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University of Massachusetts Boston

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About

instance of	university public educational institution of the United States
inception	1964
official name	University of Massachusetts Boston
short name	UMass Boston
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Boston
headquarters location	Dorchester
location	Columbia Point · since January 1974
street address	100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125-3393
postal code	02125-3393
coordinate location	42.3134, -71.0384
official website	https://www.umb.edu/ · language of work or name: English
official map URL	https://www.umb.edu/map · has characteristic: interactive web map

People and numbers

count of students	16,259 · September 2020
employees	2,122 · September 2020
admission rate	80% · 2020
admission yield rate	20% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral university: higher research activity high undergraduate four-year, large, primarily nonresidential research doctoral: professional-dominant balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence four-year, medium full-time, selective, higher transfer-in

Finances

funder	Open Society Foundations · prize money: $24,972 · award rationale: to develop short, medium, and longer-term initiatives that will challenge the Global Burden of Disease framework as it has been applied to mental health and to build upon a rights-based and social justice approach to mental health, particularly in the Global South, that aligns with a focus on the global burden of obstacles · 2018

funder

Open Society Foundations · prize money: $24,972 · award rationale: to develop short, medium, and longer-term initiatives that will challenge the Global Burden of Disease framework as it has been applied to mental health and to build upon a rights-based and social justice approach to mental health, particularly in the Global South, that aligns with a focus on the global burden of obstacles · 2018

Structure and memberships

parent organization or unit	University of Massachusetts
part of	University of Massachusetts
member of	New England Commission of Higher Education Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education National Humanities Alliance Open Education Network 4 more Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship · since 2022 Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Center for Research Libraries Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities
owner of	WUMB-FM
athletics program	UMass Boston Beacons

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (3)

image	UMass Boston campus.jpg
logo image	Umass boston textlogo.png
seal image	Umass boston seal.png

Wikimedia and technical details (6)

Commons category	University of Massachusetts Boston
topic's main category	Category:University of Massachusetts Boston
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:University of Massachusetts Boston alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:University of Massachusetts Boston faculty
API endpoint URL	https://vm-shibboleth.umb.edu/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
social media followers	20,369 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17194573 · 6 February 2023 24,700 · YouTube channel ID: UCyXH8k7w7atZUXIYVOj8bVw · 27 April 2025 Earlier figures (7) 19,998 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17194573 · 1 March 2022 19,234 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17194573 · 11 January 2021 18,722 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17194573 · 24 April 2020 23,900 · YouTube channel ID: UCyXH8k7w7atZUXIYVOj8bVw · 20 April 2024 23,300 · YouTube channel ID: UCyXH8k7w7atZUXIYVOj8bVw · 17 February 2023 19,700 · YouTube channel ID: UCyXH8k7w7atZUXIYVOj8bVw · 17 March 2022 17,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCyXH8k7w7atZUXIYVOj8bVw · 22 September 2021

Identifiers in other databases (60)

ARCHON code	1620 · subject named as: University of Massachusetts at Boston
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CAGE code	9B961
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Facebook username	umassboston · has characteristic: verified account or profile · since 5 August 2009
FAST ID	531828
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KISTI ID	K000208191
Libraries Australia ID	35849045
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n79043095
LinkedIn company or organization ID	umass-boston
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	33434090
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NL CR AUT ID	ko2005304148 · subject named as: University of Massachusetts at Boston
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QS World University ID	university-massachusetts-boston
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ResearchGate institute ID	University_of_Massachusetts_Boston
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SEVIS school ID	8949
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SNARC ID	Q46629
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Threads username	umassboston
Times Higher Education World University ID	university-massachusetts-boston
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VIAF cluster ID	125615448
Wolfram Language entity code	Entity["University", "UniversityOfMassachusettsBoston::2887v"]
World Higher Education Database ID	IAU-020285
X (Twitter) username	umassboston · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 18,722 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17194573 · 24 April 2020 UMassBoston
YouTube channel ID	UCyXH8k7w7atZUXIYVOj8bVw · number of subscribers: 17,000 · number of viewers/listeners: 14,510,247 · 15 September 2021
‎Scilit organization ID	3200
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