SPH Registrar’s Office FAQs.

The  My BU Student Portal is a secure, official Boston University site that allows student online access to their registration activity, class schedule, grades, compliance status, student account, and additional information.  You can access the MyBU student portal using your email login name and password.

You will be able to view your advisor under the Academic Advising link in the Academics tab on the MyBU Student portal.  If you do not have an advisor listed:

• Doctoral and MS students should contact their department about having an advisor assigned.
• MPH students:
  • Make sure that you have declared a certificate. Your certificate choice triggers advisor assignment. If you need to declare or change your certificate, please view the “how do I declare or change my certificate” question.
  • If you have declared a certificate but don’t have an advisor, contact the certificate staff in your functional certificate.
  • If you have not decided on a certificate yet, you can contact Megan Healey, MPH Director with academic advising questions.

If you need to declare or change your certificate, you should use the Certificate Declaration or Change Form on our forms page.

All MPH students, with the exception of the MBA/MPH, need to choose a functional certificate.  JD/MPH students are required to complete the Health Policy and Law certificate but can choose to complete another certificate.  Additionally, students may choose to complete a context certificate or another functional certificate.  More certificate information is available on the education website.

Boston University has three graduation dates:

• January, for students completing all requirements in a fall semester
• May, for students completing all requirements in a spring semester
• August, for students completing all requirements in a summer semester

Your expected graduation date will depend on the program that you are in and how you plan to complete your credit and curriculum requirements.*  For example, a MPH student who starts in a fall semester might consider the following options**:

*Certain programs may have restrictions on how you can complete requirements, make sure to read material distributed by your program or certificate.  Some classes are offered only in fall or only in spring and more classes are offered in fall/spring semesters than summer semesters; keep offer pattern and prerequisites in mind when making your curriculum plan.  International students studying on visas that require full-time status must make sure that their curriculum plan meets ISSO standards.  

**This is not an exhaustive list of requirements, this example is only for illustrative purposes.  To learn how to view your requirements, please visit Program Requirements.

***Please view the Enrollment Status page to understand how registered credits affect your enrollment status.

The University Registrar’s Office provides comprehensive transcript services.  Current students or those with access to the MyBU student portal may print an unofficial transcript from the MyBU Student portal under the “Academics” tab.

Students may process an enrollment verification on the MyBU Student portal, make sure that you click on “Continue” to get to the self-service menu.  If this verification is not acceptable to a third party or if you need a form filled out, you may request an enrollment verification from our office—the Verification Request Form is available on our forms page.

At this time, Boston University’s student information system, transcript, diploma, and degree verifications reflect an individual’s legal name. This means that all official documents related to student records at Boston University reflect the legal name of an individual. An individual’s legal name is defined as the name that identifies an individual for legal and official purposes. Legal name identifies an individual on official government records such as U.S. social security cards, state licenses, passports, and marriage or divorce decrees. Fore more information about name changes, please visit the website here.

You can contact us at sphregr@bu.edu — please include your BUID in your email.  You can also call us at 617-358-3434 or via Virtual Office hours located on our contact information page.