Type Private Provost Jean Morrison, PhD Campus Urban Founded 1881 Undergraduates 1,239 | Established 1881 Dean Chris Moore, PhD Phone +1 617-353-2713 President Robert A. Brown Postgraduates 451 | |
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Academic staff 72 full-time68 part-time Address 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA Similar Boston University, MGH Institute of Health Pr, Frederick S Pardee School of, Bouvé College of Health Sc, University of Pittsburg Profiles | ||
The Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College (SAR) is a unit of Boston University. The College offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs to prepare students for both research and clinical careers in health care and the rehabilitation sciences.
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History
In 1881, Dr. Dudley Allen Sargent founded the Sargent School of Physical Training in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During the decades that followed the establishment of the School, Dr. Sargent built a reputation as an innovator in physical conditioning and health promotion. At the Sargent School, students learned training techniques to strengthen and improve the physical capabilities of all people, including both disabled and healthy individuals. This emphasis on comprehensive health care remains a focus of the College today. Sargent College became part of Boston University in 1929, five years after Dr. Sargent's death.
In the fall of 1990, BU Sargent College moved to an extensively renovated facility at 635 Commonwealth Avenue. The six-story building contains classrooms, student lounges, research laboratories, an outpatient clinic, and faculty and staff offices.
Areas of study
The Sargent College has four academic departments that confer degrees upon undergraduate and graduate students:
Undergraduate
SAR offers the following degrees at the undergraduate level:
Graduate
SAR offers the following degrees in the graduate program:
U.S. News Best Graduate Schools
Over the years, U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate School rankings have consistently found the graduate programs at BU Sargent College to be among the best in the country. In 2016, Sargent College graduate programs ranked as follows: occupational therapy program was ranked #1, physical therapy: 14 (out of 217 programs), speech-language pathology: 12 (out of 249 programs).
World Health Organization Certified Center
BU Sargent College houses a World Health Organization certified Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, the first nationally funded psychiatric rehabilitation center in the United States.