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Map of the land owned or leased by colleges and universities in the Boston area as of 2021. This is a list of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston.Some are located within Boston proper while some are located in neighboring cities and towns, but all are within the 128/95/1 loop.
[5] [6] [7] The main campus is situated along the Charles River in Boston's Fenway–Kenmore and Allston neighborhoods, while the Boston University Medical Campus is located in Boston's South End neighborhood. The Fenway campus houses the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, formerly Wheelock College, which merged with BU in 2018.
Boston College was founded through the efforts of the first Jesuit community in New England, which was established at St. Mary's Church in Boston in 1849. [16] Jesuit priest John McElroy maintained the vision for what became BC, recognizing the need for an educational institution for the Irish Catholic immigrant population. [17]
The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.The university system includes six campuses (Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, a medical school in Worcester and a law school in Dartmouth), a satellite campus in Springfield [5] [6] and 25 smaller campuses throughout California and Washington with the University of Massachusetts ...
Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.Established in 1898, it was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association as an all-male institute before being incorporated as Northeastern College in 1916, gaining university status in 1922.
Boston City Campus is a multi-city business college located in South Africa. Boston City Campus was founded by Ari Katz in 1991. [ 1 ] In 1997, Boston City Campus opened a new division called Boston Business College and, after opening 11 colleges in Gauteng , started franchising the concept nationwide.
Boston City Hospital was the first municipal hospital in the United States, opening in 1864. [4] In 1960 Boston University's Medical School founded the Boston University Medical Center in the South End neighborhood to provide residency programs and research opportunities for students and faculty. [5]
In 1907, newly installed Boston College President Thomas I. Gasson, S.J., determined that BC's cramped, urban campus in Boston's South End was inadequate and unsuited for significant expansion. Inspired by John Winthrop 's early vision of Boston as a " city upon a hill ," he re-imagined Boston College as a world-renowned university and a beacon ...