General Information
Degrees Offered
PhD, MS, Postbaccalaureate Certificates
Location and Contact Information
Graduate School
University of Maryland, Baltimore 620 W. Lexington St., Suite 5110
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-706-7131; 410-706-3473 (fax)
gradinfo@umaryland.edu
The Graduate School
The Graduate School works in concert with the University of Maryland schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work by developing and applying Universitywide standards and policies for graduate programs, faculty, and students.
Graduate studies began at the Baltimore campus of the University of Maryland in 1918. Today, the Graduate School offers 40 postbaccalaureate certificate (PBC), Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree programs in biomedical, health, human service, and life sciences. The Graduate School also offers formal dual-degree programs with the University’s professional schools and facilitates interinstitutional studies and cooperative degree programs in several fields with other University System of Maryland (USM) campuses and graduate programs.
Our website, www.graduate.umaryland.edu, includes the Graduate School Catalog, program information, links to program and school web pages and email addresses, the online application for admission, and forms and polices for current graduate students.
The University of Maryland Graduate School, Baltimore (UMGSB)
Created in 1985, UMGSB represents the combined graduate and research programs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and UMB — the University System of Maryland (USM) doctoral research campuses in the Baltimore area. Several joint programs with UMBC permit UMB graduate students to take advantage of the association of faculty and the wide variety of courses offered at UMBC. All UMB and UMBC graduate programs are reviewed by a joint Graduate Council of the UMGSB.
University of Maryland — Downtown Baltimore Campus
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is the state’s public health, law, and human services university devoted to excellence in professional and graduate education, research, patient care, and public service. As a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, and using state-of-the-art technological support, we educate leaders in health care delivery, biomedical science, global health, social work, and the law. We emphasize interdisciplinary education and research in an atmosphere that explicitly values civility, diversity, collaboration, teamwork, and accountability. By conducting internationally recognized research to cure disease and to improve the health, social functioning, and just treatment of the people we serve, we foster economic development in the city, state, and nation. We are committed to ensuring that the knowledge we generate provides maximum benefit to society and directly enhances our communities.
With 6,703 students, 2,743 faculty members, and 4,460 staff, UMB is an economic engine yielding more than $13 for every general fund dollar appropriated by the state of Maryland. In addition to UMB’s mandates of teaching and research, members of the University community donate more than 2 million hours each year in service to the public. More than $497.5 million in grants and contracts was awarded in Fiscal Year 2016, and faculty contributed to important advances in basic science and applied research. Located in Baltimore, the campus consists of 71 acres with almost 7.5 million gross square feet of space in 67 buildings.
Baltimore and Surrounding Area
Beyond offering outstanding professional opportunities, Baltimore is a great place to live. In addition to a diversity of affordable housing, Baltimore’s world-renowned Inner Harbor area, lively entertainment, world-class museums, fine music, and professional theater make city living exciting and culturally rewarding. For sports lovers, Orioles baseball and Ravens football are within walking distance of the campus. The city also offers access to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean beaches, ski resorts in Western Maryland and Pennsylvania, and the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.