Boston University Brussels, officially named the Boston University Brussels Graduate Center, and also known as BUB, was part of Boston University's Metropolitan College (MET), one of seventeen degree-granting colleges that make up

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. In 1972

became the first major American university to offer graduate business management degrees in Europe with the opening of its campus in

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Due to its location in the unofficial capital of Europe, home to the

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and

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, the school placed a strong emphasis on international business, and the student body comprised a diverse range of nationalities and cultures. Participants typically had several years of work experience and were often employed by one of the many multinational corporations and government organizations located in the

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region. Classes were held throughout the day or during weekday evenings allowing students to earn a graduate degree within 18–24 months while working full-time. Classes were conducted in English with fewer than 25 students. Boston University in

counts more than 300'000 University alumni. The institution celebrated its 40 years existence on April, the 20th 2012. Boston University Brussels closed its doors in early 2014.

Graduate programs

Boston University Brussels offered several international business programs with classes taught in English following the business education style of the U.S. main campus. Graduate Degrees *Master of Science in Leadership (MSL) *Master of Arts in International Relations (MAIR) Graduate Diploma *Graduate Diploma in

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

Graduate Certificates *Graduate Certificate in

Human Resources Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include m ...

*Graduate Certificate in

International Relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...

*Graduate Certificate in

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

*Graduate Certificate in

Marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...

*Graduate Certificate in

Project Management Project management is the process of leading the work of a team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. This information is usually described in project documentation, created at the beginning of the development process. Th ...

*Graduate Certificate in Applied Sustainability

Campus

The Boston University Brussels campus was situated on Boulevard du Triomphe / Triomflaan opposite the Université Libre de Bruxelles La Plaine campus.

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Graduate programs

Campus

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