The University of Baltimore (UB), located in Baltimore, Maryland, is part of the University System of Maryland.
| Seal | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1925 |
| President | Robert L. Bogomolny |
Academic staff | 151 |
| Undergraduates | 2,096 |
| Postgraduates | 1,740 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.ubalt.edu |
Founded in 1925 by a group of Baltimore business professionals, UB sought to provide educational opportunities for working men and women. In the 1970s UB merged with Eastern College, Mount Vernon School of Law, and Baltimore College of Commerce. In 1975 UB became a "upper division academic institution", offering only third and fourth year undergraduate and post-graduate course work. At the same time, ownership was assumed by the State of Maryland. In 1988, the state merged UB into the new statewide university system, the University of Maryland System, which was later renamed University System of Maryland.
The University is composed of three schools:
The university's campus is in Baltimore's Mt. Vernon neighborhood, close to downtown. The University of Baltimore/Mt. Royal station on the Baltimore Light Rail system is at the northwest edge of the campus, and Penn Station, with Light Rail, Amtrak, and MARC service, is just to the north.
Lower Division Initiative
The Lower Division Initiative is a program that began in 2005 to extend the University of Baltimore's current position to once again offer the first two years of the baccalaureate degree.
In April 2005 the University System of Maryland's Board of Regents approved plans that would allow UB to start accepting freshmen and sophomores. Under the original plan, freshmen and sophomore would be admitted starting in the fall of 2006.
In a unanimous vote that took place on February 15, 2006, the Maryland Higher Education Commission approved a revised mission statement submitted by the University of Baltimore, thus enabling the University to return to four-year undergraduate status. This is the same initiative that already received approval from the Board of Regents in April of the prior year; however, the plan was revised slightly and now calls for freshmen to be admitted in the fall of 2007.
The University states that this new program will better reflect the current focus, and will be designed to prepare students in business, pre-law, technology, public affairs, and applied liberal arts.