University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Size

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1,450 acres (5.9 km²)

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Established

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1863

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School type

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Public

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Location

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Amherst, Mass., USA

Related Topics:
Amherst - Mass. - USA

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Enrollment 1

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17,644 undergraduate5,493 graduate

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Faculty 2

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1,120 full-time304 part-time

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Campus

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Rural

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Colors

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Maroon and White

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Homepage

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www.umass.edu

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The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst or simply UMass) is a university in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system. The other campuses are the UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth, UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Related Topics:
University - Amherst, Massachusetts - University of Massachusetts - UMass Boston - UMass Dartmouth - UMass Lowell - UMass Medical School - Worcester, Massachusetts

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The University of Massachusetts Amherst is classified as a Doctoral/Research Universities?Extensive by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, reflecting the breadth of the University's programs, including offerings of over 90 undergraduate and 65 graduate areas of study. The University has distinguished itself in several areas, offering nationally recognized programs in, among other areas, linguistics (especially semantics), computer science, polymer science, creative writing, Latin paedagogy, social thought and political economy (STPEC), and labor studies. The University's library is the tallest library in the world, and is home of the memoirs and papers of the distinguished African-American activist W.E.B. DuBois as well as being the depository for other important collections, such as the papers of the late Congressman Silvio O. Conte.

Related Topics:
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching - Linguistics - Semantics - Computer science - Polymer - Political economy - Labor studies - W.E.B. DuBois - Silvio O. Conte

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The University is home to its own newspaper (The Daily Collegian), radio station (WMUA), and television station (UVC-TV 19)—all are almost totally student-run.

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UMass Amherst also has its own unofficial wiki which contains articles on many topics of interest to University of Massachusetts students and faculty.

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