Expand your knowledge through cutting-edge research and enrich your community through creative enterprise.

UML student, Jordan Knight, Janson Borowko and Clark Lacossade by Phil Vassar's piano during sound check before the concert.

World-Ready Education

Through effective classroom engagement, research opportunities working with our distinguished faculty and a range of other experiential learning opportunities, students emerge from our degree programs equipped with the skills, insights and perspective needed to achieve success in their careers and improve their communities.

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Advanced Study Opportunities

Our graduate degree and certificate programs give students the skills and knowledge to assume leadership roles in business, research, education, government and community organizations. Through our accelerated “bachelor's to master's” programs, students may earn dual credits that can be applied to both undergraduate degrees and graduate degrees.

A group of students designing for a 3D printer in the UMass Lowell Fabrication Lab.

Cutting-edge Research and Creative Activity

Our faculty includes nationally and internationally recognized researchers, scholars and creative artists engaged in developing new knowledge and contributing to the cultural fabric of our world. Our college’s research and cultural centers serve as hubs for scholarship and creative activity, and provide ample opportunities for student engagement.

By the Numbers

  • $4.6M
    in external research funding for 2022.
  • 84.4%
    Freshmen Retention Rate.
  • 70+
    Music concerts throughout the year.
  • 11
    Research and Engagement Centers
  • 230
    Full-time Faculty
  • 12
    Academic Departments
  • 32
    Percentage of degrees awarded to FAHSS students in 2014-15
  • 30
    Musical ensembles
  • 2
    Campus art galleries

Student Profiles

Tyler Davis is wearing air force uniform as he ties a red banner to a flag that displays a golden eagle and the words "DET 345 A FLIGHT."
Tyler Davis '19
Political Science

For Tyler Davis, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, the dream of being a pilot came true at UMass Lowell through Air Force ROTC Detachment 345.

UMass Lowell truly made me a better man. The faculty are amazing; they see their job as a calling, a mission.
Read More About Tyler Davis 
Jesse Nguyen sitting down reading the UML Connector newspaper.
Jesse Nguyen '27
English

Jesse Nguyen has built a strong journalism foundation at UMass Lowell through his leadership of The Connector, campus involvement and a growing focus on video media as a career path.

The Connector and UMass Lowell have really helped me gain confidence for my future.
Read More About Jesse Nguyen 
Hannah Casey (far left) with the Taltys and her boyfriend (far right), who's the student trustee and also on Mock Trial.
Hannah Casey '21
Political Science

An internship with a criminal defense attorney helped Political Science major Hannah Casey choose her career direction.

The verdict was ‘Not guilty.’ That was when I fell in love with criminal law.
Read More About Hannah Casey 
Adam Wood.
Adam Wood '28
Business, Economics

Adam Wood is making the most of every opportunity at UMass Lowell, from studying abroad in Paris to tutoring his peers and balancing two majors.

Studying abroad definitely opened my eyes. … I realized how much more I could be doing.
Read More About Adam Wood 
Chummeng Soun performs with Flying Orb, a group of younger Cambodian-American dancers in Lowell
Chummeng Soun '19
Bachelor of Liberal Arts

Chummeng Soun is documenting the traditional dances of his native Cambodia with support from the Center for Asian American Studies and the Southeast Asian Digital Archive.

That's where my passion lies - in filmmaking and storytelling about my heritage.
Read More About Chummeng Soun 

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FAHSS News

  • Two women standing in bookstore.

    Alumni-owned Lowell Bookstore Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

    Laura and Greg Lamarre Anderson and their daughter Thea, all River Hawk alumni, are celebrating the fifth anniversary of their independent bookstore lala books, which has become a hub of literature and community in the heart of downtown Lowell.
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  • Lewis Tseng standing between two education Ph.D. students and research assistants, Youlim Lee and Negin Yazdani Motlagh.

    Professors Awarded $500,000 to Help Researchers Share Big Data

    As technology allows scientists to generate huge datasets that increasingly require artificial intelligence to analyze, the complementary technology to share their work is lagging. Two associate professors have won a nearly $500,000 NSF grant to lead a team that will co-design a national framework for sharing data and collaborating on scientific discoveries.
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  • Students march along a highway bridge in Nairobi, Kenya in 2024

    Professors Study Gen Z Protest Movements Across Countries

    As youth-led “Cockroach Janta Party” protests spread across India this summer, two professors in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies have been awarded a pair of university seed grants to study Gen Z protests in Kenya, India and other countries.
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