University of Vermont

The University of Vermont is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont, on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain. It was chartered in 1791, the year Vermont joined the Union, and later took on a Morrill Act agricultural and mechanical mission. The campus occupies a hill above downtown Burlington. UVM combines a New England state university with a medical school and strong environmental and agricultural colleges.

Colleges and schools include Arts and Sciences, Agriculture and Life Sciences, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Education and Social Services, Nursing and Health Sciences, the Grossman School of Business, the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, and the Larner College of Medicine. Health-science students train at the University of Vermont Medical Center. Research emphasis includes environmental science, public health, medicine, and food systems.

Enrollment is about 14,000, including roughly 2,000 graduate and medical students; the international share is smaller than at coastal flagships. Alumni include philosopher John Dewey and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams.

Graduate study includes the M.S. and Ph.D., the M.D., public-health and nursing master's, and dual degrees. Doctoral work is apprenticeship-based in laboratories and field stations; professional programs are cohort-structured. The calendar is semester-based. Assistantships and medical appointments support a share of students. Burlington is a small walkable city, with the Green Mountains nearby and Montreal a few hours north.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University of Vermont lists 78 graduate programs across 30 subjects: 50 master's programs and 27 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in education, health & medical sciences and biology.