"Boston College (BU) is an exclusive research study university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, yet has actually been traditionally affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

The college has over 3,900 professor as well as almost 33,000 students, as well as is one of Boston's largest companies. It supplies bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctorates, and also medical, dental, organisation, and also regulation degrees via 18 institutions as well as universities on 2 metropolitan schools. The main university is situated along the Charles River in Boston's Fenway-Kenmore and also Allston areas, while the Boston University Medical Campus lies in Boston's South End community.

BU is categorized as an R1: Doctoral College (very high research activity) in the Carnegie Category of Organizations of Higher Education. BU is a member of the Boston Consortium for College and also the Organization of American Universities.

Amongst its alumni as well as existing or past professors, the university counts 8 Nobel Laureates, 23 Pulitzer Prize victors, 10 Rhodes Scholars, six Marshall Scholars, 48 Sloan Fellows, [16] nine Academy Award victors, as well as several Emmy as well as Tony Award champions. BU additionally has MacArthur, Fulbright, Truman as well as Guggenheim Fellowship holders along with American Academy of Arts and also Sciences and National Academy of Sciences members among its past and existing graduates as well as professors. In 1876, BU teacher Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in a BU lab.

The Boston College Terriers contend in the NCAA Department I. BU athletic teams compete in the Patriot League, as well as Hockey East conferences, and also their mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier. Boston College is popular for men's hockey, in which it has won 5 national championships, most lately in 2009."