The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, is one of the largest, most advanced performing arts complexes anywhere. The University of Maryland is home to the Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies and the department houses the Shakespeare Globe Centre's Research Archive. The College of Arts and Humanities is known internationally for its strengths in gender studies and the development of technology for use in the humanities. Our award winning faculty includes three Helen Hayes Award winners for outstanding theatrical designs, a winner of a regional Emmy, and a winner of the Barnard Hewitt Award for the outstanding book in theatre history. We have significant international presence with study abroad programs , participation in conferences, designing shows, and research in countries from Ireland to Senegal.
International students come from Brazil, Germany, Iran, Korea, Peru, Nigeria, and Taiwan.
We are dedicated to diversity and to excellence in creativity and scholarship.