com|access-date=September 23, 2017|archive-date=September 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923095814/http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/08/umass_seeking_taking_another_s.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 23, 2013, Gov. Deval Patrick and University of Massachusetts President Robert L. Caret announced the selection of Tower Square in downtown Springfield as the university's new satellite center. The university would lease 27,321 square feet on the second floor of the 30-floor building, which is owned by the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. and located at 1500 Main St. UMass planned to establish academic programs at the center starting in the fall 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/umass_chooses_tower_square_as.html|title=UMass chooses Tower Square as location for Springfield satellite center|date=November 26, 2013|website=masslive.com|access-date=September 23, 2017|archive-date=September 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923095727/http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/umass_chooses_tower_square_as.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2014, the state of Massachusetts gave $5.2 million<ref name="Umass satellite">{{cite web|title=Deval Patrick touts $5.2 million investment in UMass Springfield satellite center as vital for education, economic development|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/05/gov_deval_patrick_touts_52_mil.html|publisher=MassLive.com|access-date=May 9, 2014|date=May 2014|archive-date=May 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215359/http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/05/gov_deval_patrick_touts_52_mil.html|url-status=live}}</ref> to the Springfield satellite center to allow the university to complete construction and buy furnishings.<ref name="Umass center">{{cite web|title=Outlook 2014: What will be the academic focus of the new UMass Springfield satellite center?|url=http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2014/02/what_will_be_academic_focus_of_umass_springfield.html|publisher=MassLive.com|access-date=May 9, 2014|date=February 3, 2014|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226154152/http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2014/02/what_will_be_academic_focus_of_umass_springfield.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Umass 2014">{{cite web|title=State giving UMass $5 million to complete Springfield work|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2014/05/state-giving-umass-5-million-to-complete.html?page=all|work=[[Boston Business Journal]]|access-date=May 9, 2014|archive-date=May 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516160110/http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2014/05/state-giving-umass-5-million-to-complete.html?page=all|url-status=live}}</ref>

The satellite center, administered by the Amherst campus, opened in March 2014, registering students for September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wamc.org/post/umass-opens-springfield-center-campus-office#stream/0|title=UMass Opens Springfield Center Campus Office|first=Paul|last=Tuthill|date=March 31, 2014|access-date=December 22, 2015|archive-date=March 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310215600/http://wamc.org/post/umass-opens-springfield-center-campus-office#stream/0|url-status=dead}}</ref> Programs include nursing, education, business administration, addiction counseling, and GED classes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umasscenteratspringfield.org/program-offerings|access-date=December 22, 2015|title=Program Offerings|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805184702/http://umasscenteratspringfield.org/program-offerings|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Enrollment in the more than 20 courses 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. The institution offers a cybersecurity certificate program funded in 2017 by a $5 million investment by MassMutual.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/02/umass_center_in_downtown_sprin_1.html|title=UMass Center in downtown Springfield fulfilling promise as base for academics, community engagement|date=February 15, 2017|website=masslive.com|access-date=September 23, 2017|archive-date=September 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923095751/http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/02/umass_center_in_downtown_sprin_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Global ==
{{main|University of Massachusetts Global}}
In September 2021, Brandman University reaffiliated with the University of Massachusetts from [[Chapman University]] via a change of control agreement and rebranded as UMass Global.<ref name="Lederman">{{Cite news |last=Lederman |first=Doug |date=September 3, 2021 |title=Brandman University, adult-serving online institution, to become UMass Global |work=Inside Higher Education |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/09/03/brandman-university-adult-serving-online-institution-become-umass-global |access-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209190822/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/09/03/brandman-university-adult-serving-online-institution-become-umass-global |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Research ==
=== Collaborations ===
The [[Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center]] is a [[joint venture]] of the University of Massachusetts system, [[MIT]], [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Boston University]], and [[Northeastern University|Northeastern]] to build a shared [[high-performance computing]] facility.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/10/22/high_tech_computing_center_on_track/ "High-tech computing center on track"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221134649/http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/10/22/high_tech_computing_center_on_track/ |date=February 21, 2014 }},  Boston Globe, October 22, 2009</ref> In 2010, UMass Boston partnered with [[Dana–Farber/Harvard Cancer Center]] to collaborate on research aimed at addressing issues of cancer [[health disparities]] in disenfranchised populations under U54 Cancer Partnership.<ref name="UMass Boston-Harvard">{{cite web|title=The UMass Boston - Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center|url=http://www.umb.edu/u54|publisher=[[University of Massachusetts Boston]]|access-date=April 28, 2014|archive-date=April 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428022954/http://www.umb.edu/u54|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Inter Campus Programs ===
University of Massachusetts Intercampus Graduate School of Marine Sciences and Technology<ref name="Umass InterCampus approval"/> is a graduate degree program offering [[Master of Science]], [[Doctor of Philosophy]] and [[Professional Science Master's Degree]].<ref name="Umass InterCampus">{{cite web|title=University of Massachusetts Intercampus Marine Science|url=http://www.umassmarine.net/|publisher=University of Massachusetts|access-date=May 13, 2014|archive-date=May 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513025357/http://www.umassmarine.net/|url-status=live}}</ref> The graduates receive a joint degree from all four of the main UMass campuses.<ref name="Umass InterCampus approval">{{cite web|title=Inter-campus marine program gets approval|url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20011010%2FNEWS%2F310109949&cid=sitesearch|publisher=SouthCoastToday.com|access-date=May 13, 2014|archive-date=May 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513053431/http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20011010%2FNEWS%2F310109949&cid=sitesearch|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Education in Massachusetts]]
* [[List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts]]
* [[Massachusetts Department of Higher Education]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* Executive Office of Education ({{hdl| 2452/36527}}). Various documents related to University of Massachusetts System.

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