"Boston University (BU) is a personal study university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, yet has actually been historically associated with the United Methodist Church.

The college has over 3,900 professor as well as almost 33,000 trainees, and is one of Boston's largest companies. It offers bachelor's degrees, master's levels, doctorates, and medical, oral, service, as well as legislation levels via 18 schools and universities on two city universities. The main university is situated along the Charles River in Boston's Fenway-Kenmore and Allston neighborhoods, while the Boston University Medical School lies in Boston's South End neighborhood.

BU is classified as an R1: Doctoral University (really high research task) in the Carnegie Classification of Organizations of Higher Education. BU is a member of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education and also the Association of American Colleges.

Among its alumni and also existing or previous professors, the college counts 8 Nobel Laureates, 23 Pulitzer Reward champions, 10 Rhodes Scholars, 6 Marshall Scholars, 48 Sloan Others, [16] 9 Academy Honor champions, as well as numerous Emmy and also Tony Honor champions. BU also has MacArthur, Fulbright, Truman as well as Guggenheim Fellowship owners in addition to American Academy of Arts and also Sciences as well as National Academy of Sciences participants amongst its past as well as present graduates and also professors. In 1876, BU professor Alexander Graham Bell created the telephone in a BU laboratory.

The Boston University Terriers compete in the NCAA Department I. BU athletic groups complete in the Patriot League, and also Hockey East meetings, and their mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier. Boston University is well known for men's hockey, in which it has actually won five championship games, most lately in 2009."