Expand your knowledge through cutting-edge research & 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 & improve their communities.

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Advanced Study Opportunities

Our graduate degree & 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 & graduate degrees.

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

Cutting-edge Research & 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

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

UMass Lowell has always been part of Claire Hall’s life. Now, three decades after starting her degree in American studies, Hall can call herself a UML graduate.

I’ve done the cycle of life here. Now I have a degree, and I’m proud of it.
Read More About Claire Hall 
Melodie Armand sitting on a bench
Melodie Armand '22
Bachelor of Liberal Arts

Melodie Armand turned a setback into greater success.

I’m on a different path, but I’m on the right path.
Read More About Melodie Armand 
Daphne Shakira Naut posing on a mountain during study abroad with views of rocky, snowy mountains in the background
Daphne Shakira Naut '20
Political Science & Philosophy

Honors College student Daphne Shakira Naut was already fluent in two languages and had started on two more by the time she finished high school. Here at UML, she’s picked up a fifth language and studied abroad three times – all while supporting herself.

Languages are like M&Ms. You just keep adding more.
Read More About Daphne Shakira Naut 
Sean Perry at University Crossing
Sean Perry '18
Criminal Justice

After earning a master's degree in criminal justice, Sean Perry plans to pursue a Ph.D. in criminology with the ultimate goal of becoming a professor or private sector or government researcher whose studies could help improve police departments or criminal justice systems.

I received a really good education here. I feel like I never got anything less than Ivy Leaguers did.
Read More About Sean Perry 
Political Science Alumna Sheila Angelo working behind camera
Sheila Angelo '15
Political Science

Sheila Angelo’s internships for U.S. Reps. Niki Tsongas and Jim McGovern helped her win jobs doing advance event planning and media relations for Bernie Sanders and President Obama.

I can’t believe all the opportunities I’ve had just a year out of college. Every day, there’s something new and exciting for me to do.
Read More About Sheila Angelo 

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FAHSS News

  • A person in a suit and glasses works on a laptop at a table in an arena.

    English Alum Comes Full Circle with PWHL Boston

    English alum and former UML men’s soccer goalie Carter Hochman ’19 is back on campus as the social media and marketing associate for Boston's Professional Women's Hockey League team, which plays its home games at the Tsongas Center.
    Featured Story
  • RadSci sculpture Steve Snay

    Science Meets Art with Radiation-Themed Sculpture Contest

    In partnership with the Radiation Safety Office, Radiological Sciences in the Department of Physics and Applied Physics and Art & Design Assoc. Prof. Yuko Oda’s Sculpture III class, students competed in a radiation-themed sculpture contest.
    Featured Story
  • A person holds a gun with a carnation flower in the barrel overlooking a crowd.

    From Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution,’ Democracy Blooms

    To mark the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal, UMass Lowell’s Saab Center for Portuguese Studies and Department of World Languages & Cultures is hosting a colloquium featuring leading scholars and a screening of the film “April’s Captains.”
    Featured Story

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