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Boston University

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Also known as BU, Boston U, bu.edu, The Boston University

private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Boston University, also known as BU or Boston U, is an educational institution and funder located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The organization operates under the legal name Trustees of Boston University and maintains an active status. It was established in 1839, though its inception is recorded as 1869.

The university serves a student population of 30,009 and employs 7,450 individuals. Its admission rate is 0.20, with an admission yield rate of 0.24. The institution is recognized in the Peabody Award collection.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, GLEIF, ROR, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Company

Jurisdiction
US-MA
Headquarters
BOSTON, US

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Research organization · ROR

Type
Education, Funder
Founded
1839
Location
Boston, United States
Also known as
BU, Boston U
Status
Active
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Wikidata facts

Award
Peabody Awards
Country
United States
Located in
Boston
Headquarters
Boston
Subsidiary
Boston University School of Medicine
Industry
higher education
Employees
7450
Revenue
2827583539
Official website
bu.edu
Image
BU College of Communication.jpg
Students count
29338
Admission rate
0.20
Significant event
mixed-sex education
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Commons category
Boston University
topic's main category
Category:Boston University
inception
1869-00-00
postal code
02215
native label
Boston University
category for alumni of educational institution
Category:Boston University alumni
IPv6 routing prefix
2a03:b600:645::/107
category for employees of the organization
Category:Boston University faculty
street address
One Silber Way, Boston, MA, 02215
social media followers
190000
different from
Boston College
API endpoint URL
shib.bu.edu/idp/shibboleth
total assets
8292157093
endowment
3401161958
academic calendar type
semester
admission yield rate
0.24
language used
English language
P8168
Moritz Volz
ranking
108
donations
671730194
athletics program
Boston University Terriers
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Encyclopedic overview

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodists with its original campus in Newbury, Vermont. It was chartered in Boston in 1869. The university is a member of the Association of American Universities and the Boston Consortium for Higher Education.

The university has nearly 38,000 students and more than 4,000 faculty members and is one of Boston's largest employers. It offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctorates, and medical, dental, business, and law degrees through 17 schools and colleges on three urban campuses. BU athletic teams compete in the Patriot League and Hockey East conferences, and their mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier. The Boston University Terriers compete in NCAA Division I.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boston University” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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