Step Into Your Future
What's Life Like at UMass?
Make UMass Your Own
Explore big ideas, join vibrant communities, and shape a college experience that’s uniquely yours.
Your Campus Home
Choose from vibrant residential communities where students live, study, and build lasting friendships steps from the classroom.
Food Worth Talking About
Discover why UMass dining is ranked #1 nationally—recognized for quality, variety, and sustainability.
Amherst, Uncommon
A vibrant creative culture, great food, and the natural beauty of the Pioneer Valley come together to shape this town’s distinctive, welcoming spirit.
Public Research University in New England,
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Total Degree Programs
Best Value Colleges (Public), The Princeton Review
Excellence in Action
UMass Amherst advances academic excellence through research, teaching, and engagement across campus. Students and faculty drive discovery through programs, scholarship, and events that extend beyond the classroom.
Blaze Your Own Trail
Discover more than 100 undergraduate majors, minors, and certificates in fields ranging from engineering to public health to literature. You can even design your own major through our individual concentration program. Whatever your path, UMass gives you the freedom to explore and the tools to excel.
Find a Program
With more than 100 majors, you have the freedom to explore your interests and build an academic path that reflects who you are and where you want to go.
Design Your Own Major
Through the Bachelor’s Degree with Individual Concentration (BDIC) Program, students can create a personalized major, blending courses across fields to explore passions beyond traditional academic boundaries.
Study Abroad
Global learning opportunities immerse students in new cultures, expanding their perspectives and preparing them to thrive in a connected world.