Boston University School of Medicine

What Boston University School of Medicine does

Boston University School of Medicine (operating as the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine since 2022) is a private, non-profit graduate medical school founded in 1848 and located on the Boston University Medical Campus in Boston's South End. It is one of four professional schools on the campus alongside the School of Public Health, the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and Graduate Medical Sciences, and operates in close integration with Boston Medical Center, its primary teaching affiliate, and the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL). Together these entities train nearly 3,800 full- and part-time students and employ more than 2,900 full- and part-time, affiliate, and volunteer faculty members.

The school's core academic products are MD, MD/PhD, Master's, PhD, and postdoctoral programs across the medical, dental, public health, and graduate medical sciences disciplines. Research infrastructure includes NEIDL's BSL-2, BSL-3, and BSL-4 containment laboratories, the Alumni Medical Library (6,800+ e-journals, 12,600+ e-books, 700+ databases, and membership in the Boston Library Consortium), and the Framingham Heart Study. Clinical training flows through Boston Medical Center, the Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center, and Goldman School of Dental Medicine treatment centers, with a stated service focus on disadvantaged, underserved, and indigent populations.

BUSM's revenue mechanics are typical of a non-profit academic medical center: tuition and fees from degree programs, federal and foundation research grants and contracts (including NIH and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center), clinical care revenue routed through Boston Medical Center, and endowment/philanthropic gifts (notably a record $100 million naming gift from alumnus Edward Avedisian in 2022). Go-to-market for student recruitment combines on-campus programming, virtual fairs, multi-channel social media, and information sessions; research funding flows through traditional academic grant channels rather than commercial sales motion.

Name

Boston University School of Medicine

Legal name

Boston University School of Medicine

Website

https://bumc.bu.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1848

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Boston University School of Medicine is a private graduate medical school in Boston, founded in 1848, training nearly 3,800 students and employing 2,900+ faculty across MD, PhD, dental, and public health programs anchored by Boston Medical Center and NEIDL.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAHAGAB

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

SECONDARYEDAHAGAA

Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

SECONDARYEDAHAGAD

Schools of Public Health

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

Keywords

• Medical education
• Physician training
• Biomedical research
• Graduate medical sciences
• Clinical medical training

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Medical and Health Sciences Education: Tuition and fees from MD, graduate, dental, and public health programs
2. Research Grants and Contracts: Federal and foundation research funding including NIH grants, foundation grants, and institutional support such as the Edward Avedisian professorship with annual provisions for research and teaching
3. Healthcare Services: Clinical care through Boston Medical Center and clinical training facilities

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Boston University School of Medicine (Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine) is a private medical school founded in 1848 that delivers MD degree education, graduate medical sciences training, and public health instruction. It conducts biomedical and infectious disease research through facilities including the NEIDL BSL-4 laboratory and operates the Alumni Medical Library. Its primary clinical teaching affiliate is Boston Medical Center.

Product overview

Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) is a multi-school academic medical center comprising four schools (Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, School of Public Health, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and Graduate Medical Sciences) plus affiliated clinical and research facilities including Boston Medical Center (primary teaching hospital), the Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center, and the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL). The campus offers educational programs, research capabilities, and clinical care with support services including the Alumni Medical Library, Fuller Gymnasium, meditation/lactation spaces, and the BU Food Pantry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NEIDL (National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories): BU's infectious diseases research hub conducting research on emerging infectious diseases
• Framingham Heart Study

Products and services

• MD Degree Program Four-year Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree program training students to become physicians, with clinical rotations at Boston Medical Center. Intended for individuals applying through standard medical school admissions pathways.
• Graduate Medical Sciences Programs Master's and doctoral graduate programs in biomedical and medical sciences disciplines, intended for individuals seeking advanced research or combined clinical-research training.
• Public Health Programs Degree programs in public health disciplines, intended for individuals pursuing careers in population health, epidemiology, and related fields.
• NEIDL Infectious Disease Research Biomedical research on emerging and high-consequence infectious diseases conducted in a BSL-4 containment facility. Provided to research sponsors, collaborators, and the scientific community through grants and contracts.
• Alumni Medical Library Specialized medical library providing collections, reference, and information services to medical school students, faculty, and affiliated clinical staff.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to BU alumnus Drew Weissman for mRNA technology that enabled COVID-19 vaccines
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Boston Library Consortium (BLC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBU is a member of the Boston Library Consortium (BLC) which includes 19 member libraries. The consortium enables resource sharing, interlibrary loan access, and collaborative collection development. BLC members include Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library, Northeastern University Snell Library, and fifteen other New England research libraries.
• Harvard University Countway Library of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical campus students and faculty have admittance to Harvard University Countway Library of Medicine through its dual role as the Boston Medical Library, providing access to Harvard's medical collections and resources.
• National Network of Libraries of MedicinemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Alumni Medical Library's Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Service participates in resource sharing throughout an extensive national network of libraries, providing access to materials beyond BU's collections.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Harvard Medical School: Harvard Medical School is the elite private medical school directly comparable to BUSM in mission, structure, and Boston geography. Both institutions grant MD degrees, operate world-class research labs, and serve as academic medical centers with major teaching hospitals. BUSM's BLC membership even includes direct collaboration with Harvard's Countway Library of Medicine.
• Tufts University School of Medicine: Tufts School of Medicine is the closest geographic and mission peer to BUSM, also located in Boston and a member of the Boston Library Consortium. Both are private research medical schools with comparable faculty scale, similar community health equity focus, and overlapping student demographics in the New England market.

Broad incumbents

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is a top-tier private research medical school with a fully integrated academic medical center. Comparable in research output, Nobel laureate history, and grant funding scale, Hopkins represents the upper bound of BUSM's peer set in reputation, endowment, and NIH funding capture.
• Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania: Penn Medicine is a leading private academic medical center combining a research-intensive medical school with a major hospital system. Comparable to BUSM in offering integrated MD/PhD programs, large research operations, and named professorship structures supported by philanthropy.
• Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Columbia's medical school is a private Ivy League research institution with similar faculty scale, integrated hospital (NewYork-Presbyterian), and full scholarship programs supported by major philanthropy. Comparable in size, structure, and urban academic medical center operating model.
• Yale School of Medicine: Yale School of Medicine is a private research medical school with comparable faculty size, joint MD-PhD programs, and integrated research infrastructure. Comparable peer in endowment-supported financial aid capacity and research output scale.
• NYU Grossman School of Medicine: NYU Grossman is a private research medical school known for full-tuition scholarship initiatives and a major urban academic medical center. Comparable to BUSM in offering heavily endowed financial aid funded by philanthropy and operating within a major metropolitan safety-net hospital system.
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Icahn School of Medicine is a private research medical school within a large urban hospital system, with comparable research scale, MD/PhD programs, and a focus on translational biomedical research in an urban safety-net setting similar to BUMC's mission.
• Stanford University School of Medicine: Stanford Medicine is a top private research medical school with substantial endowment, comparable faculty depth, and integrated hospital operations. Sets the benchmark for biotech translational research output that BUMC's CReM and NEIDL aspire to.

Others

• Boston Medical Center: Boston Medical Center is not a peer but the primary teaching affiliate and safety-net hospital within Boston University Medical Campus. Included as an ecosystem participant since BMC's clinical operations, payer mix, and strategic direction directly drive BUSM's clinical training and research opportunities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BUMedicine
• Facebookfacebook.com/BUMedicine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/boston-university
• Instagraminstagram.com/bostonuniversitygms

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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Investments

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