Located in the heart of Boston, students experience the city as an extension of the campus. No other city can compete with Boston's remarkable concentration of higher education institutions, world-renowned medical centers, and historic and cultural attractions. The city provides many opportunities for impressive internship and research positions and is home to world-class attractions including the Museum of Fine Arts, Fenway Park, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The nation's first transit system runs right down the spine of out 1.3-mile campus, and the Charles River flows by our side. With four years of guaranteed campus housing, and majority of undergraduates live on campus all four years so the campus feels like a true residential community in the heart of Boston.
Campus Facilities & Equipment
Boston University's academic, research, athletic facilities are some of the best in the country provides an exceptional work space. The 19-story structure features convention-bending design inside and out that makes it an iconic presence on Central Campus. That design is state of the art in every way: striking architecture, advanced resources, environmental sensitivity, and open, flexible interior spaces. The Engineering Product Innovation Center (EPIC) is home to a full carpentry and machine shop, 3D printers, a metals foundry, and laboratories. The University's Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering brings together life scientists, engineers, and physicians to speed life-changing developments in the fields of human health, environment, and energy. The IDG Capital Student Innovation Center fosters innovation and entrepreneurship across the campus. Students can connect with advisers, collaborate with other students, and get help with matters from design and prototyping to legal advice and marketing. The Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and College of Fine Arts Production Center is home to studio space for visual arts students, practice rooms for music, and a 575-seat music performance center. The Student Village provides first-rate recreation and athletics with the Fitness & Recreation Center and Agganis Arena, as well as high-rise apartments and dining. The University also offers the Yawkey Center for Student Services, which houses the Center for Career Development, Educational Resource Center, Pre-Professional Advising Offices, and two stories of dining in Marciano Commons.
The opportunities to learn outside the classroom are limitless thanks to BU's location in the heart of the city. In fact 64% of undergraduates participate in at least one internship before graduating. Students can intern with top-tier financial services, biomedical, or engineering companies. The city is also home to world-class museums and art galleries, top-ranked hospitals and health services facilities, numerous advertising and public relations firms, and more. BU's Center for Career Development works to provide students with the resources to secure internships in any number of fields.
Boston University has one of the world's most extensive study abroad programs. Among the University's 180+ programs are language and liberal arts programs; programs that combine studies with internships; fieldwork programs for students wishing to pursue academic or scientific research; and summer programs. Programs are available in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, and Turkey. There are also programs available in Los Angeles, New York, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C.
Students love the university's "urban campus" in Boston's Back Bay, where they can "run along the Charles River," go "shopping on Newbury or in Harvard Square," or frequent "plays and ballets and museums" and the many local "clubs and bars." Boston is the epitome of a college town, and three-quarters of students live on campus in "the heart of Boston," enjoying the "wonderful" support structure of campus life with the pulse of the city just outside their door, as well as the ability to make friends at all of the nearby colleges in Cambridge, Somerville, Allston, and Brookline. A student remarks: "The city itself is like our campus." Campus itself has "a lot of clubs and activities to get involved in," as well as "house parties," "BU hockey games," and "frat parties," and "there is more to do than you will be able to find the time for." As "there's always something interesting going on onand off-campus," students don't have to work hard to fill the hours, but they make sure to keep a balance in doing so and take pride in "being able to find balance in living strong academic lives and exciting social lives as well." One student sums up: "Life at BU is anything you want it to be."