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Boston University

Boston University
Boston University seal.svg
Latin: Universitas Bostoniensis
Motto Learning, Virtue, Piety
Type PrivateResearch
Established 1839
Endowment $1.644 billion (2015)
President Robert A. Brown
Provost Jean Morrison
Academic staff
3,884 (2015)
Administrative staff
9,978 (2015)(including faculty)
Students 32,551 (2015)
Undergraduates 16,456 (2015)
Postgraduates 13,650 (2015)
Other students
2,445 (2015)
Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Campus Urban
135 acres (0.55 km2) (Fenway-Charles River Campus)
80 acres (0.32 km2) (Medical campus)
Colors Scarlet and white
         
Athletics NCAA Division IPatriot League, Hockey East
Nickname Terriers
Mascot Rhett the Boston Terrier
Affiliations
Website www.bu.edu
Boston University Wordmark.svg
University rankings
National
ARWU 39
Forbes 79
U.S. News & World Report 39
Washington Monthly 157
Global
ARWU 75
QS 89
Times 64
U.S. News & World Report 32

Boston University (most commonly referred to as BU or otherwise known as Boston U.) is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, and is historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

The university has more than 3,800 faculty members and 33,000 students, and is one of Boston's largest 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 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 RU/VH Research University (very high research activity) in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. BU is a member of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education and the Association of American Universities.

The university counts seven Nobel Laureates, twenty-three Pulitzer Prize winners, nine Academy Award winners, and several Emmy and Tony Award winners among its faculty and alumni. BU also has MacArthur, Sloan, 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.


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