Program Overview
The Questrom School of Business's Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: business and functional disciplines, how they depend on each other, business's role in society, and skills such as teamwork and career management. How competitive: for fall 2025, Boston University admitted 16% of its 15,794 international first-year applicants (13% of all 76,776). It sets no IB minimum: IB students must send predicted results, and BU is test-optional for applicants through fall 2028. You apply to the BU school or college that teaches this major. This major is in the Questrom School of Business, which requires a year of calculus, or a year of precalculus and one of statistics: for IB students, Maths AA at HL or SL, or Maths AI at HL.
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Academic Requirements
Requirements checked for 2027 entry
Total IB Points
No IB minimum ยท holistic admission
Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches
Required: SL 1
or
Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation
Required: HL 1