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All concentrating students are required to complete this form.

PhD in Management and PhD in Mathematical Finance Student may use this form to apply for Conference & Research Funding. Deadlines to submit this form are September 1st, December 1st, March 1st and June 1st.

The Graduate Academic & Career Development Center must receive this form within four business days of the date of the instructor’s signature.

Standard full-time tuition covers 12-18 credits per semester. All full-time students can automatically take up to 18 credits per semester. Overloading is registering for more than 18 credits in a semester.  There are different overload policies varying by program and start date. Program policies can be viewed on the form.

In order to apply for registration for graduate courses at the Questrom School of Business, you must be an enrolled, degree-seeking graduate student in good standing within Boston University.

Curricular Practical Training (CPT)* is employment authorization required of international students within F-1 immigration status to legally participate in paid internships in the United States. Graduate students at the Questrom School of Business must follow not only the procedures and regulations as outlined by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Boston University International Students & Scholars Office (ISSO), but also those outlined by the Questrom Graduate Academic & Career Development Center.

If you wish to conduct research in a specific area of interest under the guidance of a faculty member, you may apply for a directed study. A directed study may not substitute for a required course or duplicate an elective course already completed or that is offered at the college. Upon completion of the directed study, you will receive a grade from the sponsoring faculty member. The grade will be included in the computation of your grade point average.

If you wish to conduct research in a specific area of interest under the guidance of a faculty member, you may apply for a directed study. A directed study may not substitute for a required course or duplicate an elective course already completed or that is offered at the college. Upon completion of the directed study, you will receive a grade from the sponsoring faculty member.

Each day, with every appointment, with every phone call and every encounter, the advisors and staff at the Graduate Academic & Career Development Center work hard to exceed your expectations. If you feel that there are ways that we can improve any aspect of what we do, or if you just want to share a compliment, please let us know.

With prior approval, students may take management-related electives at other graduate schools and colleges within Boston University. Please complete this form, and return it to the Graduate Academic & Career Development Center.

All potential graduates are required to submit this form to the Graduate Academic & Career Development Center. For students planning on graduating in May or September, the application for graduation is due November 15th. For students planning on graduating in January, it is due April 15th. Once you have been confirmed as a tentative graduate you will receive an email from your advisor with further details on your graduation status, as well as important information such as updating your diploma name and diploma pick up information on the Student Link.

Your academic advisor in the Graduate Academic & Career Development Center is required to email the Questrom community this two weeks prior to your defense date. As such, they will need the text of your defense announcement more than two weeks before the scheduled defense date.

PhD students must complete this form at the end of each semester to review courses taken outside of Questrom.

PhD students are required to complete a yearly report at the end of each academic year. Students will receive notification from their academic advisor when the report is available.

Please use this form if you would like to request an exemption to a Graduate Academic & Career Development Center policy.

Social Impact students are required to complete a 300-hour paid internship in a public, private, or nonprofit organization. Students selecting a private sector enterprise must focus their work on corporate social responsibility, sustainability, cause marketing, social impact, philanthropy, or work for a socially responsible company. PEMBA students may waive the internship requirement with applicable work experience, pending permission of the Social Impact faculty director.

Registration in the Boston Area Consortia is a formal agreement between Boston University and several local colleges and universities whereby BU students can attend courses at other institutions, and students from other institutions can attend courses at BU. The primary schools in the Cross Registration consortium are Boston College, Brandeis University, Tufts University, and Hebrew College.

Your advisor or dean, the BU Registrar’s Office, and the host institution’s registrar’s office must sign the completed Cross Registration Petition. The copy of the signed Cross Registration Petition must be submitted to both the BU Registrar’s Office and the host institution’s registrar’s office for official registration.

PhD students must complete this form within 20 days of travel in order to be reimbursed for conference travel. The deadline for research reimbursements may be extended.

Please review the Transfer of Credit policies listed at the top of the application.