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Inn & Conference Center. UMGC is an outgrowth of the evening program for adults at the University of Maryland, which began in the 1920s. In 1947, the College of Special and Continuation Studies (CSCS) was established. [13] In 1959, The CSCS became the University of Maryland University College (UMUC).
Home stadium for Maryland Terrapins football, it has an official capacity of 51,802. Formerly known as Byrd Stadium, after Harry C. Byrd, president of the university from 1935 to 1954, the name was changed to Maryland Stadium in 2015, and to its current name in 2022. [47] Shoemaker Building 1931 Location of the UMD Counseling Center. [48]
Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) is a research facility focused on risk assessment, management, and mitigation for electronic products and systems. CALCE was created in 1985 with support from the United States National Science Foundation as a University Industry Cooperative Research Center.
A free shuttle service, known as Shuttle–UM, is available for UMD students, faculty, staff, and some residents of College Park and Greenbelt. [120] [121] The university is served by an off-campus stop on the Washington Metro's Green Line [122] called College Park – University of Maryland.
The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) is a multi-university higher education center of the University System of Maryland for mid-career working professionals and non-traditional students. Degrees taught by the cooperative are conferred by the individual universities as opposed to it being conferred in the name of the education center.
The University of Maryland’s undergraduate computer science program ranks 9th among the country’s public institutions and 18th overall in the 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges.” In 2019, UMD was ranked 14th globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities in atmospheric science.
The University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences is one of the 13 schools and colleges at the University of Maryland, College Park.With 10 departments, it is one of the largest colleges at the university, with three in ten University of Maryland undergraduates receiving their degree from the college.
The University of Maryland School of Medicine was ranked 15th in U.S. News & World Report ' s 2023 rankings of "Best Medical Schools: Primary Care", and 29th in "Best Medical Schools: Research". [5] In 2013 [update] , the school offered admission to 6.3% of applicants. [ 6 ]