Directory of Amherst Resources

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Founded in 1863 as a land-grant university, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a coeducational, nationally ranked research institution located in a beautiful, culturally rich New England town surrounded by hills, forests, lakes, and meadows, just a few hours from Boston and New York City. Each year about 18,000 undergraduates and 6,000 graduate students attend UMass from all 50 states and nearly 100 foreign countries, though the majority of undergraduates are from Massachusetts. Students can earn bachelor's degrees in nearly 100 areas, associate's degrees in six, master's degrees in 68, and doctorates in 50, within the University's 10 undergraduate schools and colleges, and the Graduate School.

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• Striving for Excellence

  http://www.umass.edu/sfe/
  Dedicated to striving for academic and administrative excellence, to develop a new environment for learning, discovery, and outreach through organizational renewal.

• Universal Millennium Time Capsule

  http://www.umass.edu/capsule/
  Suggestions, committee members, project news, photo scrapbook and the plan to make a millennium time capsule, to be installed late 2000.

• University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMASS)

  http://www.umass.edu/
  The flagship campus of the state university system. Located in the historic Pioneer Valley, the 1400 acre facility provides a rich cultural environment in a rural setting for approximately 34,000 students.

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