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Location
The most commonly accepted location for the school is Catonsville. The school is located outside of the city limits of Baltimore, and while it is adjacent to Arbutus, the school is not as commonly associated with Arbutus as it is with Catonsville. Baltimore County, while correct according to the school's name, is too broad an area to give as the school's location.
Name
According to the school's official writing standard the common name is UMBC. In places where that name is not acceptable, the full name University of Maryland, Baltimore County should be used. Furthermore, sources generally tend to follow UMBC's convention of spelling the name out this way, therefore making the name more common than other forms. Therefore, other forms, such as "University of Maryland - Baltimore County", "University of Maryland Baltimore County", and "University of Maryland at Baltimore County" should not be used. An example of where to use the full name is in the title of this, and related articles so that they conform to Wikipedia's MOS, which does not allow abbreviations in article titles.
