Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2012

1933 Act Registration File No.   333-181202

1940 Act File No. 811-22708

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933		[	X	]
Pre-Effective Amendment No.		[		]
Post-Effective Amendment No.	6	[	X	]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940		[	X		]
Amendment No.	8	[		X	]

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

BROWN ADVISORY FUNDS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

901 South Bond Street, Suite 400

Baltimore, Maryland 21231

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:  (410) 537-5400

David M. Churchill, President and Principal Executive Officer

Brown Advisory Funds

901 South Bond Street, Suite 400

Baltimore, Maryland 21231

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Patrick W.D. Turley, Esq.

Dechert LLP

1775 I Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

[	X	]	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[		]	On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
[		]	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[		]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[		]	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[		]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

[ ] This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

This Post-Effective Amendment (“PEA”) No. 6 to the Registration Statement for the Brown Advisory Funds (the “Trust”) on Form N-1A hereby incorporates Parts A, B and C from the Trust’s PEA No. 5 on Form N 1A filed October 19, 2012.  This PEA No. 6 is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibit for the risk/return summary first provided in PEA No. 5 to the Trust’s Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland on October 30, 2012.

Brown Advisory Funds

By:  /s/ David M. Churchill

  David M. Churchill

  President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ David M. Churchill	President	October 30, 2012
David M. Churchill
/s/ Jason T. Meix	Treasurer	October 30, 2012
Jason T. Meix
Michael D. Hankin*	Trustee	October 30, 2012
Michael D. Hankin
Joseph R. Hardiman*	Trustee and Chairman of the Board	October 30, 2012
Joseph R. Hardiman
Henry H. Hopkins*	Trustee	October 30, 2012
Henry H. Hopkins
Kyle P. Legg*	Trustee	October 30, 2012
Kyle P. Legg
Thomas F. O’Neil III*	Trustee	October 30, 2012
Thomas F. O’Neil III
Neal F. Triplett*	Trustee	October 30, 2012
Neal F. Triplett

* By: /s/ Patrick W.D. Turley

                Patrick W.D. Turley

                As Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed and incorporated by reference.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit	Exhibit No.
Instance Document	EX-101.INS
Schema Document	EX-101.SCH
Calculation Linkbase Document	EX-101.CAL
Definition Linkbase Document	EX-101.DEF
Label Linkbase Document	EX-101.LAB
Presentation Linkbase Document	EX-101.PRE