University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester (UMMS)

The mission of the University of Massachusetts Medical School is to serve the people of the Commonwealth through national distinction in health sciences education, research and public service.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts' first and only public medical school, the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) was founded in 1962 to provide affordable, high-quality medical education to state residents and to increase the number of primary care physicians practicing in underserved areas of the state. More than 40 years later, UMMS retains the pioneering spirit that attracted its founding faculty and students, even as it has matured to become one of the nation's top 50 medical schools.

In addition to the School of Medicine, the University of Massachusetts' Worcester Campus houses the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Graduate School of Nursing and a growing research enterprise.

UMMS, located in Worcester, is one of five University of Massachusetts campuses, and one of about 28 free-standing, university-based academic health science centers in the U.S. Ranked fourth in the nation in primary care education in the 2006 U.S.News & World Report's “America's Best Graduate Schools,” the institution's main components are the School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Graduate School of Nursing. Its clinical partner is UMass Memorial Health Care.

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