Boston University

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This article is about the private university founded in 1839. For a list of
universities in Boston, see List of colleges and universities in metropolitan
Boston.
Not to be confused with Boston College.
Boston University
Boston University seal.svg
Latin: Universitas Bostoniensis
Motto Learning, Virtue, Piety[1]
Type Private, research
Established 1839[2][3]
Religious affiliation
Nonsectarian
Academic affiliations
AAU URA AICUM NAICU IAMSCU
Endowment $2.18 billion (2018)[4]
Chairman Kenneth J. Feld
President Robert A. Brown
Provost Jean Morrison
Academic staff
4,021 (2018)[5]
Administrative staff
10,182 (2018) (including faculty)[5]
Students 34,262 (2018)[5]
Undergraduates 16,792 (2018)[5]
Postgraduates 15,238 (2018)[5]
Other students
2,232 (2018)[5]
Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Campus Urban, 135 acres (0.55 km2)
Colors Scarlet and White[6]

Nickname Terriers
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division I � Patriot League, Hockey East
Mascot Rhett the Boston Terrier
Website www.bu.edu
Boston University wordmark.svg
Boston University (commonly referred to as BU) is a private research university in
Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian,[7] but has been historically
affiliated with the United Methodist Church.[8][9]

The university has more than 3,900 faculty members and nearly 33,000 students, and
is one of Boston's largest employers.[10] It offers bachelor's degrees, master's
degrees, and doctorates, and medical, dental, business, and law degrees through 17
schools and colleges on two urban campuses. The main campus is situated along 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 is categorized as an R1: Doctoral University (very high research activity) in

the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.[11] BU is a member
of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education[12] and the Association of American
Universities. The university was ranked 42nd among undergraduate programs at
national universities, and 46th among global universities by U.S. News & World
Report in its 2018 rankings.[13]

Among its alumni and current or past faculty, the university counts eight Nobel
Laureates, 23 Pulitzer Prize winners, 10 Rhodes Scholars,[14][15] six Marshall
Scholars,[16] 48 Sloan Fellows,[17] nine Academy Award winners, and several Emmy
and Tony Award winners. BU also has MacArthur, Fulbright, Truman and Guggenheim
Fellowship holders as well as American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National
Academy of Sciences members among its past and present graduates and faculty. In
1876, BU professor Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in a BU lab.

The Boston University Terriers compete in the NCAA Division I. BU athletic teams
compete in the Patriot League, and Hockey East conferences, and their mascot is
Rhett the Boston Terrier. Boston University is well known for men's hockey, in
which it has won five national championships, most recently in 2009.