Mission
Welcome Terps! The Office of Undergraduate Studies strives to create and deliver an exceptional undergraduate experience through seamless university-wide integration of academic excellence, personal development, and professional preparedness.
The Office of Undergraduate Studies engages the campus community to foster a sense of pride, belonging, and accomplishment within its undergraduate student population and among faculty and staff. The Office acts with integrity and inclusiveness to cultivate and deliver high caliber, high impact programs focused on student academic excellence, personal development, and professional preparedness.
The Dean for Undergraduate Studies has campus-wide responsibility for undergraduate education initiatives, student success practices, and retention and graduation rates.
Some highlights:

Gift to Maryland Promise Program Honors UMD Mentor
Zairen Sun Ph.D. ’98 and Beibei Li Ph.D. ’98 are contributing to the Maryland Promise Scholarship Program in honor of their mentor

UMD Ranks in Top Schools for Entrepreneurship
Top 10 Nod From The Princeton Review, Entrepreneur Magazine because of programs like Southern Management Leadership Program
From the archives:

Merrill scholars
Merrill Presidential Scholars Program Recognizes 19 Stellar Students along With K-12 teachers and UMD Faculty Mentors

DIVERSITY EDUCATION
How is UMD preparing students for a changing, globally interconnected world? Learn more about how undergraduate courses will promote inclusion and equity

First Gen Terps
UMD observes National First-Generation College Student Celebration Day, celebrating expanded higher education access to historically marginalized students

Grant news
Upward Bound Program Awarded 5-year, $3M grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support Prince George’s high school students

Gemstone Research
The Honors College's Gemstone teams present and defend their research projects, culminating four years of work

An app for that!
An undergrad developed an iPhone app called CollegeRO to make it easier to pursue opportunities in the Maryland Student Researchers database

2022 Churchill Scholars
Two Terps have been awarded Winston Churchill Scholarships at the University of Cambridge

Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars
Celebrating outstanding seniors and the impact of K-12 and faculty mentorship

AAST Student creates a postal stamp
Rodolfo Castro ’21 and his wife created the new Happy Birthday stamp for the U.S. Postal Service

New UMD
Badges
UMD-branded badges are available for undergraduates to show skills not represented by traditional transcripts

New Honors Programs
Students Will Gain Tools to Address Societal Challenges Through Interdisciplinary Curricula in Business and Global Affairs

I-Series In the classroom
Architecture Class (both an I-Series and Scholarship in Practice course) Leaves Terps on the Edge of Their Seats

Kirwan
Award
Ann Smith, assistant dean in the Office of Undergraduate Studies, is honored for her efforts to promote team-based learning experiences

2021-22 First Year Book
"What the Eyes Don't See" by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha Addresses Environmental Racism

New SMLP Director
Sara Herald, an experienced campus leader, is the new Director of the Southern Management Leadership Program

Honors Humanities alum wins Pulitzer
Megha Rajagopalan ’08 is a member of the BuzzFeed News correspondent’s team that won a 2021 Pulitzer Prize in the International Reporting category

Critical Language Scholarships
Twelve University of Maryland students were awarded the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for intensive language study in summer 2021

Honoring the graduates
Students involved in UGST programs are senior marshals and medialists. A Gemstone alum is the student speaker

Top Undergrad Researchers
Maryland Center for Undergraduate Research honors the achievements of seven undergraduate researchers
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Top
Seniors
Students from the Honors College, College Park Scholars, and Federal Fellows among the top seniors
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Donna Hamilton
Teaching Awards
Two faculty members are recognized for excellence in undergraduate teaching

Cool
Classes
College Magazine features ten Gen Ed coures at UMD that show how interesting Gen Ed courses can be

Welcome Class of 2024
Hello to all 4,300 first-year Terps, including these students from CP Scholars, Gemstone and more

2020 Merrill Scholars
The Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars Program honors UMD's top seniors and their mentors

AAP Celebrates 50 years
For 50 years, Academic Achievement Programs (AAP) has provided thousands of low-income, first-generation and traditionally underrepresented students with college access and retention support services

Big 10 Course Sharing
Want to take a course on animal-computer interaction, but it’s not offered? Intrigued by a class called Pests, Plagues, Poisons and Politics? Register for a class offered through the Big Ten Academic Alliance Online Course Sharing Program

New Course for Post-College Life
In the newest UNIV offering, students learn the practical details of life after college, from 1099 forms to developing career goals and retirement plans

2020-21 First Year Book
Maryland Today highlights "Weapons of Math Destruction" by Cathy O'Neil and the importance of exploring biases in algorithms