The
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (
UMass Dartmouth,
UMassD, or "UMD") is one of five campuses and operating subdivisions of the
University of Massachusetts (UMass). It is located in
North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States, in the center of the South Coast region, between the cities of
New Bedford to the east and
Fall River to the west. It became a UMass campus in 1991 when Southeastern Massachusetts University was merged into the University of Massachusetts system.