Boston University

With over 28,000 students and more than 2,500 faculty members, Boston University (BU) is the fourth-largest university in the United States. It has one of the largest populations of international students of any American university. The legacy of its Methodist roots is reflected in the university motto: "learning, virtue, piety." The School of Theology is proud of having the oldest continuous graduate degree program in mission studies in an American university.

The study of world Christianity and mission is greatly enhanced in the context of a research university. In addition to taking courses with faculty in the School of Theology, students are encouraged to take courses in a variety of university departments including Anthropology, Religious and Theological Studies, History, Theology, and Sociology. The African Studies Center at BU is the second-oldest center of its kind in the United States; it maintains a major African studies library, and significant faculty resources in African languages, history, anthropology, archeology, and religions. Through the Boston Theological Institute (BTI), students may also enroll in courses at Andover Newton, Boston College, Episcopal Divinity School, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Harvard Divinity School, Holy Cross, St. John's Seminary, and Weston Jesuit School of Theology.

Students of mission and world Christianity at Boston University have access to an excellent research library system, as well as to library resources in the metropolitan Boston area. Library facilities in a research university are far superior to those of most free-standing theological seminaries and Boston University is exceptional:
- The School of Theology Library - 138,000 volumes and 625 periodical subscriptions
- Boston University Libraries - 5.7 million volumes and thousands of subscriptions
- BTI Libraries - 1.5 million volumes and numerous subscriptions