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A
tradition of excellence
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| UMBC--a
major research university in the Baltimore-Washington
area--offers graduate students an exciting environment for advanced
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With 9,101 undergraduates
and 1,658 graduate students in the liberal arts and sciences, engineering,
and public policy, UMBC is large enough to provide students with
excellent training and research experience and small enough for
close student-faculty interaction.
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| The University is a growing
center for research and development and technology commercialization.
Campus research grants and training contracts have topped $80-million,
up from just $10-million nine years ago. Patent applications by UMBC
researchers have more than quadrupled in the past three years and
more than 125 University-developed technologies are available for
licensing. Adjacent to the campus, The UMBC Technology Center houses
private research, development, and training organizations seeking
interaction with University faculty, students, and research facilities. |
| The quality and extent
of scholarly accomplishments by UMBC faculty are impressive. From
1996 to 2000, the approximately 300 faculty members at UMBC have published
a total of 300 books and over 4000 journal articles and other creative
works. They have also made over 3100 professional presentations of
their research work locally, nationally and internationally. |
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Technology
at UMBC
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| Adjacent to the campus,
The UMBC
Technology Center houses private research, development, and training
organizations seeking interaction with University faculty, students,
and research facilities. |
| The new University Technology
Park, bwtech@UMBC is nearing
completion of its 350,000 square-foot building on a 41-acre site adjacent
to UMBC. |
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| UMBC is one of over 180
colleges and universities across the country participating in the
Internet 2 initiative, a project
to develop new, high-speed communications applications for the Internet. |
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Culture
& Recreation
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| UMBC's convenient, suburban
location 15 minutes from downtown Baltimore
and 30 minutes from the Washington,
D.C. beltway offers a wealth of cultural and recreational activities.
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| The University sponsors
a full season of performances by the UMBC Symphony Orchestra and the
renowned Maryland
Camerata, UMBC's resident chamber choir. UMBC is also home for
a variety of professional companies and ensembles that tour nationally,
such as the Phoenix Dance Company, Doug
Hamby Dance and The Maryland
Stage Company. |
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Sports
at UMBC
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| UMBC teams play a full
schedule of 19 intercollegiate sports. The athletics and physical
education department also sponsors a variety of intramural offerings
throughout the year. Other facilities available to graduate students
are an indoor track, tennis courts, Olympic-size outdoor and indoor
swimming pools, and a full 15-piece Nautilus Fitness Center complete
with electronic exercise bicycles and computer health analysis. |
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