The University of Maryland , Baltimore County (UMBC) is a selective public research university with a focus on academic excellence and a campus-wide spirit of entrepreneurship. UMBC has an enrollment of over 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students from almost 100 countries.


Undergraduate Degree Programs
UMBC offers 48 majors, 26 minors, and 18 certificate programs in the physical and biological sciences, social and behavioral sciences, engineering, mathematics, information technology, humanities and visual and performing arts. New degree programs include game development, business technology administration and media and communications studies.


Master Degree Programs & Doctoral Degree Programs
UMBC's Graduate School offers 35 master's degree programs, 24 doctoral degree programs and 22 graduate certificate programs. Programs are offered in education, engineering, imaging and digital arts, information technology, life sciences, psychology, public policy and a host of other areas of interest. New programs include biotechnology, management of aging services and environmental science.


Nearly 3,000 IT Students
UMBC enrolls nearly 3,000 information technology related majors and produces almost 40 percent of Maryland 's bachelor's degrees in Information Technology annually. UMBC is consistently ranked among the top three research universities nationally in production of bachelor's degrees in Information Technology.


How Does UMBC Stack Up?

•  Ranked in the top tier of U.S. research universities by the Carnegie Foundation
•  Among the fastest-growing research universities in terms of funding
•  Ranks third among U.S. universities in NASA funding
•  Joining with Princeton to create a new Engineering Research Center (ERC), expected to revolutionize optics
•  Collaborating with IBM to create the Multicore Computing Center (MC2), a unique facility to focus on supercomputing research related to aerospace/defense, financial services, medical imaging and weather/climate change prediction
•  Ranked first nationally in the total number of undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry degrees awarded to African Americans
•  Six-time Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess champion

Learn more about UMBC achievements


RESEARCH

Substantial Growth In Research & Training
UMBC has experienced substantial growth in research and training contracts and grants — from $13.9M in FY-93 to $85.5M in FY-02. Funding agencies include: NASA, the FDA, the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory
UMBC's Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory is studying the next generation of the Internet, and novel ways to increase, improve and manage skyrocketing flow of information traffic.

UMBC faculty continue to be notably successful in turning their research to marketable technologies:

UMBC is home to more than 25 research centers across many disciplines, including the Center for the Advanced Study of Photonics Research, Center for Women and Information Technology, Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center, Joint Center for Astrophysics, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute at UMBC, and the Imaging Research Center.

UMBC Talent
UMBC consistently ranks among the nation’s top research universities in production of computer science, chemistry and biochemistry degrees.

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ranks UMBC 5th nationally in the number of undergraduate degrees awarded in chemistry and biochemistry.

Each year, The Shriver Center places over 700 UMBC students in internships, cooperative education experiences and service-learning environments in over 500 public and private organizations in the Baltimore/Washington area and abroad. These professional practice programs are a major resource for employers in the region and an excellent training ground for students. For more information on obtaining an intern or co-op student from UMBC, please contact Christine Routzahn, assistant director of Professional Practice, at routzahn@umbc.edu or 410-455-2493. For more information about The Shriver Center, visit our Web site at www.shrivercenter.org.

For the talent you need, look to UMBC and our 11,000+ students studying IT, engineering, the sciences and liberal arts. To assist you in filling your full-time vacancies, there are a number of opportunities to connect with soon-to-be graduates and alumni. Recruitment services include accessing our online resume database, attending job fairs, scheduling on-campus interviews, posting jobs and numerous other options geared towards helping you build a visible presence among job seeking students. Services are also available to assist you in filling your general part-time, temporary, or seasonal positions. For more information on tapping UMBC for your recruitment and hiring needs, contact the UMBC Career Development Center at www.careers.umbc.edu, careers@umbc.edu or 410-455-2216.

The Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT) at UMBC seeks to address women's interests in IT. The center places female undergraduate and graduate students in job-related IT internships in the public and private sectors and serves as a focal point for corporate involvement in efforts to increase women’s awareness and involvement with IT. For more information go to, www.umbc.edu/cwit.


Educational Services
UMBC Continuing & Professional Studies (CPS) offers individuals and organizations customized, high quality credit and non-credit training, certificate and degree programs that reflect the values of a major research university and the performance of a provate company. For more information visit their website at www.cps.umbc.edu or contact them at 410-455-2336 or cps@umbc.edu.

UMBC Training Centers offers high quality, affordable training and certification to individuals and organizations in the Baltimore region. Through its strategic alliance with UMBC, Training Centers draws on university faculty and industry practitioners to provide state-of-the-art coursework in information technology, engineering, biotechnology, professional development and buisnmess and allied health. Training Centers also provides flexible, custom training for business, government and the nonprofit sectors through its Contract Training initiatives. Its Computer Certification Training Center, an operating division of UMBC Training Centers LLC, represents the University's most ambitious effort to date to dramatically impact the technical worker shortage. Programs addressing the most popular and marketable industry-standard credentials have resulted in a major influx of new and upgraded technical employment candidates for the local economy. Offerings include: CompTIA Certifications (A+, Network+ and Security+ certifications), Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW), Cisco Certification (CCNA), Microsoft Certifications Programmer, Oracle Certified Professional, Discreet Authorized Game Development, Section 508 Website Accessibility, HIPAA Compliance, Wireless Technologies, online class options and customized contract training. For more information, contact us at 443-543-5400 or info@umbctrainingcenters.com, or visit www.umbc.edu/trainctr.

The Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship offers non-credit courses for entrepreneurs through its SMARTbasics and SMARTaccelerator programs. The SMARTbasics Program, "Business Essentials for Techpreneurs," was jointly offered by UMBC and the Howard County Economic Development Authority (HCEDA). The program was specifically designed to initiate techpreneurs into the business of doing business. Offered in the Fall of 2001, SMARTbasics provided an in-depth overview of effective business practices including planning, marketing, human resources and finance for high-tech entrepreneurs. The program was offered to CEOs and senior staff members of regional incubators. Visit online at www.umbc.edu/entrepreneurship.