The University of Massachusetts Boston, also known as UMass Boston, is an urban public research university and the second largest campus in the five-campus University of Massachusetts system. The university is located on 177 acres (0.72 km) on Harbor Point in the City of Boston, Massachusetts. Students are primarily from Massachusetts but also from other parts of the United States and from foreign countries. UMass Boston is the only public university in the city of Boston. The University of Massachusetts Boston was established by vote of the State Legislature in 1964. Freshmen classes started for 1281 students in Sept. of 1965 at the temporary Park Sq. location, and the Founding Convocation was held December 10, 1966 at the Prudential Tower in Boston. John W. Ryan was installed as the University's first Chancellor. UMass/Boston is part of the Greater Boston Urban Education Collaborative, In 1982 it merged with Boston State College (est. 1852). In 1974, it opened its new campus on the Columbia Point peninsula on Dorchester Bay.