UMBC CAN TAKE YOU PLACES.

If you’re looking to embark on a career in academia and scholarship that takes you to grad school and beyond, UMBC will help you get there. Many of our students continue their studies, pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees. Some also earn prestigious scholarships that take them around the U.S. and the world as they attend graduate school and conduct research.

UMBC GRADS MAKE WAVES

After completing their degrees at UMBC, our graduates go on to some of the most impressive and well-known universities to pursue graduate and professional studies and even to join the faculty:

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

DUKE UNIVERSITY

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

M.I.T.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

OUR ALUMNI ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF COVID-19 EFFORTS. Immunologist Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett ’08, M16, biological sciences and sociology, assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, previously led a vaccine development team at the National Institutes of Health. The team she led, which included Olubukola Abiona ’17, M25, biochemistry and molecular biology, and Darian Cash ’02, M10, chemistry, developed the highly effective COVID-19 vaccine from the biotech company Moderna.

I’ve witnessed Anna’s metamorphosis from a student who was unsure of her academic capabilities to a young woman who is positioning herself to impact the economic and public policy field. Her superpower is her ability to foster connections and collaborations to make a difference.