创办时间：1863年
所在城市：美国马萨诸塞州波士顿市
学校性质：私立综合类研究型大学
学生总数：15,200+（本科生9600+）
师生比：1:10
优势学科：商科（会计、金融）、教育学、护理学、哲学、神学、经济学、心理学、政治科学、英语文学、法学
Education with a heart and soul—and the power to transform 蕴含灵魂与热忱、拥有变革力量的教育
Boston College, the first institution of higher education to operate in the city of Boston, is today among the nation’s foremost universities, a leader in the liberal arts, scientific inquiry, and student formation.
波士顿学院作为波士顿市第一所高等教育学府，如今已跻身全美顶尖大学之列，在文科、科学探索及学生培养方面均处于领先地位。
Grounded in the ideals that inspired our Jesuit founders, Boston College urges students to look inward but always to reach out—to develop their minds and talents to the fullest and use them in service to others.
秉承耶稣会创始者所倡导的理想，波士顿学院激励学生内观自省的同时胸怀天下——充分发展自身的智慧与才能，并以此服务他人。
We ask our students to explore the big questions and challenge them to ask: What difference will I make? How will my knowledge serve the world?
我们鼓励学生探索宏大的命题，并挑战他们去思考：我将带来怎样的改变？我的知识将如何造福世界？
Where We Began 我们的起源
Boston College was founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) to educate Boston’s predominantly Irish, Catholic immigrant community. It opened its doors on September 5, 1864, in a building on Harrison Avenue in Boston’s South End, a “small streetcar college” for commuting students.
波士顿学院由耶稣会于1863年创立，旨在为波士顿以爱尔兰天主教移民为主的群体提供教育。1864年9月5日，学院于波士顿南区的哈里森大道正式开学，最初是一所为走读生设立的“小型电车大学”。
When it outgrew the limitations of the space, then-president Rev. Thomas I. Gasson, S.J., bought 31 acres of the former Lawrence Farm in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and broke ground in 1909 on a new campus, today fondly known as “the Heights.”
当空间不足以支撑发展时，时任校长托马斯·I·加松神父在马萨诸塞州栗树山购买了前劳伦斯农场的31英亩土地，并于1909年为新校区奠基。这片校区如今被亲切地称为“高地”（the Heights）。
BC began as an undergraduate liberal arts college, but as its aspirations grew, it added graduate programs and professional schools fulfilling its charter as a university.
波士顿学院最初是一所本科文科学院，但随着抱负的增长，逐渐增设了研究生项目与专业学院，最终发展成为一所综合性大学。
Where We Are Going 我们的未来方向
Boston College builds upon its traditions. It seeks to be the national leader in the liberal arts; to fulfill its Jesuit, Catholic mission of faith and service; to continue to develop model programs to support students in their formation; and to seek solutions—as researchers, educators, leaders, and caregivers—that directly address the world’s most urgent problems.
波士顿学院立足传统，致力成为全美文科教育的引领者，践行耶稣会天主教“信仰与服务”的使命，持续开发示范性项目以支持学生成长，并作为研究者、教育者、领导者和关怀者，寻求直接应对全球最紧迫问题的解决方案。
Guiding Our Path 指引我们的路径
Boston College remains committed to leading its students on a comprehensive journey of discovery—one that integrates their intellectual, personal, ethical, and religious formation.
波士顿学院始终致力于引领学生踏上全面的探索之旅——融合智力、人格、道德与信仰的全面成长。
Inspiration for Boston College’s academic and societal mission is drawn from the University’s distinctive religious and intellectual heritage. As a Jesuit, Catholic University, Boston College is rooted in a world view that calls us to learn, to search for truth, and to live in service to others. To fulfill that mission, we welcome and embrace the contributions of a diverse student body from many faith traditions.
学院的学术与社会使命灵感，汲取自其独特的宗教与学术传统。作为一所耶稣会天主教大学，波士顿学院根植于一种呼唤我们学习、求真理并为他人服务的世界观。为实现这一使命，我们诚挚欢迎并珍视来自不同信仰传统的多元学生群体所作出的贡献。