學校介紹
麻薩諸塞大學安姆斯特分校麻薩諸塞大學阿默斯特分校（University of Massachusetts Amherst,UMass Amhers）t由麻薩諸塞州出資協助，是麻薩諸塞大學系統中的旗艦分校區，屬於研究型大學，並被授予美國“最佳公立大學”之一。學校的一大特色是為本科生提供了直接參與研究的機會。麻薩諸塞大學阿默斯特分校University of Massachusetts Amherst每年有大約18,000大學生和6,000研究生，來自美國50個州及近100個其它國家，但大部分學生來自Massachusetts。學生能在大學的 10個本科學院及研究生院及近100個領域獲得學士學位，6個領域的associate學位，68個領域的碩士學位，在50個領域獲得博士學位。 UMass為大學生及研究生提供了70多個國外學習及學生交流機會，並且國外有近100多個教育機構。麻薩諸塞大學Amherst校區提供服務與志願機會。
麻薩諸塞大學阿默斯特分校University of Massachusetts Amherst圖書館與機房：W.E.B. DuBois圖書館是美國最高的圖書館，是世界上最高的學術圖書館，也是創新的建築設計的代表作。它將書架併入結構性支架中。這裡收藏著非洲裔美國人和麻薩諸塞州本土政治家的回憶錄，如國會議員Silvio O. Conte.收藏書籍包括Social change and movements for social change African American history and culture Labor, work, and industry Literature and the arts Agriculture The history of the region。綜合科學與工程圖書館位於勒德爾研究生研究中心的2樓。雪莉格雷厄姆杜波伊斯圖書館在新非洲中心，生物科學圖書館在莫里爾館，音樂儲備實驗室在美術中心。W.E.B. DuBois圖書館Learning Commons於2005年開放，提供了參考書、辦公室的信息技術幫助台、學術諮詢、寫作中心、就業服務、用品和輔助技術中心。
麻薩諸塞大學阿默斯特分校體育設施：UMass Amherst分校是美國全國大學體育協會（NCAA）之一，是the Atlantic Ten Conference成員之一，同時也是曲棍球東部協會成員之一。該UMass - Amherst分校體育部目前主辦國男子校際棒球，籃球，越野，冰球，足球，長曲棍球，滑雪，足球，游泳和田徑。他們還贊助婦女校際籃球，壘球，越野，划船，滑雪，足球，游泳，曲棍球，田徑和網球。在體育俱樂部提供大學男子摔跤，女子賽艇，男子橄欖球，女子橄欖球，男子和女子的腳踏車比賽。
學校有幾個重要性的現代建築標誌：有Marcel Breuer設計的校園中心、Hugh Stubbins Jr of Skidmore Owings and Merrill設計的西南居住設計等，這些建築風格吸引了大量的學生和遊客。目前正在建設建築和藝術綜合科學中心。
麻省大學圖書館麻薩諸塞大學阿默斯特分校University of Massachusetts Amherst位於美國麻薩諸塞州Amherst市。麻省是美國東北部新英格蘭地區一州，四周環繞小山、森林、湖泊以及草地，離開波士頓和紐約城只有幾個小時。麻省東瀕大西洋，面積2.1萬平方千米，人口644.9萬（2007），首府波士頓。大部地區崗丘起伏，海蝕地貌與冰磧地貌廣布，西北部是新英格蘭高地的一部分，西北角的格雷洛克山海拔1064米，為全州最高點。海岸線曲折，多優良港灣。屬溫帶大陸性氣候，年平均降水量1000毫米。中部的闊賓水庫，面積101平方千米，是城市用水的主要來源。州內有19條大河，最有名的是康乃狄克河、查爾斯河等。大、小湖泊池沼1200個。
學校特色
學院不僅在傳統的文科教學方面很有特色，而且嘗試著開設跨學科的新教程，一年級學生所接受的文科學習入門教育就是一例。1989一1990學年的該類教育包括8門課程：浪漫主義的啟蒙運動、對其它國家藝術的理解、決策及其不定性、前景展望、記憶學、大規模絕種棗對一個科學爭端的案例分析、核武器學、光學等。所有這些課程都是幾門學科互相滲透的產物，如“浪漫主義和啟蒙運動”由英語、德語、歷史和美國研究3名教授共同執教；“核武器學”由歷史、化學、政治學3名教授共同執教；“決策及其不定性”則由數學和經濟學教授一起負責。
學院與日本最古老最著名的大學之一——日本東北大學有非同尋常的聯繫，因為東北大學由學院1870年的畢業生約瑟夫·哈代·那斯瑪（Joseph Hardy Neesima）創立，而此人是日本第一個在西方受高等教育的人。
