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University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering

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Type
  
Public

Dean
  
Dr. Tim Anderson

Address
  
Amherst, MA 01002, USA

Academic staff
  
97

Established
  
1947

Campus
  
Urban/Suburban

Founded
  
1947

University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering

Location
  
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

Affiliations
  
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Number of students
  
2,264 (1,744 undergrads and 520 graduates)

Affiliation
  
University of Massachusetts Amherst

The University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering is one of the schools and colleges at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It was established in September 1, 1947 as the School of Engineering and now considered as the best public engineering school in New England, enrolling 1,744 undergraduate students and 520 graduate students including 290 M.S. students and 230 Ph.D. students for the 2012-2013 school year. The College of Engineering at UMass Amherst has eight buildings, including the five-year-old Elab II, research facilities, computer labs, and graduate offices. It has more than 16,000 living alumni around the world.

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Departments

The College of Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst consist four departments including;

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
  • Academics

    The College of Engineering offers undergraduate and graduate programs including:

    Bachelor of Science degrees

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Systems Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Master of Science degrees

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Doctor of Philosophy degrees

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Research Centers

    The College of Engineering at UMass Amherst host number of research centers including;

  • Northeast Climate Science Center
  • The Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA)
  • The Center for Advanced Sensor and Communication Antennas (CASCA)
  • The Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CEERE)
  • The UMass Amherst Institute for Cellular Engineering
  • The Institute for Massachusetts Biofuels Research (TIMBR)
  • The Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL)
  • The National Science Foundation Center for e-Design and Realization of Engineered Products and Systems (e-Design Center)
  • MassNanoTech
  • The University of Massachusetts Transportation Center (UMTC)
  • The University of Massachusetts Traffic Safety Research Program (UMassSAFE)
  • The Center for Process Design and Control (CPDC)
  • References

    University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering Wikipedia