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Life on Campus
Residence Halls
Nine out of every 10 first-year students at Maryland
choose to live on campus. That’s 9,600 Terps living
in 39 residence halls that offer a variety of room
types: traditional rooms, suites, semi-suites or
apartment-style accommodations. The Department
of Resident Life can connect new students with
potential roommates, answer questions and assist
with the transition to on-campus living.
For more information, visit reslife.umd.edu.
Living-Learning and
Other Special Programs
Maryland’s highly regarded programs bring
together students with a common interest—the
environment, public health, data justice, and
many others. Students explore their passions,
make connections with one another and faculty
members, and participate in unique opportunities
designed to enhance their education. More than
half of all first-year students participate in one of
more than two dozen special programs—most of
them residential—including the Honors College,
College Park Scholars and FIRE.
Visit: go.umd.edu/living-learning.
Getting Involved
Our students take part in more than 800
organizations, focused on sports, the arts,
academics, service to the community, religion
The Terp experience is much more than classes and
homework. It encompasses residence hall life, clubs
and sports, fraternities and sororities, campus events
and even off-campus destinations. All students here
have opportunities to create a unique identity and
to grow as individuals, even as they’re part of a
close-knit, diverse community.
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and much more. All it takes is five students with a
common interest and an adviser to start a new club.
Fraternity and sorority life is active at Maryland,
with 16% of undergraduates participating in UMD’s
recognized Greek-letter organizations. These
include 27 social fraternities, seven of which are
culturally based organizations, and 28 social
sororities, with 12 culturally based organizations.
