Admissions & Financial Aid

Undergraduate Admissions

Undergraduate admissions at UMass Boston

When you join the nearly 16,000 students who attend UMass Boston, you join the diverse and devoted community that makes up Boston’s only public research university.

Our urban location not only provides a direct link to an energetic and vibrant city, but also gives students like you the chance to actively pursue career and internship opportunities while receiving a world-class education.

Our Office of Undergraduate Admissions staff can help you discover if UMass Boston is a good fit for you—and, likewise, if you're a good fit for us.

We look for bright, creative, and hardworking students from varying backgrounds with a broad range of interests. 

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Padraig O’Malley

John Joseph Moakley Professor of Peace and Reconciliation, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies

Professor Padraig O’Malley has served as a facilitator of peace in Ireland, South Africa, and Iraq.

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