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Boston University

Private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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academic calendar type	semester
admission rate	0.2 point in time: 2020
admission yield rate	0.24 point in time: 2020
API endpoint URL	https://shib.bu.edu/idp/shibboleth protocol: Shibboleth
athletics program	Boston University Terriers
award received	Peabody Awards point in time: 1988
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity majority undergraduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school four-year, large, highly residential four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Boston University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Boston University faculty
child organization or unit	Department of Electricial and Computer Engineering, Boston University Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology, Boston University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine Boston University School of Medicine
Commons category	Boston University
coordinate location	42.3489, -71.1003
count of students	30,009 29,338 applies to part: full-time equivalent; point in time: 1 September 2021
country	United States
described by source	The Encyclopedia Americana statement is subject of: The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Boston University Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921 statement is subject of: Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Boston University The New Student's Reference Work statement is subject of: The New Student's Reference Work/Boston University
different from	Boston College
donations	752,460,439 United States dollar point in time: 2022 420,933,836 United States dollar point in time: 2012 442,713,301 United States dollar point in time: 2014 478,784,224 United States dollar point in time: 2015 432,431,459 United States dollar point in time: 2016 539,254,044 United States dollar point in time: 2017 514,583,182 United States dollar point in time: 2018 523,093,884 United States dollar point in time: 2019 572,381,320 United States dollar point in time: 2020 671,730,194 United States dollar point in time: 2021
employees	7,450
endowment	2,421,115,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020 2,980,503,073 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2022 3,401,161,958 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2021
headquarters location	Boston country: United States; postal code: 02215; street address: One Silber Way
image	BU College of Communication.jpg
inception	1869
industry	higher education
instance of	research university private not-for-profit educational institution open-access publisher
IPv6 routing prefix	2a03:b600:645::/107
language used	English
legal form	Q130264549
located in the administrative territorial entity	Massachusetts Boston
logo image	Boston University wordmark.svg
mascot	Rhett the Boston Terrier
member of	ORCID, Inc. point in time: October 2023 Association of Research Libraries Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions Consortium of Social Science Associations arXiv point in time: 2021 Association of American Universities start time: 2012 Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education National Humanities Alliance Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship start time: 2022 Coalition for Networked Information Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Council on Governmental Relations
native label	Boston University
official website	https://bu.edu/ language of work or name: English
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
owner of	Nickerson Field Agganis Arena Case Gym WBUR-FM Walter Brown Arena
postal code	02215
ranking	76 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2019 70 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2018 80 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2017 75 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2016 73 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2015 72 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2014 75 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2013 71 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2012 77 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2010 76 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2011 83 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2008 98 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2003 86 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2004 80 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2005 81 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2006 83 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2007 90 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2020 95 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2021 112 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2022 93 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2024 108 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2023 64 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2012 79 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2014 78 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2015 91 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2016 89 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2017 81 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2018 93 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2019 98 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2020 110 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2021 108 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2025 88 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 77 determination method or standard: Times Higher Education World University Rankings; point in time: 2026
significant event	mixed-sex education start time: 1869
social media followers	103,158 point in time: 2 January 2021; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 104561488 99,376 point in time: 25 April 2020; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 104561488 106,705 point in time: 26 February 2022; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 104561488 109,273 point in time: 7 February 2023; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 104561488 190,000 point in time: 15 October 2025; YouTube channel ID: UCuNjAAXrEmQyxLAanISnZUw
street address	One Silber Way, Boston, MA, 02215
topic's main category	Category:Boston University
total assets	7,210,562,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020 8,017,718,487 United States dollar point in time: 2022 4,329,848,069 United States dollar point in time: 2012 4,939,052,767 United States dollar point in time: 2014 5,035,817,244 United States dollar point in time: 2015 5,188,726,734 United States dollar point in time: 2016 5,890,986,351 United States dollar point in time: 2017 6,392,541,992 United States dollar point in time: 2018 7,019,919,366 United States dollar point in time: 2019 8,292,157,093 United States dollar point in time: 2021
total revenue	3,129,652,283 United States dollar point in time: 2022 1,963,904,611 United States dollar point in time: 2012 2,094,280,227 United States dollar point in time: 2014 2,080,233,630 United States dollar point in time: 2015 2,203,820,636 United States dollar point in time: 2016 2,416,360,302 United States dollar point in time: 2017 2,503,487,956 United States dollar point in time: 2018 2,661,508,568 United States dollar point in time: 2019 2,615,858,845 United States dollar point in time: 2020 2,827,583,539 United States dollar point in time: 2021

Identifiers in other databases

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ARWU university ID	Boston-University
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)	3918735 subject named as: БОСТОНСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	164988
IRS Employer Identification Number	04-2103547
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LittleSis organization ID	41358
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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	111088046
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National Library of Portugal ID	775446 subject named as: Boston University; alternative name: University of Boston
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID	XX93338 subject named as: Boston University
New York Times topic ID	organization/boston-university
NL CR AUT ID	ko2002148990 subject named as: Boston University
NLA Trove people ID	794774 subject named as: Boston University
NUKAT ID	n2008031737 subject named as: Boston University; alternative name: BU
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OpenStreetMap relation ID	6587738
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QS World University ID	boston-university
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Ringgold ID	1846
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Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID	41796
SCImago Institutions Rankings ID	13169
SEVIS school ID	7040
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SNARC ID	Q45932
subreddit	BostonU language of work or name: English
Theapolis theatre ID	boston-university
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UK Parliament thesaurus ID	4122 subject named as: Boston University
Union List of Artist Names ID	500312920 subject named as: Boston University
Vatican Library VcBA ID	494/38807 subject named as: Boston University
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Wikirate Company ID	2626447
World Higher Education Database ID	IAU-001732
X (Twitter) username	BU_Tweets start time: 13 January 2010; point in time: 25 April 2020; has characteristic: verified account or profile; number of subscribers: 99,376; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 104561488
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‎Scilit organization ID	2073
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