The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) is a leading research and educational institution working to understand and manage the world’s resources.
A globally eminent research institution aimed at advancing scientific knowledge of the environment, UMCES has research locations from the mountains to the sea—the Appalachian Laboratory in the mountains of western Maryland, the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory at the mouth of the Patuxent River, the Horn Point Laboratory on the Eastern Shore, and the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology in Baltimore.
Our Integration and Application Network produces the annual Chesapeake Bay Report Card and assesses ecosystem health around the world, and we administer the Maryland Sea Grant College.
UMCES is one of 12 universities in the University System of Maryland, and has a unique statutory mandate to conduct a comprehensive scientific program to develop and apply predictive ecology for the improvement and preservation of Maryland’s physical environment.