Residency Requirements

Questrom School of Business Policy

Undergraduate Program

First-year undergraduate students entering BU’s full-time on-campus schools/colleges can apply a maximum of 60 external or transfer units toward their degree requirements at Boston University. For undergraduate students transferring into one of BU’s full-time on-campus schools/colleges, a maximum of 68 external or transfer units can be applied toward degree requirements.

Graduate Programs

Full-Time MBA and MBA+MSDT

Students in a full-time, single-degree MBA program must complete 40 units (of the required 64 units) at Boston University Questrom School of Business. MBA+MSDT students must complete 34 units toward the MBA and 40 toward the MSDT (of the required 84 units) at Boston University Questrom School of Business.

Part-Time MBA

Students in the Part-Time MBA program must complete 31 units toward the degree (of the required 55 units) at Boston University Questrom School of Business.

MSBA

Students cannot transfer units toward the MSBA degree and unit requirements unless an exception has been explicitly approved and communicated in writing by the Faculty Director and PDC.

MSMFT

Students cannot transfer units toward the MS in Mathematical Finance & Financial Technology degree and unit requirements. Students must complete 39 units in residence at Boston University Questrom School of Business.

MiM

Given the integrated sequencing of the MiM program, there can be no transfer of units and/or substitutions made in the program. To earn the MiM degree, students must complete all 36 required units for the program in residence at Boston University Questrom School of Business.

Online MBA

All units must be completed at Boston University.

PhD

Students must receive approval from their Faculty Mentor to request a transfer of units, then complete application forms, which are available in the Specialty Master’s & PhD Center. Regardless of the number of units transferred, all students are required to meet the residency requirement of 32 units completed at Boston University in order to earn the PhD degree.

The PhD program is a residential program. Students must live locally so that they may actively participate in regular departmental activities and contribute to the everyday research culture. Students are expected to be on campus for courses, research talks, and meetings.