University of Maryland, Baltimore

University of Maryland, Baltimore, (also known as UMB), founded in 1807, is one of the oldest universities in the United States and comprises some of the oldest professional schools in the nation and world. It is the original campus of the University of Maryland. Located on 56 acres (230,000 m²) in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, it is now part of the University System of Maryland.

Professional schools

Established in 1807, the University of Maryland Medical School is the first public and the fifth oldest medical school in the United States and the first to institute a residency training program. It is housed in the University of Maryland Medical Center, which is the center for medical education in Maryland.

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1807 - Medical school - Maryland

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The Medical School includes Davidge Hall, which was built in 1812 and is the oldest building in the Northern Hemisphere in continuous use for medical education.http://medschool.umaryland.edu/davidge.asp It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In the 1950s, it was named after after founder and first dean John Beale Davidge.

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Davidge Hall - 1812 - Northern Hemisphere - 1950 - John Beale Davidge

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UMB's Health Sciences & Human Services Library was founded in 1813 from the collection of Doctor John Crawford, a former British naval surgeon, and is the origin of the entire University of Maryland Library System.http://www.hshsl.umaryland.edu/corporate/information/history.html The first location of the library was across from the medical school (now known as Davidge Hall), in a church. The church was later razed for construction of a new library that opened in 1960. The library has since moved into a large modern building in 1998.

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1813 - 1960 - 1998

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The University of Maryland Dental School was the first dental school in the world. Founded in 1840 as the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (BCDS), it was chartered by an act of the Maryland General Assembly. Its principal founders were Drs. Horace H. Hayden and Chapin A. Harris. It was the first school in the world to offer a science-based curriculum in dentistry.http://www.dental.umaryland.edu/aboutBCDS/ It currently ranks 7th among the nation's dental schools in NIH funding. Currently celebrating its 160th anniversary, the School will host the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and American Association for Dental Research (AADR) at their meeting in Baltimore in 2005.

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The University of Maryland School of Law opened in 1823 as the "Maryland Law Institute" "in a spacious and commodious building on South street, near Market street."http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/hoffman/cordell.asp

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The Graduate School was founded in 1918. UMB offers 43 degree programs in total.

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