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                                                              EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated August 6, 1997, except as to the
pooling of interests with Kemper-Masterson, Inc., which is as of December 1,
1997, relating to the consolidated financial statements of PAREXEL International
Corporation, which appears in the Prospectus constituting part of the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of PAREXEL International Corporation dated
January 27, 1998.



PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP


BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
FEBRUARY 26, 1998



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