Collaborative research training is also ongoing with the Cardiovascular Institute, the Cancer Center, and the Laboratories for Mass Spectroscopy and for Transgenic Research at the Medical Center. Financial Aid Funds are available for full support of graduate training for students enrolled in the Ph.D. program. In addition, stipends may be supplemented by department teaching assistantships. The cost of living in Boston is on a par with that in the other major urban areas of the Northeast. There is some student housing on the Medical Center campus.
Most students choose off-campus locations.
The University housing office can provide information on rentals. Location Boston, Cambridge, and the surrounding area provide one of the greatest concentrations of intellectual, cultural, and recreational resources in the United States. Boston University itself has superb athletic and recreational facilities as well as many student groups and activities that are open to all graduate students. The University and The Department Boston University is a private institution founded in 1839. Today it comprises sixteen schools and colleges.