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University of Maryland, Baltimore, (also known as UMB, and occasionally as UMAB due to its former name, University of Maryland at Baltimore) was founded in 1807. It is one of the oldest universities in the United States and comprises some of the oldest professional schools in the nation and world. It is the original campus of the University System of Maryland. Located on 56 acres (230,000 m²) in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, it is now part of the University System of Maryland.

UMB comprises six professional schools:

Professional schools

The University of Maryland Dental School was the first dental school in the world. Founded in 1840 as the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (BCDS), it was chartered by an act of the Maryland General Assembly. Its principal founders were Drs. Horace H. Hayden and Chapin A. Harris. It was the first school in the world to offer a science-based curriculum in dentistry.* It currently ranks 7th among the nation's dental schools in NIH funding. Currently celebrating its 160th anniversary, the School will host the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and American Association for Dental Research (AADR) at their meeting in Baltimore in 2005.

The University of Maryland School of Law opened in 1823 as the "Maryland Law Institute" "in a spacious and commodious building on South street, near Market street."*. The law school moved to a new building in 2003, adjacent to the site of Westminster Presbyterian Burying Ground the cemetery where the poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe is buried. It is the only law school in the United States with a famous author buried on its campus. Westminister Hall is used for campus events and is often requested for wedding ceremonies.

The University of Maryland School of Law was ranked 42nd among law schools according to the 2007 edition of U.S. News and World Report law school rankings and was also ranked among the top 10 programs for environmental law. The School of Law's median GPA is a 3.55 and median LSAT score is a 161. It admits 16.1% of applicants.*.

Established in 1807, the University of Maryland Medical School is the first public and the fifth oldest medical school in the United States and the first to institute a residency training program. It is housed in the University of Maryland Medical Center, which is the center for medical education in Maryland. The Medical School includes Davidge Hall, which was built in 1812 and is the oldest building in the Northern Hemisphere in continuous use for medical education.* It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In the 1950s, it was named after founder and first dean John Beale Davidge.

The Medical School was ranked 33rd for primary care and 42nd for medical research in the 2007 edition of U.S. News and World Report medical school rankings. It admits 8.4% of applicants. *.

The University of Maryland School of Nursing, founded in 1889 by Nightengale Fund graduate Louisa Parsons, is one of the oldest nursing schools in the nation. It pioneered the first nursing informatics program in the world and the nation's first nursing health policy program. According to the most recent nursing school rankings, The University of Maryland School of Nursing was ranked 10th among nursing schools in the 2003 edition of U.S. News and World Report.

The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, founded in 1841, is the fourth oldest school of pharmacy in the nation and the only pharmacy school in Maryland. The School of Pharmacy is comprised of three departments, Pharmacy Practice and Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. According to the most recent pharmacy school rankings, The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy was ranked 8th among pharmacy schools in the 2005 edition of U.S. News and World Report.

The University of Maryland School of Social Work is a top program in social work education. Graduates of the School of Social Work have become policymakers at all levels of government, from the U.S. Senate to the state and federal courts, to the State Department and departments of social services. Graduates also work as educators and researchers at universities across the country and have become therapists, community organizers, and managers. According to the most recent rankings, The University of Maryland School of Social Work was ranked 19th among schools of social work in the 2004 edition of U.S. News and World Report.

UMB's Health Sciences & Human Services Library was founded in 1813 from the collection of Doctor John Crawford, a former British naval surgeon, and is the origin of the entire University of Maryland Library System.* The first location of the library was across from the medical school (now known as Davidge Hall), in a church. The church was later razed for construction of a new library that opened in 1960. The library has since moved into a large modern building in 1998.

The Graduate School was founded in 1918. UMB graduate school offers 43 degree programs in total.

Name of the institution

The professional schools housed at the University of Maryland, Baltimore may also simply use the name "University of Maryland" when describing themselves despite the fact that the University of Maryland, College Park also refers to itself simply as the University of Maryland. There is relatively little confusion resulting from the shared name due to the fact that the University of Maryland, College Park does not house any professional schools, except for the business school, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore does not offer undergraduate education or NCAA sports. Each school is entitled to use the "University of Maryland" name in recognition of their shared history. While both schools are University System of Maryland institutions, neither is a part of the other.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore is also often mistaken for the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), which is a separate University System of Maryland institution located outside the City of Baltimore.

Notable Alumni

Campus

The campus is composed of 58 buildings located adjacent to Baltimore's famous Lexington Market. UMB has recently undertaken a vast west campus expansion. This ten-acre project, known as BioPark, will create ten new buildings containing a total of 1.2 million square feet of classroom, lab, and office space.*

The university is served by the University Center/Baltimore Street station of the Baltimore Light Rail system, which is at the eastern edge of campus.

External links

Schools of Medicine in the United States | Universities and colleges in Baltimore | University of Maryland, Baltimore

 

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