CNS at a Glance

Sixteen Departments & Schools

Astronomy, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Food Science, Geosciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Microbiology, Natural Resources Conservation, Physics, Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, Polymer Science & Engineering, Psychology, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, and Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Twenty Buildings

Agriculture Engineering, Apiary, Bowditch, Chenowith, Clark, Computer Science, Conte Polymer Science, Fernald, French, Goessmann, Hasbrouck, Hatch, Holdsworth, Integrated Sciences, Lederle, Morrill, Paige, Stockbridge, Thayer, Tobin

Education

6 AS programs (Stockbridge School)

26 BS & BA programs

46 MS & PhD programs

Grants & Revenue Sources FY08

66% Total campus academic research awards

687 Research proposals funded

$82M Total research awards

People

398 Tenure track and research faculty
65 Professional society Fellows

75 Lecturers

179 Postdoctoral researchers

5,739 Undergraduate students
33% of total seniors who graduate with honors

1077 Graduate students
912 Doctoral students
38% of total UMass PhDs

Interdisciplinary Collaborations

5 Graduate programs
Architecture & Design
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience & Behavior
Organismic & Evolutionary Biology
Plant Biology

7 Graduate student training &
certificate opportunities
Cognitive Science
Food Science Public Policy
NSF IGERT, Cellular Engineering
NSF IGERT, Nanotechnology Innovation
NIH Chemistry-Biology Interface
Peace & the Prevention of Violence
Psycholinguistics