University of Massachusetts

This article is about the statewide university system. For the flagship campus often referred to as "UMass", see University of Massachusetts Amherst. For other uses, see University of Massachusetts (disambiguation). For the university chartered in 1917 under this name, see Middlesex University (Massachusetts).

University of Massachusetts
TypePublic university system
Established1863; 161 years ago (1863) (Amherst campus)
1964 (UMass system)
Endowment$1.5 billion (2024)[1]
Budget$3.79 billion (FY 2023)[2]
PresidentMarty Meehan
Administrative staff
17,506[3]
Students74,000 (2019)[4]
Location
Massachusetts
,
United States
CampusUMass Amherst
UMass Boston
UMass Dartmouth
UMass Lowell
UMass Chan Medical School
UMass School of Law
NicknameUMass
Websitemassachusetts.edu
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University of Massachusetts Locations

The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university system includes six campuses (Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, a medical school in Worcester and a law school in Dartmouth), a satellite campus in Springfield[5][6] and 25 smaller campuses throughout California and Washington with the University of Massachusetts Global.

The University of Massachusetts system is governed by a president[7] and a 22-member board of trustees.[8][8] The system administration is in Boston and Shrewsbury,[9] is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education, and across its campuses enrolled 73,593 students in fall 2023.[4]

  1. ^ "Endowment Overview".
  2. ^ "UMass Facts 2022" (PDF). Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  3. ^ "University of Massachusetts system - Institution Research Facts" (PDF). University of Massachusetts Office of the President. December 4, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 13, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Quick Facts". Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "UMass Opens Springfield Center Campus Office". WAMC/Northeast Public Radio. March 31, 2014. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  6. ^ "UMass' Springfield center holds opening ceremony". boston.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  7. ^ "President - University of Massachusetts". University of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Board of Trustees - University of Massachusetts". University of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  9. ^ "About - University of Massachusetts Office of the President". Archived from the original on March 23, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.