<p>Can someone please explain the relationship between UMCP & UMB. I know that UMB houses the health-related professional schools: medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, etc. as well as Law. You can also get a Smith MBA in Baltimore. I thought that UMB was merely a second campus but still under the UMCP umbrella? I’ve come to find out that it is its own school, and in fact, the oldest in State system. I also know that a diploma from one of UMB’s professional schools states that the degree is from the “University of Maryland School of…” and not the “University of Maryland, Baltimore School of…” The hospital in Baltimore is also known as the University of Maryland Medical Center. </p>
<p>On a related note, does anyone know if there is regularly scheduled shuttle service between the two schools?</p>
<p>There are 5 universities under the control of the University of Maryland - College Park (UMCP), Baltimore County (UMBC), ‘at’ Baltimore (UMAB) (the professional school campus in downtown Baltimore), Eastern Shore (UMES), and University College (overseas). They are all separate, but share one Board of Regents.</p>
<p>UMAB has the professional schools, mostly graduate level, but does have the schools of nursing, pharmacy, and social work which have undergrad degrees. It’s about an hour away from College Park, and I don’t think there are shuttles on a regular basis. I know that some law students get a JD/MBA, but the MBA classes are usually taken at the CP campus. </p>
<p>The schools are only 30 miles apart so the trip can easily be traversed in a 1/2 hour when there is no traffic (granted a big caveat). The Smith MBA can be completed entirely in Baltimore - that was initiated about five years ago.</p>
<p>It would be nice if there was a shuttle since the MARC Camden line does not have a stop near UMCP.</p>
<p>I drove from downtown to the UMCP campus many times, and it never, ever, took 30 minutes. And I even had a parking spot waiting for me at the CP end. Traffic, construction, whatever. 30 miles doesn’t equal 30 minutes.</p>
<p>Why do you need to go between the campuses? Courses of study are fully contained at one campus or the other, and now you say the MBA program is too.</p>
<p>@DavidHopkins twoinanddone is absolutely correct. It’s indeed about an hour. Also, to the best of my knowledge there is no MBA program there. The med school and law schools are both there. You can get your graduate degree or PhD there in the biological sciences type fields too I think.</p>
<p>Selfishly, it would be a way for me not to have to pick my daughter at CP when she comes home. I would also think that undergrads would have a reason to want to come to UMB for field study, internships, research, etc. There are shuttles back and forth all day long between Johns Hopkins’ Homewood and Medical campus. Granted, they are only about 5 miles apart. </p>
<p>I just did the trip between CP and downtown Baltimore in 30 minutes, albeit in the middle of the day on a Wednesday, and I was not speeding recklessly. I realize that 30 minutes does not equal 30 miles, but it can be done if there is no traffic, again a big if.</p>
<p>It is at the UM Biopark…all the more reason to link the two locations.</p>
<p>See my last post…it can be traversed in a 1/2 hr with no traffic issues. I’ve done it many, many times. It only takes me 50 minutes to get to CP from northern Baltimore County on Saturday mornings.</p>
<p>Well I guess I’m wrong. That’s cool that it can be done in Baltimore too. I have never been able to make it in 30 mins, but hey, more power to you.</p>
<p>I’m with the have never made it to Baltimore ore in 30 minutes contingent. To the edge of baltimore maybe, but to go from parking lot to parking lot, not to mention class to class, I’d assume an hour, even mid day. I am guessing the baltimore MBA is probably in the evenings, since it is part time. </p>
<p>The MBA conferred in Baltimore is no different than the one received in College Park or DC for part-time students.</p>
<p>I just attended an event at the UM Biopark in Baltimore. It really is a fantastic hub for emerging biotech and life sciences companies and organizations. It will only add to UM’s (and UMB’s) appeal as it provides a platform for collaboration and entrepreneurism. I spoke to many executives at the incubator companies and they mentioned that they would love to hire UM and UMB students as both interns and entry level employees.</p>
<p>Even though the park in essentially on UMB’s campus, it is billed as the University of Maryland Biopark, further strengthening the ties between both campuses.</p>
Presidents Loh and Perleman co-authored a piece in last week’s Baltimore Business Journal that highlighted the strong relationship between UMCP and UMB. The MPower Maryland initiative was mentioned - a program with a lot of potential.