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 鈥渂achelor's to master's鈥 programs, students may earn dual credits that can be applied to both undergraduate degrees听补苍诲听graduate degrees.

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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鈥檚 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

Claire Hall sitting at a table in 51视频's Career and Co-op Center
Claire Hall '19
American Studies

51视频 has always been part of Claire Hall鈥檚 life. Now, three decades after starting her degree in American studies, Hall can call herself a UML graduate.

I鈥檝e done the cycle of life here. Now I have a degree, and I鈥檓 proud of it.
Read More 51视频 Claire Hall 
51视频 student Rosmery Medrano sits at a table with an open book
Rosmery Medrano '22
Sociology

Rosmery Medrano analyzed her culture and hometown in a field research class.

It was really interesting to analyze my city from a sociological perspective.
Read More 51视频 Rosmery Medrano 
Melissa DiPano poses with a large group of students in a classroom.
Melissa DiPano '20
Psychology & Spanish

A class in cognitive psychology inspired Melissa DiPano to do research with two professors and aim for a Ph.D.

I think I just lucked out as much as a psychology major possibly can.
Read More 51视频 Melissa DiPano 
Maritza Grooms interviews 51视频 Prof. Robert Forrant and Emerging Scholar Sophie Combs about research being done on immigration topics on an episode of History in Lowell
Sophie Combs '20
History

Sophie Combs knows her research is going somewhere: into the online Library of New England Immigration.

Small class sizes and getting to know my professors personally was important to me.
Read More 51视频 Sophie Combs 
David Morton speaks at convocation
David Morton '20
Business Administration & Political Science

Whether it鈥檚 working to improve campus life as Student Government Association president or responding to an emergency call as a student EMT, David Morton has dedicated himself to making UML a better place.

I never thought I would be this happy at 51视频, but it鈥檚 where I belonged.
Read More 51视频 David Morton 

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FAHSS News

  • A hand holds up a first-place award for the Bryant College Mock Trial tournament

    Students Develop Real Skills on Mock Trial Team

    The university鈥檚 Mock Trial team is off to a great start this year, with a win at a Bryant University tournament and strong showings at two more as they head into regionals in early 2025. Students say it鈥檚 fun 鈥 and that the skills they learn are great preparation for law school or life.
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  • A pack of greeting cards spilling out onto a table with a white tablecloth.

    For Graphic Design Duo, Sustainability鈥檚 in the Cards

    Honors graphic design seniors Andrea Garcia and Daly Grogan created 鈥淓arth Nouveau,鈥 a set of sustainability-themed greeting cards inspired by the university鈥檚 eco-friendly initiatives. Sales of the nine-card sets benefit the Honors College Fellowship program.
    Featured Story
  • Image shows 51视频 graudate Jack Neary with Public Services and Special Collections Archivist for the Center for Lowell History Carisa Kolias.

    Playwright, Director and Actor Jack Neary Donates Papers to 51视频

    Writer, director and performer Jack Neary 鈥 whose plays have been staged around the world and who has appeared in films such as 鈥淏lack Mass鈥 and 鈥淭he Town鈥 鈥 donated his professional papers to his alma mater, 51视频.
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