"Boston College (BU) is a private research college in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has actually been historically connected with the United Methodist Church.

The university has over 3,900 faculty members as well as almost 33,000 trainees, and also is among Boston's largest companies. It provides bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctorates, as well as clinical, dental, service, and also regulation levels through 18 schools as well as universities on two metropolitan schools. The main campus is situated along the Charles River in Boston's Fenway-Kenmore and also Allston communities, while the Boston University Medical University is located in Boston's South End community.

BU is classified as an R1: Doctoral University (extremely high research activity) in the Carnegie Category of Establishments of College. BU is a member of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education as well as the Association of American Colleges.

Amongst its alumni as well as existing or previous professors, the college counts 8 Nobel Laureates, 23 Pulitzer Prize victors, 10 Rhodes Scholars, 6 Marshall Scholars, 48 Sloan Fellows, [16] 9 Academy Honor winners, as well as a number of Emmy and Tony Award victors. BU also has MacArthur, Fulbright, Truman as well as Guggenheim Fellowship owners as well as American Academy of Arts as well as Sciences and National Academy of Sciences participants amongst its past as well as present grads as well as professors. In 1876, BU professor Alexander Graham Bell created the telephone in a BU laboratory.

The Boston College Terriers complete in the NCAA Division I. BU sports groups complete in the Patriot League, and also Hockey East meetings, and also their mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier. Boston University is well known for males's hockey, in which it has actually won five national championships, most just recently in 2009."