Boston University (most frequently referred to as BU or contrarily accepted as Boston U.) is a clandestine analysis university amid in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian,but is historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
The university has added than 3,800 adroitness associates and 33,000 students, and is one of Boston's better employers. It offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctorates, and medical, dental, business, and law degrees through eighteen schools and colleges on two burghal campuses. The capital campus is anchored forth the Charles River in Boston's Fenway-Kenmore and Allston neighborhoods, while the Boston University Medical Campus is in Boston's South End neighborhood. BU aswell operates 75 abstraction away programs in added than 33 cities in over twenty countries and has internship opportunities in ten altered countries (including the United States).
BU is categorized as an RU/VH Analysis University (very top analysis activity) in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. BU is a affiliate of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education and the Association of American Universities.
The university counts seven Nobel Laureates including Martin Luther King, Jr. (PhD '55) and Elie Wiesel, 35 Pulitzer Prize winners, nine Academy Award winners, Emmy and Tony Award winners a part of its adroitness and alumni. BU aswell has MacArthur, Sloan, and Guggenheim Fellowship holders as able-bodied as American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Civic Academy of Sciences associates a part of its accomplished and present graduates and faculty.
The Boston University Terriers attempt in the NCAA's Division I. BU able-bodied teams attempt in the Patriot League, and Hockey East conferences, and their amulet is Rhett the Boston Terrier. Boston University is able-bodied accepted for men's hockey, in which it has won 5 civic championships, a lot of afresh in 2009.
