Boston University has 17 schools and colleges, and the Faculty of Computing
& Data Sciences. Their abbreviations are listed here alphabetically by discipline.
Abbreviation |
Full Name |
CAS | College of Arts & Sciences (includes Graduate School of Arts & Sciences [GRS]*) |
Pardee | Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies |
Questrom | Questrom School of Business |
COM | College of Communication |
SDM | Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine |
ENG | College of Engineering |
CFA | College of Fine Arts |
CGS | College of General Studies |
Sargent | Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences |
SHA | School of Hospitality Administration |
LAW | School of Law |
CAMED | Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine** |
MET | Metropolitan College |
SPH | School of Public Health |
SSW | School of Social Work |
STH | School of Theology |
Wheelock | Wheelock College of Education & Human Development |
17 |
Total number of Boston University schools and colleges* |
* The College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) and the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (GRS) are counted as one college, with one dean and shared faculty. The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies (Pardee) is counted as a separate school with its own dean and independent faculty. The Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences (CDS) and the Arvind & Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Honors College (Kilachand) are not counted in the total of 17 schools and colleges, as they do not have deans. Kilachand also shares faculty with other schools.
** “MED” and “BUSM” are no longer approved acronyms (“MED” may be used for course and building codes). The initialism “CAMED” may ONLY be used in URLs, email addresses, and social media handles, where character-count limits restrict use of approved abbreviations. “(CAMED’XX)” may be used to denote school and graduation year for students and alumni. Other approved abbreviations for the Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine:
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Chobanian & Avedisian School
Chobanian & Avedisian SOM