University of Maryland Eastern Shore

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a public historically black land-grant university in Princess Anne, Maryland. It is part of the University System of Maryland. UMES is a Carnegie Classification R2 research university.

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has been known by a series of names reflective of its location, evolving role and mission over a period spanning three centuries. It opened Sept. 13, 1886 under the auspices of the Delaware Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Benjamin and Portia Bird welcomed nine students that first day to a converted farmhouse on 16 acres at what initially was envisioned to be a preparatory school for Centenary Biblical Institute in Baltimore, which in 1890 changed its name to Morgan College. By the end of the first academic year, 37 students were enrolled in the Delaware Conference Academy in Princess Anne.

Current President: Heidi M. Anderson, Ph.D

Official website: www.umes.edu