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An Educational Hub

Located just nine miles outside of Boston, Brandeis University sits atop a beautifully landscaped campus in Waltham, Mass. As you walk around campus and its surrounding neighborhoods, you will begin to experience all that Waltham and the Greater Boston area have to offer.  

Your experience at Brandeis as a graduate student will be complemented by the more than 50 institutions of higher learning within miles of our campus. With access to the many resources of such an educational hub, you will find students — 250,000 who embark on the city and its surrounding areas each year — and scholars from all disciplines making Boston their home.

Boston: A Small Town in a Big City

Considered one of the best walking cities in America, you will find Boston to be easily accessible and inviting. From the Public Garden to the Charlestown Navy Yard, Newbury Street to the South End, and Fenway Park to the Citi Performing Arts Center, walking becomes a way of life.  

Situated underneath the city is the country's oldest subway system — the T.  Making all points of the city equally accessible, the T connects all Bostonians to even the most historical of Boston's attractions.

Life Off Campus

Most Brandeis graduate students live in the neighborhoods and communities surrounding campus. Like its neighbors — Cambridge and Boston — Waltham sits on the banks of the Charles River. Affordable housing and apartments make the Waltham area very attractive to Brandeis students. This fact, along with Waltham's rich cultural history, allows students to experience life off campus just minutes from home.

Brandeis connects directly with downtown Boston through the MBTA commuter rail. This connection provides students with easy access to some of Boston's finest restaurants, cultural centers, neighborhoods, theaters, and museums.