麻省五校聯盟
五校聯盟學校進行討論UMass Amherst最不可忽視的優勢之一便是五校聯盟。Five College Consortium（Massachusetts），也稱做麻省五校聯盟，是美國文理學院四大聯盟之一。它們位於西麻薩諸塞州，包括4個文理學院和一個綜合性大學。這些學校位置上相鄰，彼此有公共汽車往返於各個校園。這幾個學校彼此獨立運行但互相聯繫。五個學校可以交叉註冊，互相選課，學校鼓勵到其他學校上課。五個學校的學生團體彼此交叉，運行公用電台。因此，雖然學生入學時是個小的文理學院，但是可以獲得綜合性大學的體驗。五個學校包括：Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, University of Massachusetts Amherst，同處Pioneer Valley（美國先鋒谷），組成Five College Consortium。其中Amherst College是全美排名第一的文理學院（LAC）。Smith college是全美最好的女校聯盟“七姊妹女子學院”之一，在美國聲望顯赫，MHC也是美國著名的女校，Hampshire College是一所新興的一所學校，而UMass Amherst是其中唯一一個綜合性大學。
這5個學校的聯盟在美國的高校教育中也占有舉足輕重的地位，他們之間的盟約是任何一個學校的學生都可以充分享受這五個學校的教學資源，學生可以在這五個學校間自由選擇自己想上的課，圖書資料也為聯盟校共享。
院系排名
麻薩諸塞大學阿默斯特校區歷史悠久，至今有140多年的發展歷史。作為麻省大學系統里一個獨立的研究型院校，該校在國際上享有很高的聲譽：在2017年U.S. News世界大學排名上名列第117位；在2017年U.S. News美國大學綜合排名上名列第75位；在2013年QS世界大學排名上名列第261位；在2013年上海交通大學世界大學學術排名（ARWU）上名列第101-150位，工程/技術與計算機科學（工科）學科領域排名51-75；2011-2012年泰晤士報高等教育世家大學排名名列56位，世界聲譽排名19位；2012-2013年泰晤士報高等教育世界大學排名位列72名；2012年U.S. News美國大學綜合排名94，2014年U.S. News美國大學綜合排名91。 而麻薩諸塞大學整體在2013-14泰晤士高等教育世界大學排名上名列第132位。麻省大學在2013-2014泰晤士報高等教育世界大學聲譽排名上名列61-70位。2015年U.S. News美國大學綜合排名76位，公立大學位列前30位。
2011年U.S. News全美各專業研究生院排名，
高分子專業排名：1
語言學專業排名：6
性別學專業排名：11
計算機專業（CS）排名：20
社會人口學專業排名：20
人工智慧專業（AI）排名：8
化學工程專業排名：30
電子電氣/電子通訊工程專業（ECE）排名：46
環境衛生工程專業排名：34
數學專業排名：55
物理學專業排名：48
2012年U.S. News全美各專業研究生院排名，
電子電氣/電子通訊工程專業（ECE）排名：46
2013年U.S. News全美各專業研究生院排名，
電子電氣/電子通訊工程專業（ECE）排名：48
2014年U.S. News全美各專業研究生院排名，
電子電氣/電子通訊工程專業（ECE）排名：41
知名校友
Joseph Hooton Taylor，諾貝爾物理學獎獲得者，麻省大學物理系教授
Russell Alan Hulse，諾貝爾物理學家獲得者，1975年麻省大學物理學博士
周其鳳，2008年11月開始擔任北京大學校長，麻省大學高分子專業博士學位
傑克·韋爾奇（Jack Welch），通用電氣公司前執行長，畢業於University of Massachusetts Amherst
郝龍斌，2010年起就任台北市市長，1984年獲得美國麻省大學食品科學博士學位
娜塔莎，從麻省大學阿默斯特分校獲得詩歌藝術學碩士學位，並在2007年獲得了普利茲獎
Paul Harding，1992年畢業於麻省大學，普利茲獎獎獲得者
Herbert Bix，1960年畢業於麻省大學，普利茲獎獎獲得者
杜占元，2010年起就任中華人民共和國教育部副部長，1993年畢業於美國麻薩諸塞大學植物與土壤科學系植物生理生化專業，博士研究生
朱利葉斯·歐文，NBA歷史上第一位“飛人”，他將滯空動作帶入了NBA，開創了藝術籃球的先河，綽號“J博士”
湯姆·梅尼諾，波士頓現任市長
羅伯·特米爾斯，原美國著名運動品牌“銳步”（Reebok）總裁兼執行長
傑克·坎菲爾，共同創作《心靈雞湯》叢書
比爾·普爾曼，著名電影演員
