Category: Campus
School of Medicine Established
Boston University acquires the New England Female Medical College and the School of Medicine is established.
CAS (Formerly CLA) Established
The College of Liberal Arts, now the College of Arts & Sciences, is established, the first fully coed liberal arts college in New England.
School of Law Founded
Boston University School of Law is founded; it is the second School adopted into Boston University. The law school reforms the system of legal education in the US by requiring an admission exam, offering three-year courses, and being among the first to admit women and minorities.
College of Music Established
The College of Music is established, the first degree-granting music school in the country. The New England Conservatory is founded by William Claflin, the son of BU founder Lee Claflin. The two programs share deanship, faculty and facilities, and grant joint degrees.
University Charter Established
Boston University is chartered by three businessmen, Isaac Rich, Lee Claflin, and Jacob Sleeper. The Boston Theological Seminary is the University’s first department.
Divisions Open to Women
Boston University is among the first universities in the United States to open all of its divisions to female students.
Boston Theological Seminary Rechartered
The Methodist General Biblical Institute is moved to Boston and rechartered as the Boston Theological Seminary.
Newbury Biblical Institute Transferred and Renamed
The theology department of the Newbury Biblical Institute is transferred to Concord, New Hampshire, and renamed the Methodist General Biblical Institute.
Newbury Biblical Institute Established
Delegates to a Methodist Episcopal conference meet in Boston to establish the Newbury Biblical Institute, later the School of Theology, the first school of Boston University. The Institute is housed in the Newbury Seminary, a secondary school in Newbury, VT.
