Columbia University

For more than 250 years, Columbia has been a leader in higher education in the nation and around the world. At the core of our wide range of academic inquiry is the commitment to attract and engage the best minds in pursuit of greater human understanding, pioneering discoveries, and service to society.

Columbia is one of the world’s most important centers of research and a distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduates. Columbia recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty, staff, and student body to support research and teaching on global issues while also creating academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university community to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

Columbia offers a comprehensive array of academic programs. These include three undergraduate schools, fourteen graduate and professional schools, a world-renowned medical center, four affiliated colleges and seminaries, twenty-six libraries, and nearly two hundred research centers and institutes.