傑夫·泰勒，美國最大求職網站Monster創建者
納塔莉·科爾，葛萊美獎得主
院校專業
麻省大學阿默斯特校區是麻省大學的主導研究機構，註冊學生超過25，000名，來自五十個州和幾乎100個國家。阿默斯特校區於1863建立，在全國以及國際享有盛譽的專業有：計算機科學、商科、納米技術、聚合物科學、語言學和工程設計。
麻省大學的研究生們麻薩諸塞大學阿默斯特分校University of Massachusetts Amherst的商學院下設六個系：會計和信息系統；金融和運營管理；旅遊管理；管理；市場；運動管理；商業溝通。UMass Amherst分校在《普林斯頓評論》上MBA課程被高度評價。大學由以下學院組成：公益學院(州的榮譽學院)、教育學院、工程學院、食品與自然資源學院、人文與美術學院、Isenberg管理學院、護理學院、自然科學與數學學院、公共衛生 與健康學院、社會與行為科學院及研究生院。
入學要求
申請條件
| 成績要求 | |||
| IELTS | 6.5 | ||
| toefl（網考） | GPA | 3.29 | |
| GRE | GMAT | ||
| SAT Math | 569 | SAT Verbal | 558 |
| SAT總分 | 1127 | ACT | |
| 費用預算 | |||
| 本科學費/年 | $32,389 | 碩士學費 | $19317 |
| 本科總費用/年 | $47,230 | 碩士總費用/年 | $35187 |
| 錄取比 | 58.3% | ||
截止日期和托福要求
麻薩諸塞大學阿默斯特分校本科接受秋季和春季學期入學申請。秋季學期有EA和RD申請，截止日期分別為11月1日和1月15日；春季學期申請截止日期為10月1日；要求TOEFL總分不低於80分，單項不低於17分，IELTS總分不低於6.5分，單項不低於6.0分；
麻薩諸塞大學阿默斯特分校大部分研究生項目僅接受秋季學期入學申請，截止日期在12月中旬~2月初之間，部分碩士項目，可能有截止日期更晚；要求TOEFL總分不低於80分，IELTS總分不低於6.5分，也接受PTE考試成績。
錄取統計
以下為2013年秋季本科新生招生統計：
| 申請人數 | 招生人數 | 班級排名* | 平均SAT閱讀 | 平均SAT數學 | 平均GPA | ALANA比例 |
| 36,400 | 4,650 | 20% | 640-540 | 670-570 | 3.72 | 24% |
註：
1、錄取的學生中，有些學生高中成績報告只提供班級排名，平均的班級排名是TOP20%。
2、此處的ALANA是指非裔美國人、拉美、亞洲和美國本土學生的比例。
英文補充
Academics
Commonwealth College
The Commonwealth College (ComCol) is the honors college at UMass. The honors college provides students the opportunity to intensify their UMass academic curriculum. The requirements of the college are to complete a set number of the required classes for one's major at the honors level as well as complete a senior year thesis or capstone project and several Dean's book courses. Completion of the ComCol courseload is required in order to graduate the University with higher Latin honors designations, such as magna or summa cum laude. Graduates with Grade Point Averages of higher than 3.2 on a 4.0 scale receive the Latin honor cum laude whether they are members of the ComCol or not. ComCol provides honors students an additional community of students to interact with outside of their academic department.
