Not eccentric. According to Google Maps, the University of Massachusetts at amherst is located in amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and the earliest campus, 90 miles from Boston, and it is not remote. UMassAmherst, founded in 1863, is a member of the World University Alliance, with about 2 1000 undergraduates and 6,200 postgraduates each year, including students from nearly 100 countries.