{"id":302,"date":"2024-03-26T14:32:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/?page_id=302"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:10:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:10:13","slug":"getting-to-know-bu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/boston-university\/getting-to-know-bu\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to Know BU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With 17 schools and colleges, the Faculty of Computing &amp; Data Sciences, 37,000+ students, and more than 10,000 faculty and staff members spread over three campuses [Charles River, Medical, and Fenway]\u2014BU is understandably big and it&#8217;ll take some time to get to know the University. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This page has resources below to get started, which will help you understand the BU ecosystem. <\/span>No need to panic: because it&#8217;s a lot to take in, we don&#8217;t expect you to read every last detail. It&#8217;s a solid reference point for exploring and reference.<\/p>\n<h2>About<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University website<\/span><\/a> and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/about\/\">About page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ar\/\">Boston University Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/bulletin\/\">Bulletin<\/a>: the document of authority for all students; guide to all schools, colleges, departments, academic requirements, etc.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/plan2020\/\">Boston University Strategic Plan 2020\u20132030<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/directory\/\">Boston University Directory<\/a> includes students, alumni, staff, and faculty.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.bu.edu\/?id=647\">Campus Map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brand\/guidelines\/editorial-style\/abbreviations\/\">University Acronyms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>University News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/\"><em>BU<\/em> <em>Today<\/em><\/a> is a daily website, featuring breaking news, research stories, and coverage of BU students, faculty, staff, alumni, campus events, and programs.<\/li>\n<li><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/brink\/\">The Brink<\/a><\/i> delivers the University\u2019s research news.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Admissions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Undergraduate Admissions<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/grad\/\">Graduate Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/apply\/\">How to Apply<\/a> page, which includes international and transfer students.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/\">Financial Aid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/extended\/\">Extended Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/visit-us\/events\/events-calendar\/\">Sign up for a campus tour<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Alumni<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/\">Development &amp; Alumni Relations <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bostonia\/\"><i>Bostonia<\/i><\/a>, Boston University\u2019s alumni magazine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Social Media<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BU_Tweets\">X<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bostonu\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BostonUniversity\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/bu\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/boston-university\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bostonu?lang=en\">TikTok<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/prsocial\/social-media-directory\/\">Social Media Directory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Learn How We Connect<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/boston-university\/bu-comms\/\" class=\"button-primary\">The Communications Landscape of BU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 17 schools and colleges, the Faculty of Computing &amp; Data Sciences, 37,000+ students, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14057,"featured_media":0,"parent":77,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3690,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302\/revisions\/3690"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}