Boston University

Boston University Profile and History

Boston University has gone beyond its strong reputation for academics and research; in the last year the school established the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development and approved a Climate Action Plan that aims to reduce the universitys carbon emissions to zero in the next 20 years. Last year, Boston University launched the BU Hub, its first university-wide general-education program that focuses on working across 10 different schools and colleges, including scientific and social inquiry, philosophical interpretation and civic engagement. Through the Community Service Scholarship, Boston University commits to meet the full financial need, without any loans, of all graduates of Boston public high schools who are admitted to the university. Boston University has multiple facilities scattered across the heart of one of the most vibrant cities in the country, and is home to a diverse student body that comprises students from more than 150 countries and all 50 states. Although Martin Luther King Jr., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and actor Julianne Moore are among its most famous graduates, Boston University has a network of more than 300,000 alumni living and leading in 189 countries in the world.