February 1, 2021

The University of Maryland achieved its highest ranking ever in the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development survey for Fiscal Year 2019, placing 14th overall nationally and eighth among all public institutions in Research & Development spending. For the first time, the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Maryland, College Park were linked together as one research enterprise in the ranking, with combined research expenditures of $1.1 billion.

Read UMB President Bruce E. Jarrell's letter here.