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The University of Maryland, College Park is the state's flagship university and one of the nation's preeminent public research universities. A global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, the university is home to more than 40,700 students, 14,000 faculty and staff, and nearly 400,000 alumni all dedicated to the pursuit of ...
The University of Maryland campus as it appeared in 1938 before the dramatic expansion engineered by President Byrd. The state took control of the school in 1916 and renamed it Maryland State College. That year, the first female students enrolled at the school.
The history of the University of Maryland, College Park began in 1856, when the Maryland Agricultural College was chartered. The state took complete control of the school in 1916, and consequently the institution was renamed Maryland State College.
The campuses at College Park and Baltimore merged to form the University of Maryland in 1920. Originally created as normal (teacher-training) schools were Bowie State (founded 1865), Towson (1866), Frostburg State (1898), Coppin State (1900), and Salisbury State (1925).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The flagship campus in the University of Maryland system has buildings ranging in age from the c. 1803 Rossborough Inn, which predates the university’s founding, to the Iribe Computer Science building dedicated in 2019. Founded as the Maryland Agricultural College, the campus was established on land from founder C. B. Calvert’s Riversdale holdings.
History. The University of Maryland, Baltimore was founded in 1807 as the Maryland College of Medicine. In 1812, it was rechartered as the University of Maryland and given the authority to establish additional faculties in law, divinity, and arts and sciences. The faculty of law was founded in 1816, though it operated intermittently until 1868.
