The downtown Baltimore campus of the University of Maryland is the founding campus and the graduate and professional school campus of the University System of Maryland. We are the state’s public health and law university devoted to professional and graduate education, research, patient care, and public service. Using state-of-the-art technological support, UM-Baltimore educates leaders in health care delivery, biomedical science, social services, and law. Seven professional schools and the graduate school train the majority of the state’s physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, lawyers and social workers. Our 61-acre research and technology complex encompasses 62 buildings in West Baltimore near Inner Harbor.

• 2012 Graduate Research Conference
  Orientation for new graduate students (MS and PhD) takes place at the start of fall spring semesters every academic year to acquaint new students with University personnel, services, policies and procedures. Graduate students admitted for summer or spring semesters are invited to attend fall orientation.
• 2012 Hooding Ceremony
  The Doctoral Hooding Ceremony is a special recognition ceremony for doctoral degree candidates. It is held every spring. The PhD graduates are introduced by their faculty mentors and hooded by their program directors and professional school deans signifying their success in completing the graduate program.
• Graduate School Orientation Week 2012 [PDF]
  Orientation for new graduate students (MS and PhD) takes place at the start of fall spring semesters every academic year to acquaint new students with University personnel, services, policies and procedures. Graduate students admitted for summer or spring semesters are invited to attend fall orientation.