David Scott, president of the university, said that the core purpose of the university is to "cultivate more complete and comprehensive people, so as to create a better and more ideal world through them". As the largest university in Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts has 320,000 alumni all over five continents and has made outstanding achievements and performances in various fields. Representative figures are Jack Welch (1957, Department of Chemical Engineering), former US Congressman Joseph Kennedy (II) (1976, judicial service and education), Jeffrey Taylor (200 1, human resources and market in the new economy), founder of Monster, the world's largest job search website, and Peking University.
After a hundred years of development, Ma has awarded more than 20 degrees from bachelor to doctor, and established a complete teaching and research system. Among more than 3,000 universities in the United States, USNEWS, 438+06 ranked 75th, and 2065, 438+05 ranked 76th. Ranked third among eastern public universities. The Times of London listed the University of Massachusetts as one of the top 50 universities in the world. British Times Higher Education Edition 20 1 1 lists it as the 19 of the world's 100 most famous universities and the 56th of the world's 200 best universities.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a leading research institution of the University of Massachusetts, with more than 25,000 registered students from 50 states and nearly 65,438+000 countries. Amherst Campus, founded in 1863, specializes in computer science, business, nanotechnology, polymer science, linguistics and engineering design. The Department of Food Science at the University of Massachusetts, amherst has a national 1 doctoral program.