A Global BU
Changing the world is part of our identity. Every year, we field thousands of students and researchers overseas, host thousands of foreign students and scholars on our two Boston campuses, and offer a curriculum infused with a global consciousness.
Global Programs
Study Abroad
Center for Global Health & Development
Global Curriculum
Global Alumni
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for Study of the Longer-Range Future
International Students & Scholars
International AdmissionsGlobal Photo Contest Winners!
Thanks to the talented globetrotting BU community, BU's inaugural global photo contest was a success. We received over 420 photos representing all corners of the globe and submitted by more than 150 faculty, staff, and students in 13 schools/colleges and a handful of administrative offices.
First (and above photo): Tru Hoang (ENG '15)
Second: Lee Veitch (CAS '13)
Third: Daniel Ranalli (MET professor)
BU Today Global Stories
- $2.5 Million Gift Creates Maria Stata Professorship May 23, 2013
- Chinese Students Adjust to American Education May 22, 2013
- Salvador Dalí Show on View at Hillel May 1, 2013
- BU Padua Study Abroad Students Mourn April 19, 2013
- Keeping Two Million Children from Dying Each Year April 12, 2013
- BU Class of 2017 a Select Group April 2, 2013
- Trustee Richard Shipley’s Gift Creates Beverly Brown Professorship March 5, 2013
Student Commencement Speaker
Soon-to-be-graduate and student commencement speaker Adolfo Gatti is the embodiment of BU’s mission as a global university. The dual international relations and economics major grew up in Rome, interned in Geneva, and speaks three languages. He will talk about how BU taught him to embrace different cultures and ideas. Read more.
