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Drawing upon the traditions of its vibrant preservation locality, Boston University itself has a long history of inventively recycling historic buildings to house its students and faculty. The University was founded in 1869 in two adaptively reused Beacon Hill townhouses adjacent to the Boston Athenaeum and Charles Bulfinch’s Massachusetts State Capitol. In 1883 Boston University moved its College of Liberal Studies into an adaptively reused Baptist Church on Somerset Street. The University subsequently adapted for its own uses the Copley Square building of the Harvard Medical School, key commercial buildings along Commonwealth Avenue’s Automobile Row, the Boston Braves Baseball field, row houses and apartments along Bay State Road, and mansions in the Cottage Farm neighborhood; more recently, the University has undertaken a major renovation of the University Law Tower, a landmark of Boston modernism designed in 1962 by Spanish architect Josep Luis Sert. Successful, environmentally minded stewardship of historic buildings is part of the institutional DNA of Boston University; the Preservation Studies program draws inspiration and vitality from this rich context.

Students in the program learn preservation in the classroom and through hands-on preservation planning, historical research, and exploration. They study the built environment and cultural landscape through courses taught by leading experts who teach in departments across the University and numerous professionals who do important work in the regional and national preservation field. Class projects take advantage of the tremendous scope of preservation activity in the region, from large-scale regional initiatives to grassroots neighborhood efforts in cities and towns. Applicants should have a BA and demonstrated interest in the fields that contribute to historic preservation.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Places of Memory: Historic Preservation Theory and Practice

Preservation Planning

Boston Community Architectural and Urban History Workshop

Twentieth-Century Architecture and Urbanism (or comparable architectural history survey)

Independent Research Project Colloquium (capstone project)

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Duration

Full-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-15 00:00:00

Language

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Credits

48 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Boston, United States

Disciplines

History Modern History Museum Studies View 536 other Masters in History in United States

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General requirements

National

Transcripts

Three recommendations (at least two from faculty members)

Scholarly writing sample

Curriculum Vitae

Personal statement/statement of purpose

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Certified English translations of all transcripts and academic records.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

66670 USD / year

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66670 USD / year

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66670 USD / year

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Living costs

Boston

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1560 - 3239 USD / month

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