Admissions & Financial Aid

Graduate Admissions

Welcome to the Office of Graduate Admissions at the University of Massachusetts Boston—Boston’s only public research university. The Office of Graduate Admissions website provides all the information you need to apply to one of our 19 doctoral, 75 master’s, and numerous graduate certificate programs. For detailed information on applying to a particular graduate program, please visit our comprehensive list of graduate programs.

If you have questions about graduate admissions at UMass Boston or the Office of Graduate Admissions website, please call us at 617.287.6400 or send us an email message at bos.gadm@umb.edu.

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Graduate Studies Catalog for 2010-2012 (Print version)

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Application Requirements Check List

  1. Official Transcripts
  2. Applicable Test Scores
  3. Letters of Recommendation
  4. Statement of Purpose
  5. Non-refundable Application Fee
  6. Program Specific Requirements

Why UMass Boston?

Bob Chen speaks with his colleagues as three sensor buoys are readied for the spring.

Bob Chen

Professor of Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Sciences; BA Chemistry and Physics, Harvard University; PhD Marine Chemistry, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UC San Diego

“They call me an urban oceanographer because I study the ocean water right off Morrissey Boulevard.”

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