In September, 1967, it was approved as a campus of the University of Maine and began offering day and evening classes.

[1] The university now has nine locations besides the Augusta campus, in Bangor, Brunswick, East Millinocket, Ellsworth, Houlton, Lewiston, Rockland, Rumford and Saco.

Architecture, Mathematics, and Nursing) or a related set of disciplines (e.g. Business, Humanities, and Natural Sciences).

[3] UMA is noted nationally for offering an online baccalaureate degree in information and library science.

[4] In Summer 2009, it began offering online courses to a Maine Army National Guard unit stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan.