A private research university in New York City, founded in 1754, teaching across 16 schools alongside research centres, libraries and a medical center.
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private research university founded in 1754 and located in New York City. It combines undergraduate and graduate teaching across many scholarly and professional fields with research activity, and expects all areas of the institution to advance knowledge at the highest level and share results with the world. The university comprises 16 schools and has been in operation for more than 250 years.
Its academic enterprise includes undergraduate education, graduate and professional programs, and the Columbia University Medical Center. Teaching and research are supported by a network of 25 libraries and more than 100 research centres, with work spanning higher education research, medical and health sciences, global and international studies, and scientific and scholarly research across disciplines. The university links its research and teaching to the resources of New York City.
Columbia values a diverse and international faculty and student body, and maintains academic relationships with many countries and regions, with a commitment to research and teaching on global issues. The institution describes itself as combining the intimate scale of a small college with the resources of a major research university.
