A constituent unit of the University of Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth’s seven schools provide 49 undergrad and 20 Masters programmes to 9,053 students Offering the advantages of sweeping rural and urban vistas and easy access to the Atlantic coast, the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (UMass-D) is a constituent unit of the University of Massachusetts — one of America’s most prestigious universities. Ranked #42 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013, the University of Massachusetts is spread over five campuses on the east coast — Boston, Amherst, Lowell, Worcester and Dartmouth — each a centre of academic excellence in its own right. Yet perhaps the most scenically attractive is University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, just an hour’s drive from Boston, Providence and bustling New York. Its scenic location apart, UMass-D’s seven schools — arts and sciences, business, engineering, visual and performing arts, nursing, law, and marine and science technology — offer undergraduate degree programmes in 49 disciplines, 20 Masters and six doctoral programmes to 9,053 students instructed by 376 full-time faculty. An indicator of the university’s commitment to uniquely broad-based contemporary education is that all students, regardless of their major, have to mandatorily sign up for courses in scientific inquiry, aesthetics, interpretive understanding, humanity and society, and skills for the 21st century. University of Massachusetts traces its roots to 1895, when the Massachusetts state legislature chartered the New Bedford Textile School and the Bradford Durfee Textile School in Fall River. In 1960, these colleges were merged to create the Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute (SMTI) and nine years later, SMTI became Southeastern Massachusetts University. It became a UMass campus in 1991 when Southeastern Massachusetts University was merged into the University of Massachusetts system. Dartmouth. A coastal New England town comprising a chain of historic coastal villages, vineyards, and farms, Dartmouth (pop.5,064) is an aesthetic blend of rural, suburbia, coastal and urban ambiences. The town is separated into North and South Dartmouth. North Dartmouth hosts a large commercial district with a mall, movie theatre, retail stores, and several restaurants. South Dartmouth borders Buzzards Bay where a lively fishing and boating community thrives. Off its coast is the famous Martha’s Vineyard and Cuttyhunk. Horseneck Beach, one of the finest beaches in New England, is an hour’s drive from the campus as are Boston, Providence and Cape Cod. The climate of Dartmouth is typically temperate with weather fluctuations characteristic of the New England area. Temperatures vary between 30oC in summer to -20o C in winter, when snowfall is common. Campus facilities. Once 710-acres of rolling farmland, the UMass-D’s campus architecture is strikingly post-modern with its 13 buildings housing 122 classrooms, 113 instructional labs and studios, and halls of residence surrounded by playing fields. Five miles from the main campus in New Bedford is the School for Marine Science and Technology, one of America’s top-ranked marine education and research institutions. UMass-D’s superbly well-stocked Claire T. Carney Library offers access to over 438,887 print volumes and 77,584 e-books and microforms. The library also houses special…
