Institution name

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Total number of students

27016

Total number of international students

262

Contact address for international enquiries

AMHERST 01003

Telephone

+1 413 545 0722

Venue / office name

School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Address

Contact address for international enquiries

106 Arnold House
AMHERST
Massachusetts
01003

Venue description

The School of Public Health and Health Sciences addresses complex health issues by integrating traditional core areas of public health with related health science disciplines. The School fosters a unique environment in which transdisciplinary research collaborations can flourish. It features award-winning faculty, numerous opportunities for community-based student internships, and outreach programs and partnerships that promote health and the quality of life in diverse populations. The School offers a wide range of on- and off-campus academic programs, including the highly-rated online MPH in Public Health Practice program that allows students from around the globe to earn a Master’s Degree in Public Health, a new fully online MPH in Nutrition, and the Worcester Campus MPH Program located at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Telephone number

+1 413 545 2526

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

The University of Massachusetts Amherst provides on-campus, off-campus and family housing. UMass Amherst residence halls provide forty-five residence halls and four apartment buildings that are grouped into six separate and very different residential areas: Central, Northeast, Orchard Hill, Southwest, Sylvan and North. Each hall possesses its own distinctive characteristics, inspired in part by location, architecture, and by the different cultural or academic living/learning programs housed within. Each residential area houses classrooms, recreational and social centers, kitchenettes, and cultural centers. The dining program provides students, faculty and staff with an array of dining options, ranging from self-serve buffet style programs in residential locations to retail dining and the finest in catering. All freshman and sophomores living in the residence halls are required to purchase one of the three residential meal plans. All other students may select any of the residential meal plans. Family Housing offers twelve studio apartments located in Lincoln Apartments offering total 185 one-bedroom and 124 two-bedroom apartments, which are all located in either Lincoln or North Village. Family Housing also has twelve one-bedroom apartments modified for the physically disabled. There are ten furnished one-bedroom apartments in Lincoln, which can be rented for an additional fee. To be eligible to live in Family Housing, students must be married, in a domestic partnership.