Collaborative School of Public Health
Accreditation is being sought for a school that combines College Park’s Master of Public Health Program (MPH) in its School of Public Health with UMB’s MPH Program at the School of Medicine.
A New Academic Vision for UM in Montgomery and Surrounding Counties
At the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, Md., UMB is combining its research interests in health, law, and human services with UMCP’s science, technology, engineering, math, business, and social sciences programs.
UM Baltimore
UMB was founded in 1807. Today, this 71-acre complex houses the state’s only public academic health, law, and human services university. Home of the UM BioPark, UMB’s sponsored research totaled $529 million in Fiscal Year 2012.
UM College Park
UMCP, located just outside Washington, D.C., was founded in 1856 as a private agricultural college and now has grown to include 12 colleges and schools offering more than 200 academic degrees to 37,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
Board of Regents’ Vote
Dear University of Maryland community: Today, the Board of Regents, after many months of study, concluded that the disadvantages of a merger between our University and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) outweigh the advantages. I am happy to …
An Invitation to an Open Forum
Dear Faculty, Staff and Students: It has been several months since my last communication on the status of the Maryland General Assembly’s discussions about a potential merger of the University of Maryland, College Park with our university. Subsequently, the legislature …
Update on Merger Proposal
Dear Colleagues: In my letter of March 21, 2011, I said I would update you on developments regarding the Senate of Maryland’s proposal to develop a plan to merge the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, …
Senate Budget and Taxation Committee budget discussions
Dear Colleagues: Today during Senate Budget and Taxation Committee budget discussions Maryland Senate President Mike Miller proposed that the Board of Regents (BOR) conduct a study of the merits of merging the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) and the …