To provide information on partnered university – Boston University of Metropolitan College, International, USA and about the exempted courses and fees, a talk was conducted by the Office of Collaboration on Bachelor’s to Master’s Collaborations for the final year Engineering, MBA, and MCA students, on 18 October 2021 from March 2021. The talk was delivered by Ms. Kate Dunkerley, Director of Boston University, Metropolitan College International, USA. The talk began with welcoming the gathering and introducing the speaker Ms. Diana Monteiro.
Ms. Kate Dunkerley, introduce the Boston University Metropolitan International College, USA. This college is one of the 17 schools and colleges that comprise Boston university. Founded in 1839, Boston University is internationally recognized as a top institution of high learning and research offering more than 300 undergraduates, graduate, doctoral, and special degree programs. Along with the resources of 21 libraries and over 130 academic centers and institutes. More than 35,000 students from all 50 states and 130+countreis, are studying in this institution.
She added in her talk this partnership is mainly focused to help students with higher education opportunities at an exempted cost. Certain subjects studied by CSE and ECE students will be exempted from courses of study and credits earned at SJEC will be directly transferred to the Master's Program at BU-MET, thereby saving substantial costs, time, and effort for the students.
The following courses are offered by Boston University, MET International: Graduate Certificate, Advanced Graduate Certificate (Internship), MS in Administrative Sciences
MS in Computer Sciences. The eligibility requirement to opt for these courses is a GPA of a minimum of 3.0 which is equivalent to a 7 CGPA and 6.5 bands in IELTS. Interested students can apply 3 months advanced and the application process will be handled by the host institution.
Sometime was allotted for a Q&A session where students clarified their doubts and issues related to courses. This talk ended with Thanking all by the Collaborations Officer.