University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was... Wikipedia
- Former names: Massachusetts Agricultural College (1863–1931), Massachusetts State College (1931–1947)
- Motto: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (Latin)
- Motto (English): "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty."
- Type: Public land-grant research university
- Established: April 29, 1863
- Parent institution: University of Massachusetts
- Academic affiliations: Five Colleges
- Endowment: $579 million (FY2024), (Amherst only), $1.55 billion (FY2024), (system-wide)
- Chancellor: Javier Reyes
- President: Marty Meehan (system)
- Provost: Fouad Abd-El-Khalick
- Academic staff: 1,550 (2023)
- Students: 31,810 (2023)
- Undergraduates: 23,936 (2023)
- Postgraduates: 7,874 (2023)
- Campus: suburban
- Newspaper: The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
- Mascot: Sam the Minuteman
- Sporting affiliations: NCAA Division I FBS – MAC, Hockey East, NEISA
- Data source: DuckDuckGo