University Without Walls (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

University Without Walls (UWW) at University of Massachusetts Amherst is a department within the university which provides degree completion coursework for the undergraduate and graduate degrees, enrolled by non-traditional students. The summer school semester and the winter semester is directly run by this department.

The department reports directly to Provost of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Established in 1971, as of 2013 approximately five-percent of UMass graduates were receiving their undergraduate degrees through the program annually. Recently, Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) department with its degree completion programs at the undergraduate and graduate level was merged into University Without Walls department.