Thank you for your interest in pursuing your graduate studies at CPPA!

We recommend that, prior to submitting your application and if at all possible, you plan a visit to the Center and UMass Amherst. A visit allows you to meet with CPPA directors, current students and faculty. Along with meeting people, you can also sit in on a classes. Depending on your interests there may be other options for visits and introductions.

If you would like to arrange a visit or you would like to request more information, email Satu Zoller, Associate Director, or call her at (413) 575-2714.

For getting to know UMass Amherst and the Five College/ Pioneer Valley area, the following links may be helpful:

The UMass Amherst campus and getting to UMass and/ or the town of Amherst

• Directions to campus
  
• Bradley International Airport - Hartford, CT
  
• Logan International Airport - Boston, MA
  
• Area accommodations
  

Getting around campus

• UMass Amherst homepage
  
• UMass Visitors Center
  
• Campus Maps
  
• On-Campus Parking
  
• Campus Center
  
• UMass Amherst Libraries
  
• UMass Amherst Athletics
  
• UMass Housing Office
  
• Graduate Financial Aid Services
  
• Campus Hotel
  

Local community links

• UMass Amherst News
  
• Daily Collegian (UMass Student Newspaper)
  
• Amherst Chamber of Commerce
  
• Daily Hampshire Gazette
  
• Town of Amherst
  
• Town of Northampton
  

Exploring the area

• Explore Northampton
  
• Western Mass Craigslist
  
• Amherst Community TV
  
• Western Massachusetts Visitor Information Network Service
  
• Hampshire Mall
  
• Amherst Cinema
  

Five Colleges

• Five Colleges, Inc.
  
• Amherst College
  
• Hampshire College
  
• Mt. Holyoke College
  
• Smith College
  
• University of Massachusetts Amherst