About UMass Lowell Continuing Studies

Building on the strength of UMass Lowell's outstanding faculty, the Division of Continuing Studies is leading the region in delivering quality programs on campus, onsite at companies and online. Our corporate and distance education initiatives continue to bring distinction to the UMass Lowell campus as students and companies participate in our wide range of professional education programs.

UMass Lowell is also one of the largest providers on online credit courses in New England. First launched in 1996, UMass Lowell's online education program continues to grow in both annual enrollments and national reputation.

In October 2005, UMass Lowell's Division of Continuing Studies was notified that it had won three prestigious national awards for its innovative online education programs from The Sloan Consortium – an association of more than 1,000 institutions and organizations of higher education engaged in online learning.

The awards included “Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Teaching and Learning Programming,” “Excellence in Faculty Development for Online Teaching,” and “Excellence in Online Teaching.”

UMass Lowell's Corporate Training Division serves as an outreach arm for the University with corporate America. UMass Lowell has long offered programs that feature corporate partnering and regional economic development.

Corporate programs have been delivered primarily in three major signature areas: Information Technology, Manufacturing Technology and Plastics Engineering Technology. UMass Lowell currently delivers off-campus training to approximately 30 corporate sites.