Global Study & Research

Our annual Study Abroad numbers alone are staggering: over students, in programs, in + cities, in countries. BU’s professors, scholars, and researchers from all of our schools and colleges and the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences engage in global activities in over 75 countries.

African Studies Center (ASC)

Founded in 1953, ASC has provided a strong foundation in African studies to generations of undergraduate and graduate students, university professors, economists, health workers, government officials, development personnel, diplomats, and others. The center is a federal National Resource Center funded under Title VI to promote language and area studies in Africa.

African Studies Center

Boston University Marine Program (BUMP)

The hands-on, research-oriented curriculum in Marine Science is a decidedly interdisciplinary one, with courses and faculty from Biology and Earth & Environment. In addition to rigorous and stimulating marine courses in Boston, BUMP also offers field experiences and coursework in Belize (Central America), the New England coastline, and at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

Boston University Marine Program (BUMP)

Boston University Study Abroad

BU Study Abroad enables students to realize their dreams to study and intern abroad by offering an unmatched selection of programs in more than 30 cities in 21 countries on six continents. Since 1984, some 16,000 BU undergrads, along with students from over 150 other colleges and universities, have traveled overseas to study language, liberal arts, fine arts, science, business, engineering, or pursue an internship.

Study Abroad

Center for English Language & Orientation Programs (CELOP)

Since 1975, CELOP has offered international students high-quality intensive English language training and orientation programs. The center has assisted foreign students to attain linguistic proficiency in English and broaden their cultural awareness for academic, professional, and personal success.

Center for English Language & Orientation Programs

Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future

The Pardee Center convenes symposia and conducts interdisciplinary, policy-relevant, and future-oriented research that contributes to long-term improvements in the human condition. The center’s focus is defined by its longer-range vision (35-200 years) and encompasses a multitude of topics, including research on the future of energy, South Asia, global economic governance, and the developing world. It provides analysis for a better tomorrow, today.

Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future

Family Medicine Global Health Collaborative

The Boston University Family Medicine Global Health Collaborative is committed to raising the level of health care for the world’s underserved populations by enhancing primary care through four key areas: medical education, improving health systems management, increasing access to high-quality clinical services, and promoting research and evaluation. You can find BU researchers hard at work in such countries as Laos, Lesotho, and Vietnam.

Family Medicine Global Health Collaborative