University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS)

The University of Massachusetts Medical School at Worcester or the University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester (UMMS) is a public non-profit institution of higher education. Massachusetts State Medical School was established by the professional community in July 1962. The founder dean, Lamar Sutter, was appointed manager in December 1963 and began to embody the vision of an extraordinary medical school. The growth of the school and its clinical system coincided with the support of basic scientific research, and although the school remained faithful to its mission to train doctors, by 1979 it had established a PhD program in the field of biomedical sciences, and then a graduate school of nurses, which opened in 1986.

• Location: Worcester, Massachusetts,
• Enrollment: more than 1,400 students,
• Academic structure: three graduate schools.

Students are educated in a variety of medical disciplines (with an emphasis on preparing for the practice of general medicine, as well as primary medical care in the public sector). The school provides educational services through undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. There is the possibility of distance education. There are exchange programs for students and teachers. The academic year is divided into semesters here.

UMass Chan Medical School provides graduate education and conducts research in medicine, biomedical sciences, and nursing. Collaboration across its schools, departments, and laboratories is central to the institution’s educational and research work.

The curriculum includes rotations at numerous training sites in Worcester and elsewhere across Massachusetts.

• T.H. Chan School of Medicine includes clinical, biomedical, and research departments in such areas as anesthesiology, biochemistry, genomics, medicine, neurobiology, pediatrics, surgery, and systems biology,
• Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences provides education and conducts research in biochemistry, biostatistics, cancer biology, and neuroscience,
• Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing prepares nurses, nurse practitioners, and nurse scientists.

• The discoveries of UMass Chan researchers Victor R. Ambros and Craig C. Mello earned Nobel Prizes,
• UMass Chan received 1.7 billion US dollars in NIH funding over a ten-year period,
• Caitlyn Edwards and Travis Faust received 2026 Young Investigator grants from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation,
• a graduate student received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for research that could transform organ transplant procedures.

• David D. McManus became the first UMass Chan Medical School alumnus to lead the institution as chancellor,
• MassBiologics, with locations in Boston and Fall River, is the only nonprofit, FDA-licensed manufacturer of vaccines and biologics in the United States,
• ForHealth Consulting provides consulting and operational services to the public sector.

The UMass Chan Medical School campus does not have student housing. Students and residents must arrange their own accommodations.

Most students find convenient and affordable housing in the local community.

Belmont Learning Community is open to all PhD, nursing, and medical students.

• UMass Chan Medical School ranks #1 in Massachusetts for primary care education,
• its primary care program is recognized annually as one of the best in the nation.

UMass Chan Medical School is located on the shores of Lake Quinsigamond.

Parking is available in various locations on campus, and students may park for free after 5 p.m. Multiple WRTA bus stops are located on and around campus. The WRTA #24 bus (Belmont Street/Lake Avenue) serves the campus.

Students must arrange their own transportation to off-campus training sites.

Among medical students, 42% enter primary care. The pass rate for FNP nursing students is 100%.

UMass Chan welcomes in-state and out-of-state students to its three graduate schools.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision