Why Kinesiology @ UMD

Excellent Programs

Our undergraduate programs are outstanding. Our graduate doctoral program is ranked 3rd in the nation. We have an exciting undergraduate Honors program, internships, and research opportunities. ..FIND OUT MORE...

Rewarding Careers

Kinesiology degrees open the door to an amazing number of careers. Physical therapy, physician, teacher, personal trainer, .... FIND OUT MORE...

Location.. Location.. Location

Our outstanding location near the Washington DC, Baltimore, Annapolis, and Northern Virginia offers our students direct access to hundreds of internship, research, and service opportunities. FIND OUT MORE..

World Class Faculty

The Kinesiology faculty is one of the best in the country. They are not only internationally recognized scholars in their field, but they love teaching and working with students. Six faculty are fellows in the most prestigious academy in the field and every year several faculty are invited to give keynote lectures at international conferences. Kinesiology faculty have been named to campus honors as Distinguished Scholar-Teacher (Hagberg), University Undergraduate Advisor of the Year (Brown), University Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year (Clark).... FIND OUT MORE ....

State-of-the-art Facilities

Wireless internet in classrooms, hands-on teaching-learning laboratories, Friedgen Student Lounge to relax as well as study, laptop computers in classrooms, state-of-the-research laboratories, access to fabulous physical activity facilities... FIND OUT MORE...