BC International Student Enrollment Increases for Second Consecutive Year

Willy Connors • April 1, 2026

Despite federal policy changes that threaten international students and lingering pandemic effects, Boston College’s international student enrollment rose for the second consecutive year. As of the...

Quick Move-Out Challenging for International Students

Julia Kiersznowski • March 13, 2020

OISS is offering immediate travel signatures for international students, waiving the requisite to show updated financial certification, and expanding hours.

International Student Population Hits New High

Celia Carbone • February 6, 2019

The Boston College international student population rose to a record high 1,878 students this year, according to the Office of International Students and Scholars.

OIP, OISS Launch Ninth Annual International Education Week

Jack Miller • November 12, 2018

The Office of International Programs (OIP) and the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) launched the ninth annual International Education Week on Monday.

University Applies Limits to Study Abroad Program

Jack Goldman • September 10, 2018

The Office of International Programs (OIP) announced in an email Wednesday that due to imbalances in the number of Boston College students studying abroad during the fall and spring semesters, the University has decided that limits will be placed on “each semester and program for students studying abroad.”

Total Enrollment of Chinese Students Increases 24 Percent This Year

Cole Dady • February 26, 2018

“We've been fortunate to attract and enroll superb students from China,” said Director of Undergraduate Admissions John Mahoney.

Global Engagement Committee Strives to Enhance BC’s International Presence

Cole Dady • February 26, 2018

“BC has been growing from a regional university to a national one,” said Alberto Godenzi, the co-chair of the initiative. “We have been engaged internationally, but not in a strategic way."

The New Voice of the Papacy

Ryan Duffy • March 2, 2017

"There are socioeconomic and structural disparities in the world that are too vast to continue unnoticed."

Terrorism’s Tunnel Vision

Josh Behrens • March 2, 2016

"How we explain terrorism has grave ramifications for how we attempt to stop it."

In Support of the Iran Nuclear Deal

Conor Sheehy • January 27, 2016

While it is not a perfect solution, it is plain to see that the deal achieves the primary goal of the international community: preventing Iran from building nuclear weapons, and preventing a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

International Education Week Focuses On Social Justice, Solidarity

Anne Bigler • November 16, 2014

International Education Week featured twice as many events as last year and focused on the importance of global social justice.