"Boston University (BU) is an exclusive study college in Boston, Massachusetts. The college is nonsectarian, but has actually been traditionally associated with the United Methodist Church.

The college has over 3,900 professor as well as virtually 33,000 trainees, and is among Boston's largest companies. It uses bachelor's levels, master's levels, doctorates, and also clinical, oral, company, as well as law degrees with 18 institutions and universities on 2 city campuses. The primary school is situated along the Charles River in Boston's Fenway-Kenmore as well as Allston areas, while the Boston College Medical University is located in Boston's South End community.

BU is categorized as an R1: Doctoral University (really high study activity) in the Carnegie Classification of Establishments of College. BU is a member of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education and the Organization of American Colleges.

Amongst its alumni as well as current or previous faculty, the college counts eight Nobel Laureates, 23 Pulitzer Prize champions, 10 Rhodes Scholars, 6 Marshall Scholars, 48 Sloan Fellows, [16] nine Academy Honor victors, and several Emmy and Tony Award victors. BU also has MacArthur, Fulbright, Truman and Guggenheim Fellowship owners as well as American Academy of Arts as well as Sciences and National Academy of Sciences members amongst its past as well as present grads as well as faculty. In 1876, BU professor Alexander Graham Bell designed the telephone in a BU lab.

The Boston College Terriers compete in the NCAA Division I. BU athletic groups complete in the Patriot Organization, as well as Hockey East meetings, as well as their mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier. Boston College is well known for guys's hockey, in which it has won five championship games, most recently in 2009."