UMBC Leadership
Office of the President
This is where bold visions become reality. Discover our commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and service. Access our archive of presidential history and resources—and if you’re a student, take an opportunity to schedule office hours!
Senior Leadership Team
Meet UMBC’s Senior Leadership team—a dynamic group of accomplished individuals shaping the future of higher education. UMBC’s leaders are dedicated to driving innovation and fostering student success.
Governance
The University System of Maryland shared governance includes many system-wide representative bodies. Through this collaboration, we shape our shared future and foster a thriving campus community.
UMBC Mission & Vision
At UMBC, we combine grit and supportive community to reach excellence across the board. We value each other as whole people and come together to learn, solve problems, create new things, and just have fun.
UMBC is a member of the University System of Maryland
A 21-member Board of Regents, including two students, governs the University System of Maryland. Appointed by the governor, president of the senate, and the speaker of the house, the regents oversee the system’s academic, administrative, and financial operations; formulate policy; and appoint the USM chancellor and the presidents of the system’s 12 institutions.
UMBC Campus News
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Popular AIs head-to-head: OpenAI beats DeepSeek on sentence-level reasoning
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Kelley Bell, M.F.A ’06, brings a sense of play to the BMA with “Fantastic Village”
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Gathering a humanities research tool kit to understand a fascinating world
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From pulpits to protest, the surprising history of the phrase ‘pride and prejudice’
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Students partner with Baltimore community members to measure ‘forever chemicals’ in local waters
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Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency