OpenFieldUMass Boston · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston), founded in 1964, is Boston's only public research university, occupying a spectacular waterfront campus on Columbia Point overlooking Boston Harbor and neighboring the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Recognized as an urban research institution and third-most diverse university in the US, UMass Boston is celebrated for coastal and marine sciences, cybersecurity, gerontology, cancer biology, and public policy.
UMass Boston comprises the School for the Environment, College of Science and Mathematics, College of Management, McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, and Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences. The university is home to the Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy, the Coastal Adaptation Center, and the Gerontology Institute.
Undergraduate admissions are conducted via the Common Application (minimum recommended GPA 3.0; test-optional). Graduate and doctoral applicants require an accredited baccalaureate degree, minimum 3.0 GPA, letters of recommendation, and a statement of academic objectives.
Interdisciplinary doctoral program exploring coastal oceanography, estuarine biogeochemistry, marine ecosystem restoration, and urban coastal resilience in Boston Harbor and the Gulf of Maine.
Research-focused doctoral degree investigating machine learning security, distributed cloud architectures, bioinformatics computing, and network privacy.
Advanced biological research conducted in partnership with Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, focusing on tumor microenvironments, epigenetic regulation, and genomics.
One of the nation's oldest and most prestigious doctoral programs in gerontology, analyzing demographic shifts, elder healthcare policy, long-term care systems, and economic security.
Professional science master's combining molecular cloning, biomanufacturing scale-up, regulatory compliance, and industry internships across the Kendall Square biotech ecosystem.
NASPAA-accredited master's preparing leaders for public service, civic advocacy, municipal budgeting, and nonprofit organizational governance.
Professor of Marine and Coastal Science
School for the Environment
Dr. Chen is a leading oceanographer studying dissolved organic matter dynamics, coastal carbon cycling, marine optical sensors, and urban harbor biogeochemistry...
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
Dr. Simovici's research specializes in data mining, machine learning algorithms, information theory, metric spaces, and database theory....
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Gerontology
Department of Gerontology
Dr. Burr is an internationally recognized demographer and gerontologist investigating racial and socioeconomic disparities in health, older adult volunteerism, ...
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