If you are not sure which assignment type matches your affiliate. You can use this table to see which best matches your affiliate.
| Affiliate Assignment Type | Description | Terrier Card Allowed |
| Aramark Employee | Employees of Aramark | Yes |
| Barnes and Noble Employee | Employees of Barnes and Noble | Yes |
| BMC Attending Physicians | BMC, not BU employees. Can be BU Non-compensated Faculty. | No |
| BMC Residents | BMC Residents. | No |
| BMC Staff | BMC, not BU employees. Can be BU Non-Compensated Staff. | No |
| BUMC Affiliate | Participants in BUMC projects, volunteers, guests from BMC, VA hospitals in MA, Roger Williams Hospital in RI. | No |
| Chaplain | Non-compensated chaplains in BU School of Theology. | Yes |
| Dependent | Dependents of BU employees. | Yes |
| Fraunhofer Institute Employee | Interns or employees of Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation. | Yes |
| Hillel | Non-compensated employees and affiliates of BU Hillel. | Yes |
| IACUC Investigators | Affiliates requiring access to INSPIR I application (Integrated Network for Subject Protection In Research, Animal Studies) | No |
| Interpreters | Letter states that the employee will work for Office of Disability Services to support deaf and hard of hearing students, staff and faculty. | Yes |
| IRB Investigators | Affiliates requiring access to INSPIR II application (Integrated Network for Subject Protection In Research, Human Studies). | No |
| ISSO Processing Affiliate | Provisional affiliation for foreign nationals (not US citizen or Permanent Resident) only for the purpose of initiating immigration processing at the International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO). Hiring unit will update affiliation type as appropriate after ISSO processing is complete. | No |
| Military | Active duty military personnel that is teaching (military instructors, professors, assistant professors or associate professors) or working for BU Division of Military Education in Naval Science Department, Airspace Studies and Military Science departments. These are non-compensated employees of BU. All officers are considered Faculty, and enlisted personnel are considered Staff. | Yes |
| Non-Compensated Affiliate | Any other affiliation that is not found on this list | Yes |
| Research Affiliate | For US Citizens or US Permanent Residents ONLY – Could be anybody who is working on a Research* project at BU CRC or BUMC. (“Research” as defined by the policies linked here: http://www.bu.edu/orc/policies-procedures/conflicts-of-interest/). | Yes |
| Residence Life Live-In Staff | Residence Life Live-In Staff dependents. | Yes |
| Student Health Clinician | Typically BMC Physicians or Lab technicians who need to authenticate to SHS applications. | Yes |
| Summer Special Student | Non-BU students who are only here for the summer, working with Residence Life | No |
| Temporary Agency Hire | For this population BU is not an employer of record, someone else is (e.g. Kelly services or other staffing agencies). Temporary Agency Hires can range in level in the following areas: admin/clerical, finance and accounting, healthcare, IT, creative, etc. | Yes |
| Visiting Researcher | Please refer to http://www.bu.edu/policies/policy-on-visiting-faculty-and-research-scholars/ for visiting researchers. | Yes |
| Visiting Students | Please refer to http://www.bu.edu/policies/policy-on-visiting-faculty-and-research-scholars/ for visiting students. | Yes |
| Volunteer | A volunteer is an individual who willingly performs unpaid service for the University for civic, charitable or humanitarian reasons or to gain practical work experience. | Yes |