- #108 QS Global World Ranking
- PrivateStatus
- Very HighResearch Output
- 27,938Total Students
- 2,707Faculty
- 9,407Int'l Students
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Boston University
About
One of the largest private universities in the country, Boston University educates approximately 16,000 undergraduate students each year. Nearly 3,900 faculty members teach in 250 programs of study at 17 schools and colleges.
In 2018, U.S. News & World Report ranked BU 37th in the nation and 39th among global universities. The faculty features a Pulitzer Prize winner, a MacArthur fellow, a former US Poet Laureate, and dozens of Guggenheim fellows. The student-faculty ratio is 10:1 and the average class size is 27.
BU is a member of the Association of American Universities, an invitation-only group of North America’s most prestigious research universities. One of only four Boston-area members, BU boasts particular interdisciplinary breadth and depth of excellence in cloud computing and cyber security; engineering biology; infectious diseases; neuroscience; photonics; urban policy; education; and the humanities. It’s not unusual to find undergraduates in the cutting-edge labs and work spaces of prominent researchers tackling life-changing challenges.
Recognized around the world, the University fields applications for admission from students representing over 150 countries. By the same token, thousands of Terriers get their passports stamped every year for study, research, and internships on all seven continents. Once they graduate, BU students are among the most employable in the country and the world—5th and 6th, respectively, according to Times Higher Education.
BU is implementing a University-wide general education curriculum called the BU Hub, which ensures every graduate will possess the essential knowledge, skills, and habits of mind needed to think deeply, generate new ideas, and put them into action, particularly within the context of a hyper-fast, globally connected world.
On campus, daily life is a swirl of languages, faces, and religions, with 450+ student clubs, countless shows and lectures, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a slew of pubs and restaurants, and 22 varsity athletic teams, including the thrills and spills of Terrier hockey.
The University is nestled in the heart of Boston, a hotbed of high tech and biomedicine, and the birthplace of American history, serving as an extended classroom for students, offering study, internships, and professional opportunities with some of the world’s most influential leaders in fields from art to finance to biotech. It’s no wonder BU is called “Boston’s university.”
About
One of the largest private universities in the country, Boston University educates approximately 16,000 undergraduate students each year. Nearly 3,900 faculty members teach in 250 programs of study at 17 schools and colleges.
In 2018, U.S. News & World Report ranked BU 37th in the nation and 39th among global universities. The faculty features a Pulitzer Prize winner, a MacArthur fellow, a former US Poet Laureate, and dozens of Guggenheim fellows. The student-faculty ratio is 10:1 and the average class size is 27.
BU is a member of the Association of American Universities, an invitation-only group of North America’s most prestigious research universities. One of only four Boston-area members, BU boasts particular interdisciplinary breadth and depth of excellence in cloud computing and cyber security; engineering biology; infectious diseases; neuroscience; photonics; urban policy; education; and the humanities. It’s not unusual to find undergraduates in the cutting-edge labs and work spaces of prominent researchers tackling life-changing challenges.
Recognized around the world, the University fields applications for admission from students representing over 150 countries. By the same token, thousands of Terriers get their passports stamped every year for study, research, and internships on all seven continents. Once they graduate, BU students are among the most employable in the country and the world—5th and 6th, respectively, according to Times Higher Education.
BU is implementing a University-wide general education curriculum called the BU Hub, which ensures every graduate will possess the essential knowledge, skills, and habits of mind needed to think deeply, generate new ideas, and put them into action, particularly within the context of a hyper-fast, globally connected world.
On campus, daily life is a swirl of languages, faces, and religions, with 450+ student clubs, countless shows and lectures, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a slew of pubs and restaurants, and 22 varsity athletic teams, including the thrills and spills of Terrier hockey.
The University is nestled in the heart of Boston, a hotbed of high tech and biomedicine, and the birthplace of American history, serving as an extended classroom for students, offering study, internships, and professional opportunities with some of the world’s most influential leaders in fields from art to finance to biotech. It’s no wonder BU is called “Boston’s university.”
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- 2022#=112
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Campus locations
Charles River Campus,
One Silber Way , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 02215
Medical Campus,
715 Albany Street No. 437 , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 02118
725 Commonwealth Avenue,
725 Commonwealth Avenue , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2215
855 Commonwealth Avenue,
855 Commonwealth Avenue , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2215
635 Commonwealth Avenue,
635 Commonwealth Avenue , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2215
640 Commonwealth Avenue,
640 Commonwealth Avenue , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2215
715 Albany Street Talbot Building,
715 Albany Street Talbot Building , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2118
808 Commonwealth Avenue,
808 Commonwealth Avenue , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2215
236 Bay State Road,
236 Bay State Road , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2215
226 Bay State Road,
226 Bay State Road , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2215
745 Commonwealth Avenue,
745 Commonwealth Avenue , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2215
270 Bay State Road,
270 Bay State Road , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2215
100 East Newton Street G-305,
100 East Newton Street G-305 , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2118
Two Sherborn Street,
Two Sherborn Street , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2215
715 Albany Street L-804,
715 Albany Street L-804 , Boston , Massachusetts , United States , 2118
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