Accepted Graduate Students

Accept your offer of admission and submit your non-refundable, $200 tuition deposit online to secure your place in your program! should receive an email with instructions).

For access to BU’s webmail and other internet services, students need to have a login name and Kerberos password. Detailed information will be sent to you from Graduate Admissions after you accept your offer of admission and pay the tuition deposit. Once you create your account, please remember to check your BU email regularly as this will be your primary email account for the University. You may set up email forwarding to another email account. It can be accessed at www.bu.edu/webmail.

New students receive their BU ID cards, aka Terrier Cards, at the start of the student’s first semester. For more information, visit Terrier Cards.

Whether you need educational or physical accommodations, visit Disability & Access Services Office.

Students must be compliant with certain requirements. If you aren’t in compliance, you may be blocked from University functions.

To learn how to find your compliance status, watch this video. These requirements can be found via the StudentLink and can be completed once you have established a Kerberos user name and password.

To be compliant with the University you must complete:

• Health Information: Please view Incoming Health Requirements
• BU Alert Phone Number
• Settle Student Account
• Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Law Requirements
• Update Current Address

If you have questions about financial assistance at Boston University, reach out to our Financial Aid team (wheaid@bu.edu) or visit Financing Your Graduate Education.

If you’re wondering about campus jobs and professional opportunities, check out our Careers & Employment page.

BU Wheelock and Boston University are committed to creating an environment that cultivates mutual respect and a sense of inclusion and belonging. If you want to know more, visit Equity, Diversity & Inclusion.

Decide on a Student Health Insurance Plan or file and insurance waiver through Student Link.

Start your housing search on the BU Housing website.

If you need a roommate, our office conducts a housing and roommate survey in late spring each year and distributes the results to everyone who opts in. This can help you team up with other grad students to seek housing. Look for that email to arrive in your inbox this spring with more information.

In addition, the following resources are available:

• Off-Campus housing: For information on off-campus housing such as apartment listings, information about tenant rights and responsibilities, neighborhood descriptions, definitions of common rental terms, considerations before signing a lease, and other resources to help with your housing search, visit BU Off-Campus Services
• University-owned apartments and graduate housing:  Boston University leases, manages, and maintains residential apartments and a limited number of parking spaces. Residential apartments are leased to full-time Boston University graduate students, faculty and staff only. Visit BU Real Estate.

Boston is a great city to be a student in, but you probably have a lot of questions. Check out BU’s Living in Boston.

To learn about options for students take a look at the Parking & Transportation Services.