University of Massachusetts Lowell

The University of Massachusetts System’s mission is to provide an affordable and accessible education of high quality and to conduct programs of research and public service that advance knowledge and improve the lives of the people of the Commonwealth, the nation, and the world.

In accord with the UMass System’s mission, the University of Massachusetts Lowell is a public research university committed to excellence in teaching, research and community engagement. The university is dedicated to transformational education that fosters student success, lifelong learning, and global awareness. UMass Lowell offers affordable, experience-based undergraduate and graduates academic programs taught by internationally recognized faculty who conduct research to expand the horizons of knowledge. The programs span and interconnect the disciplines of business, education, engineering, fine arts, health, humanities, sciences and social sciences. The university continues to build on its founding tradition of innovation, entrepreneurship, and partnerships with industry and the community to address challenges facing the region and the world.

For more than a century, UMass Lowell has been preparing students to work in the real-world, solve real problems and help real people. The university began as the Lowell Normal School, a teaching college founded in 1894, and the Lowell Textile School, founded in 1895 to train technicians and managers for the textile industry. Over the next 75 years, both institutions extended their offerings to meet the growing needs of the region. Lowell State and Lowell Tech, as they were then known, merged in 1975 to form the University of Lowell. The campus became part of the University of Massachusetts system in 1991.