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Boise State University

Boise State University, formerly Boise Junior College, is a public university in Boise, Idaho. Founded in 1932, it is now Idaho's largest university, with about 28,500 students.

Bologna Process

Bologna Process: intergovernmental European higher education reform launched by the 1999 Bologna Declaration (29 countries), creating the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) in 2010 with a three-cycle bachelor-master-doctor degree system, ECTS credits, recognition and quality assurance commitments across 49 members.

Boston College

Boston College is a private Jesuit, Catholic research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, founded in 1863 to educate Boston's Irish Catholic immigrant community and comprising nine schools and colleges.

Boston University

Boston University (BU), private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, founded 1839 as Newbury Biblical Institute, chartered 1869. Three campuses, 17 schools plus Computing & Data Sciences, 38,000+ students, AAU member since 2012, president Melissa Gilliam.

Bournemouth University

Bournemouth University (BU), a public university in Bournemouth and Poole, England, granted university status 27 November 1992 under the Further and Higher Education Act; formerly Bournemouth Municipal College, College of Technology, Dorset Institute, and Bournemouth Polytechnic; over 16,400 students, Talbot Campus, motto Discere Mutari Est.

Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College: private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine, chartered 1794, opened 1802; coeducational since 1971; about 1,900 undergraduates, 6.5% admit rate, need-blind no-loan aid, $2.9B endowment.

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University (BGSU), founded 1910 in Bowling Green, Ohio, is a public R2 research university with over 20,000 students, two campuses, 200+ undergraduate majors, and the 1984 NCAA hockey title.

BPP University

BPP University is a private, for-profit English university within the BPP Group (owned by TDR), the first private UK company to gain degree-awarding powers in 2007, teaching law, business, technology, and nursing to over 33,000 career-focused students.

Bradley University

Bradley University (Bradley Polytechnic Institute), private university in Peoria, Illinois founded 1897 by Lydia Moss Bradley; five colleges, ~5,400 students, 11:1 ratio, NCAA Division I Braves.

Brandeis University

Brandeis University, private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts; founded 1948 by the American Jewish community as the first Jewish-sponsored nonsectarian US university; R1, AAU member, named for Justice Louis Brandeis.

Bret Weinstein

Bret Weinstein is an American evolutionary biologist and podcaster who taught at The Evergreen State College until resigning in 2017; he now hosts the DarkHorse Podcast.

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater State University (BSU), public university in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, founded 1840 by Horace Mann as Bridgewater State Normal School, third normal school in Massachusetts and the nation; 10,349 students, six colleges, Massachusetts's leading producer of teachers.

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private university in Provo, Utah, founded in 1875 and owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with over 35,000 students.

British degree abbreviations

British degree abbreviations (BA, BSc, MA, PhD, FdA) are short forms for UK qualifications, mapped to FHEQ levels, written without full stops, and used as post-nominal letters.

British undergraduate degree classification

British undergraduate degree classification grades UK honours degrees as first, upper second (2:1), lower second (2:2), or third, typically at 70/60/50/40 percent boundaries, computed by university-specific algorithms and scrutinized for grade inflation by the OfS and UKSCQA.

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College, a CUNY senior college in Brooklyn, New York, founded 1930 as the city's first public coeducational liberal arts college; Midwood campus, 14,469 students in fall 2025, notable alumni include Shirley Chisholm and Bernie Sanders.

Brown University

Brown University (founded 1764 as Rhode Island College) is an Ivy League private research university in Providence, Rhode Island, known for its 1969 Open Curriculum, no distribution requirements, and the Warren Alpert Medical School.

Bryant University

Bryant University is a private university in Smithfield, Rhode Island, founded in 1863 in Providence as a Bryant & Stratton branch, relocated in 1971 to land donated by Tupperware's Earl Tupper, and made a university in 2004; known for AACSB-accredited business education.

Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College, a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, founded 1885 by Quakers with Joseph Wright Taylor's endowment. First U.S. women's college to offer the Ph.D.; coed graduate schools; Haverford consortium; 2026 ten-year strategic plan.

Bucknell University

Bucknell University, private university in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, founded 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, renamed 1886 for William Bucknell; three colleges (Arts & Sciences, Engineering, Freeman College of Management), about 3,900 undergraduates, Patriot League Division I athletics.

Bukovinian State Medical University

Bukovinian State Medical University (Буковинський державний медичний університет, BSMU) is a public medical university in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, founded 1944 from the relocated 2nd Kyiv Medical Institute; ranked 5th among Ukrainian medical universities in Top-200 Ukraine 2024.

Butler University

Butler University, also called North Western Christian University at its 1855 founding, is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana, with about 5,700 students, seven colleges, NCAA Division I BIG EAST athletics, and a 98% graduate placement rate.

Cairo University (جامعة القاهرة)

Cairo University (جامعة القاهرة), Egypt's oldest university, founded December 21, 1908 as the private Egyptian University; renamed Fouad I University in 1940 and Cairo University in 1953; public university in Giza with about 170,000 students.

Cal Poly Maritime Academy

Cal Poly Maritime Academy, formerly the California Maritime Academy, is the only degree-granting maritime academy on the West Coast, in Vallejo, California; founded 1929, integrated into Cal Poly 2025-2026, trains Coast Guard-licensed cadets.

California Institute of Integral Studies

California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), formerly California Institute of Asian Studies, is a private San Francisco university founded in 1968 by Haridas and Bina Chaudhuri, accredited by WSCUC since 1981, known for integral, East-West psychology and psychedelic studies programs.

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a public polytechnic university in the California State University system founded in 1901, known for Learn by Doing pedagogy, six colleges, top-10 public ranking, and fall 2026 semester conversion.

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, known as Cal Poly Pomona, is a public polytechnic university in Pomona, California, founded in 1938 on land deeded by W.K. Kellogg.

California State University

The California State University (CSU), also known as Cal State, is the largest public four-year university system in the United States, created in 1960 and enrolling over 471,000 students across California.

California State University Channel Islands

California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI), branded Cal State Channel Islands, is a public university in Camarillo, California, opened in 2002 on the former Camarillo State Hospital site.

California State University, Bakersfield

California State University, Bakersfield, also known as CSUB, is a public university in Bakersfield, California. It is a comprehensive campus of the California State University system with 10,419 students.