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HIGHER EDUCATION Some of Maryland’s major colleges and universities have branches in Montgomery County. Their programs serve county students looking to pursue studies on both undergraduate and graduate levels.
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITIES AT SHADY GROVE
www.shadygrove.umd.edu The Universities at Shady Grove opened in fall 2000 on 50 acres at the intersection of Darnestown and Shady Grove roads in Rockville. The center is in collaboration with nine of the 11 degree-granting University System of Maryland institutions, and offers daytime undergraduate upper-division courses for students to complete their final two years of study for a bachelor’s degree. The Shady Grove campus also offers evening and weekend undergraduate and graduate programs.
MONTGOMERY COLLEGE
www.montgomerycollege.edu Montgomery College serves about 60,000 students per year through credit and noncredit programs at campuses
in Germantown, Rockville and Takoma Park/Silver Spring, and at work force development and continuing education centers in Gaithersburg, Wheaton and Silver Spring. The college offers more than 130 degree and certificate programs that prepare students to earn an associate degree, transfer to a four-year college or university, enter the job market, upgrade career skills, complete an apprenticeship or take enrichment courses. Day, evening and weekend courses are available in subjects ranging from accounting and applied geography to automotive technology and computer science.
UNIVERSITIES AT SHADY GROVE 9630 Gudelsky Drive Rockville, MD 20850 301-738-6000 301-738-6088 TTY www.shadygrove.umd.edu
MONTGOMERY COLLEGE Rockville campus 51 Mannakee St. Rockville, MD 20850 240-567-5000
Germantown campus 20200 Observation Drive Germantown, MD 20876
240-567-7700 Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus 7600 Takoma Ave. Takoma Park, MD 20912 240-567-1300
Gaithersburg Business Training Center 12 S. Summit Ave. Gaithersburg, MD 20877 240-567-1863 Westfield South Center 11002 Veirs Mill Road Suite 306 Wheaton, MD 20902 240-567-5188
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Montgomery County Campus 9601 Medical Center Drive Rockville, MD 20850 301-294-7000 www.jhu.edu
WASHINGTON ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY 7600 Flower Ave. Takoma Park, MD 20912 301-891-4000 www.wau.edu
BRIAN LEWIS/THE GAZETTE
Students gather outside the Campus Center at Montgomery College in Rockville.
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