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Boston University
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private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the major educational and research institutions in the United States, contributing to advances in various academic fields while serving thousands of students.
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1839
- Location
- Boston, United States
- Also known as
- BU, Boston U
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.189504.1 · ISNI 0000 0004 1936 7558
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.
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