University of Massachusetts Office of the President

The University of Massachusetts Office of the President oversees the UMass system, the state’s public university system, with campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell and the UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester. Its Boston office provides information about the system, the President’s Office and the campuses, and shares news about students and campus leaders, such as David McManus’s path from medical student to chancellor of UMass Chan Medical School.

Its site also profiles individual campuses for prospective students. UMass Dartmouth, for example, is a public research university on a 710-acre campus on the South Coast, the only Massachusetts public research university south of Boston, with more than 120 undergraduate fields of study and strong ties to the region’s ocean-focused Blue economy. Recent news includes the James J. Karam Scholarship Fund awarding scholarships to UMass students from the South Coast.

What to Know

• UMass Dartmouth reports a 15:1 student-faculty ratio and test-optional admissions.
• UMass Dartmouth students contribute more than 252,000 hours of community service a year.
• The office is listed by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.