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Boston campus

Established in 1898, one of Northeastern’s three residential campuses and the heart of our global research enterprise

At our founding campus, Boston and its dynamic neighborhoods and industries will enrich your experience

Choose from our widest range of majors, combined majors, and undergraduate, graduate, and PhD degrees. Collaborate with world-class universities, institutes, hospitals, and tech and life sciences sectors on research for global impact. And discover all the ways to create positive change through an extensive network of community relationships.

44,000

total students, our largest student population in our network, 21,000+ undergraduate, 18,000+ graduate (Fall 2022)

110,000+

alumni in greater Boston

400+

student clubs and organizations

Campus and city life

Join a dynamic, urban campus community seamlessly connected to all that Boston has to offer. Tour our public art, explore how to make your student life experience your own, and take in a packed Huskies DogHouse on game nights.

Resources

  • Snell Library

    A newly renovated space with best-in-class technologies, tools, and resources for collaborative work.

  • Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex

    Our 220,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility built to promote high-impact collaborations across science, technology, and engineering.

  • Marino Recreation Center

    Voted one of the top 10 recreational facilities in the country, Marino offers state-of-the-art recreation and fitness amenities.

  • Matthews Arena

    Northeastern—and Boston’s—historic sports arena and the home to Huskies hockey and basketball.

Opportunities at our other New England campuses

Burlington

A 14-acre Massachusetts hub for world-class national security and defense research, and a magnet for science-based startups and home to the Kostas Institute for Homeland Security.

Nahant

Home to our Coastal Sustainability Institute and the only year-round urban, coastal sustainability lab on the nation’s Atlantic coast with research opportunities for undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students in Massachusetts. 

Portland

An engine for economic impact in Maine and New England, featuring industry-aligned graduate education, applied research, and an expansive entrepreneurial ecosystem, and home to Northeastern’s Institute for Experiential AI and the Roux Institute.

Beyond New England

More opportunities for collaboration and to live, learn, and innovate at our campuses in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. 

  • arlington-campus
    Arlington, Virginia

    Our hub for research and graduate education at the intersection of technology, security, and policy

  • Charlotte-campus
    Charlotte, North Carolina

    An engine for professional education in the life and health sciences

  • london-campus
    London

    Our hub in Europe, with undergraduate and postgraduate degrees—including a U.S./U.K. double degree—and world-leading network science research

  • miami-campus
    Miami

    Graduate education and entrepreneurship programming to support the rapidly transforming finance and tech economy

  • Oakland Campus
    Oakland, California

    Our West Coast undergraduate campus offering unique entrepreneurship and social impact programming, and home to the Mills Institute

  • seattle-campus
    Seattle

    Graduate degrees and research focused on the region’s booming tech industry, and undergraduate summer programs

  • sv-campus
    Silicon Valley

    Graduate education for high-tech fields in the heart of California’s Big Tech region

  • Toronto-campus
    Toronto

    Preparing professionals to thrive in high-demand fields in North America’s third-largest tech market

  • Vancouver Campus
    Vancouver

    Professional education aligned with British Columbia’s rising startup and high-tech ecosystem

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