UAM FUNDS TRUST
Jacobs International Octagon Portfolio
Institutional Class Shares
Supplement dated September 24, 1998
To the Prospectus dated July 17, 1998
The prospectus of the portfolio is hereby revised to permit the
portfolio to invest at least 80% of its total assets in the equity
securities of developed and emerging markets in at least three
countries outside the United States. In addition, under normal
circumstances, the portfolio may invest approximately 40% of its
total assets in small capitalization companies.