Boston University (BU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 32,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers.
The university offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees, and medical and dental degrees through 18 schools and colleg...
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Boston University (BU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 32,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers.
The university offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees, and medical and dental degrees through 18 schools and colleges and operates 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.
Boston University traces its roots to the establishment of the Newbury Biblical Institute in Newbury, Vermont in 1839, and was chartered with the name "Boston University" by the Massachusetts Legislature in 1869. The University organized formal Centennial observances both in 1939 and 1969.
On 24–25 April 1839 a group of...
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