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 at Boston University. MBA+MSDT students must complete 34 units toward the MBA and 40 toward the MSDT at Boston University.

PEMBA

Students in the PEMBA program must complete 31 units toward the degree at Boston University.

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.

MSMS

Given the integrated sequencing of the MSMS program, there can be no transfer of units and/or substitutions made in the program. To earn the MSMS 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.