OpenFieldUMES · Princess Anne, Maryland, United States
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is a distinguished historically Black 1890 land-grant research institution located in Princess Anne on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Renowned for marine and estuarine sciences, agricultural sustainability, pharmaceutical sciences, and aviation science, UMES provides exceptional hands-on doctoral and professional education.
UMES offers specialized programs across five schools: Agricultural and Natural Sciences, Pharmacy and Health Professions, Education, Social Sciences and The Arts, and Business and Technology. The university houses the NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center (LMRCSC) and leading agricultural extension research facilities.
Undergraduate admissions evaluate high school transcripts, GPA, and college preparatory coursework. Graduate programs require a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a minimum 3.0 GPA, statement of purpose, three recommendation letters, and English proficiency (TOEFL 79+ or IELTS 6.5+).
Elite coastal ecosystem doctoral track emphasizing Chesapeake Bay fisheries dynamics, wetland biogeochemistry, ocean habitat ecology, and sustainable aquaculture resource management.
Intensive year-round doctoral curriculum preparing clinical pharmacists in pharmacotherapy, community health delivery, pharmacokinetics, and rural healthcare accessibility.
Applied agricultural graduate program focusing on plant breeding, soil microbial health, precision poultry management, and food safety microbiomics on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Doctoral training preparing institutional executives and policy researchers in organizational governance, diversity equity frameworks, educational finance, and strategic planning.
Premier FAA-approved collegiate aviation program providing FAA flight ratings, avionics engineering systems, flight operations management, and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) piloting.
Graduate coursework and thesis research in computer network security, cloud computing architectures, data analytics, and embedded intelligent robotic controllers.
Director & Professor of Marine Environmental Science
NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center
Dr. Chigbu investigates zooplankton ecology, crustacean biology, fisheries population dynamics, and estuarine trophic relationships in the Chesapeake Bay and co...
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor of Food Science
Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences
Dr. Min conducts research on bioactive food packaging films, antimicrobial food safety interventions, lipid oxidation kinetics, and agricultural product value-a...
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Computer Science
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Dr. Lu specializes in mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor network optimization, distributed database security, and computational algorithms....
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