Library
The W.E.B. DuBois library is the tallest library in the United States and the tallest academic library in the world. It is also well regarded for its innovative architectural design, which incorporates the bookshelves into the structural support of the building. It is home of the memoirs and papers of the distinguished African-American activist and Massachusetts native W. E. B. Du Bois as well as being the depository for other important collections, such as the papers of the late Congressman Silvio O. Conte.
Special Collections include Social change and movements for social change African American history and culture Labor, work, and industry Literature and the arts Agriculture The history of the region.
The W.E.B. DuBois Library is also notable for being home to the Learning Commons,opened in 2005. The Learning Commons provides a central location for resources provided by several departments across campus including Library Reference, Office of Information Technologies help desk, Academic Advising, Writing Center, Career Services, and Assistive Technologies Center. The Learning Commons has 164 computers with a broad range of software installed arranged in a variety of configurations for both individual and collaborative work. The library has all sorts of services including tutoring, writing workshops, and supplemental instruction scattered among its 26 floors. The building itself is so large that it needs a security force. That security force is the Building Monitor Desk. The desk is managed by various supervisors and student employees.
The Integrated Sciences and Engineering Library is the other main library on campus. It is located on the 2nd floor of the Lederle Graduate Research Center (occasionally referred to as the Lederle "low rise").
UMass Amherst is home to the DEFA Film Library, the only archive and study collection of East German films outside of Europe.
Other libraries include the Shirley Graham Du Bois Library in New Africa House, the Biological Sciences Library in Morrill Hall, and the Music Reserve Lab in the Fine Arts Center.
Ranking and reputation
U.S. News and World Report's 2008 edition of America's Best Colleges ranked UMass Amherst as one of the top 100 universities in the nation, placing it at #96, and ranking it the joint 46th amongst Public Universities.The Times Higher Education Supplement ranked UMass Amherst as the 175th best university in the world.The MBA program is highly ranked by the Princeton Review.
Student life
Registered Student Organizations
UMass Amherst has many registered student organizations (RSOs). Most RSOs are funded by the Student Government Association (SGA), from the activity fee that all students pay, however, the SGA has oft been criticized for not funding all clubs fully or equally. In recent years, the fee has been about $81. In order to start an RSO, one needs a group of at least 8 interested students, who then petition the SGA for recognition. Each semester, the SGA reviews RSOs, and those which have too few members are considered inactive. Club Sports, which are non-NCAA athletic or organized sports teams, are considered RSOs.
On May 6 of 2008, the Center for Student Development hosted an awards show entitled The Sammies for the second time. The Sammies is designed to allow RSOs to give awards to other outstanding RSOs. Over 50 different awards were presented to student leaders and exemplary RSO in more than 20 categories. Among the winners was the Umass International Relations Club which garnered the coveted "Best RSO of the Year" award.
Student government
The Student Government Association (SGA) is the undergraduate student governmental body, and provides funding for the many registered student organizations (RSOs) and agencies, including the Student Legal Services Office (SLSO) and the Student Center for Educational Research and Advocacy (SCERA). The SGA also makes formal recommendations on matters of Administration policy and advocates for undergraduate students to the Administration, non-student organizations, and local and state government.
The SGA has three branches: the President and Executive Cabinet, the Undergraduate Student Senate, and the Student Judiciary.
Area governments There are a total of six area governments. Each of the campus's six residential areas has an area government, and there is also a Commuter Area Government to serve commuter students. Area governments provide social programming for their areas, and are in charge of the house councils for the dorms in their area. They also represent the needs and interests of students in their areas to the Administration, Housing Services, and the SGA.
