University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA

The University of Massachusetts Amherst, (UMass Amherst) is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. With approximately 1,300 faculty members and more than 29,000 students, UMass Amherst is the largest public university in New England and is ranked the 29th best public university in the nation.

Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River Valley. Amherst is a college town and the university borders the town green. Around the green you will find a few busy streets containing shops and restaurants. The town centres of Amherst and Northampton are separated by only a few miles, making the sights and amenities in one convenient to the other.

Mobility partner

>> Information for incoming students

  • Estimated number of mobility places: 4-6 full-year or 8-12 semester places

Available Subject Areas

Please ensure that you research the courses available to you as an exchange student, and check with your subject coordinator(s) that these courses are suitable for your Glasgow degree programme. Please note that partner course offerings may change on a yearly basis.

Please research course level; content and assessment structures; partner academic pre-requisites for exchange students; whether enough courses / credits are available in your degree subject(s) to meet your Glasgow degree credit requirements; language of teaching and for Joint Honours students, whether the partner has any restrictions on taking courses from different Schools/Faculties.

  • Aerospace Engineering/Sciences
  • Archaeology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Classics
  • Comparative Literature
  • Digital Media & Information Studies
  • Earth Science and Geology
  • Economic & Social History
  • Education
  • Electronics/Electrical Engineering
  • English Language
  • English Literature
  • Film & TV
  • Geography
  • History
  • History of Art
  • Life Sciences
  • Maths
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Politics and International Relations
  • Product Design Engineering
  • Psychology
  • School of Interdisciplinary subjects Dumfries
  • Scottish Literature
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • Theatre Studies
  • Theology & Religious Studies
  • Urban Studies/Public & Social Policy

Key facts UMass Amherst

Travel and costs

  • University of Glasgow Financial Support
  • Cost of Living
  • Travel
  • USA Immigration: protocol states that students applying to a US partner usually in March/April must provide evidence that they have sufficient funds to cover all expenses while in the United States. Full information of the financial sum required will be found on the US partner webpages and on the US Embassy webpages for their home country. 

Useful Weblinks

 

 


University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003

Partner web
http://www.umass.edu/

Partner mobility web
http://www.umass.edu/gateway/audience/international

Mobility contact
ipoexchange@ipo.umass.edu

Disability support
http://www.umass.edu/disability/