Student Resources

General

• Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GRS) Bulletin page
  • Use the sidebar links on this page to find things like degree requirements, course listings, etc.

Fellowships, Financial Aid, Grants, and Scholarships

At BU

• GRS Financial Aid for MA and MS students
• GRS Financial Aid for PhD and MFA students
• Email contact for GRS Financial Aid
• Graduate Research Abroad Fellowships (GRAF) & Graduate Research in the US Fellowship (GRUF): scroll to relevant headers here.

Outside of BU

• Fulbright-Hays Study Abroad Grants
• National Science Foundation Fellowships and Grants
• M-Graduate Research Assistant Scholarship Program (M-GRASP)

Housing

• GSO Housing Page
• BU Office of Rental Property Management
• BU Office of Housing
• Off Campus Services
  • Includes rental listings, a roommate search, and more
• Craigslist 
• PadMapper
• Apartments.com

Health Issues

• See Our Healthcare Page
• Student Health Services

Research

• Research Support At BU
• Human Subjects Research Ethics At BU
  • IRB submission information
  • IRB office hours
• ASK a Librarian at the BU Library Questions submitted on this website will get forwarded to the librarians best able to answer a question. Ask a research or reference question, ask for training in database search techniques, or ask the library to add specific books to its collection.
• Research Computing Support (RCS) provides specialized computing and communication resources geared towards research and education in computational science and engineering, scientific visualization, computer graphics, supercomputing and other disciplines which have high-performance computing requirements.

Computer Resources

• Graduate students have access to a variety of free software and other resources. Check out the IT page for more information!

Teaching & Professional Development

• For any information about professional development, writing support, and anything in-between, look to Professional Development & Post-Doctoral Affairs
• Center For Teaching and Learning
• Educational Resource Center And Writing Center
• Center for Career Development

Getting around and things to do

• Transportation:
  • General information on subway, bus, commuter rail: MBTA
  • Parking on campus: BU Parking
  • Biking to campus, including on-campus bike lockers, BlueBikes membership, etc.:  BU Cycling
  • BU MBTA Student Pass
• Things to do in the area: PDF (it’s an old list but still accurate!)
• Volunteering: Boston University Community Service Center
• Volunteering – mentoring: Big Sister Association of Greater Boston and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay (More boys than girls with BBBSMB)
• Volunteering – one shot projects: Boston Cares

Graduate Student Organizations

Boston University:

• Student Association of Graduate Engineers (SAGE)
• Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GWISE)
• MBA Council
• Graduate Medical Sciences Student Organization (GMSS0)

Boston Area:

• Brandeis: Graduate Student Association
• Harvard:  Graduate Council
• MIT: Graduate Student Council
• Suffolk: Graduate Student Association
• Tufts: Graduate Student Council of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
• UMass Boston:  Graduate Student Assembly

National:

• National Association of Graduate-Professional Students

Miscellaneous

• Finances: Get Rich Slowly has a lot of useful info & advice on topics including Basics, Frugality, Planning, and Investing