"Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The college is nonsectarian, yet has been traditionally affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

The university has more than 3,900 faculty members and also almost 33,000 pupils, as well as is one of Boston's biggest employers. It provides bachelor's levels, master's levels, doctorates, and medical, oral, organisation, and law degrees through 18 colleges as well as colleges on 2 city schools. The main campus is located along the Charles River in Boston's Fenway-Kenmore and also Allston communities, while the Boston College Medical Campus lies in Boston's South End neighborhood.

BU is classified as an R1: Doctoral College (really high research activity) in the Carnegie Category of Institutions of College. BU is a member of the Boston Consortium for College and also the Organization of American Universities.

Amongst its alumni as well as current or past faculty, the college counts eight Nobel Laureates, 23 Pulitzer Reward victors, 10 Rhodes Scholars, 6 Marshall Scholars, 48 Sloan Fellows, [16] 9 Academy Honor champions, and numerous Emmy as well as Tony Award victors. BU also has MacArthur, Fulbright, Truman as well as Guggenheim Fellowship owners along with American Academy of Arts and also Sciences and National Academy of Sciences participants amongst its past as well as present grads as well as faculty. In 1876, BU teacher Alexander Graham Bell created the telephone in a BU laboratory.

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