Area Governments have a tradition of sponsoring large events, generally in the Spring, such as Fill the Hill, Bowl Weekend and Southwest Week.
House councils Each residence hall or residential "cluster" (a group of residence halls) at UMass Amherst has a house council. House councils report to their respective area governments. Its budget comes from voluntary dues collected in return for access to common supplies (access to the kitchenette, rental access to vacuums, brooms, games, etc). House councils also engage in social programming for their halls or clusters, and advocate to housing staff in regards to concerns of students in their hall/cluster.
Army ROTC
The Minuteman Battalion is one of the permiere Army ROTC battalions in the Army. Boasting a program that annually performs well above national averages and among the top handful of programs in the northeast USA, Army ROTC recently enjoyed the announcement of a senior Cadet being named the #1 Cadet in the nation in a national class of over 4,000 Cadets. UMass has earned this prestigious achievement twice in the last 15 years. The training program is among the best at preparing officers for the US Army and commissionees regularly outperform their peers in initial Army officer training. Active on the Amherst campus, the program's Scabbard and Blade community service club is very active and represents UMass well throughout the year with food drives, assistance to local veteran's groups and assistance with the Medical Readiness Corps at UMass in preparing for large-scale medical disasters. The most unusual activity associated with Army ROTC is the Light Leader's Tactical Society, in which Cadets train in dynamic real-world environments and scenarios. Most students are on a full tuition scholarship. UMass-Amherst is the host program for the Pioneer Valley and Five Colleges Army ROTC programs including: Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, Western New England College (WNEC), Springfield College, Westfield State College and American International College (AIC). At AIC and WNEC, students on Army ROTC Scholarships also earn free room and board.
Marching band
Main article: University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band
UMass Amherst has the largest marching band in New England. The Minuteman Marching Band consists of over 360 members and regularly plays at football games. The band is led by George N. Parks. The Minuteman Band also won the prestigious Sudler Trophy in 1998 for excellence. The band is well known across the nation for its style and excellence, particularly for its percussion UMass Drumline and tuba sections UMass Tubas. The band also performs in various other places like Allentown, Pennsylvania, Bands of America, Boston, and on occasion Montreal.
Fraternities and Sororities
UMass is home to numerous fraternities and sororities, organized under four councils: IFC, NPC, NPHC, and the MGC. Several Greek Life organizations had houses on North Pleasant Streetuntil Alpha Tau Gamma, Inc. who owned the property for many years, did not renew the leases. The North Pleasant Street houses were colloquially known as Frat Row. Most of Alpha Tau Gamma Properties' houses were out of code and were razed November, 2006. The land was then sold to the University.Currently several sororities & fraternities still live in "Frat Row" including Sigma Delta Tau, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Iota Gamma Upsilon, Phi Sigma Kappa and Theta Chi. Behind "Frat Row" or North Pleasant Street there are more sorority houses such as Sigma Kappa, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Alpha Chi Omega. Two other houses Chi Omega and Sigma Phi Epsilon are situated on Olympia Drive, on the northern outskirts of the campus. Delta Upsilon is also situated on North Pleasant Street just past Lederle and Totman. Alpha Epsilon Pi is also on campus. Alpha Epsilon Pirecently relocated to Sunset Ave, and Pi Kappa Alpha returned to campus in Spring of '07.
Several organizations do not have houses, such as Pi Kappa Phi, Alpha Epsilon Phi, and the NPHC, and the MGC fraternities and sororities.
The Greek community has several annual traditions, including 'UDance', the Relay for Life and the annual Greek Week, during which the various fraternities are partnered with sororities, and these teams compete with each other throughout a week of challenges.
The Daily Collegian
The student-operated newspaper, The Daily Collegian, is published Monday through Friday during the University of Massachusetts' calendar semester. The Collegian is independently funded, operating on advertising revenue. Founded in 1890, the paper began as Aggie Life, became the College Signal in 1901, the Weekly Collegian in 1914 and the Tri-Weekly Collegian in 1956. Published daily since 1967, the Collegian has been broadsheet since January 1994.
