Study at the Columbia University

Columbia University was established in 1754 as King’s College, being the oldest university in the state of New York, while also the fifth oldest in the United States. It is a private research institution now - one of the eight members of the Ivy League, and one of nine colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution.

The current location of the university is in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, where it encompasses more than six blocks. In addition, Columbia University manages four centers overseas: in Beijing, China; Mumbai, India; Amman, Jordan and Paris, France. It is also affiliated with a variety of institutions, some of which are Barnard College, Teachers College, and the Union Theological Seminary; joint undergraduate programs are available through the Jewish Theological Seminary of America as well as the Juilliard School.

Columbia University is the university whose alumni and affiliates have won the greatest number of Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and Academy Awards, compared to any other institution in the world. Former students of the university also include four United States presidents and 20 living billionaires. Being the only university-related research park in New York, it is also greatly contributing to the region’s economic growth by forming various relationships between the research and private sectors, while also creating new biomedically related business. The university has also been continuingly renovating its campus, erecting new buildings, which is a reflection of the constant improvement and development of the university’s programs.

Finally, to give some examples of rankings, Columbia University ranks 18th in the world in the 2010 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 11th in the QS World University Rankings, and 8th in the  Academic Ranking of World Universities. Columbia\'s Graduate School of Journalism ranks first in the Education-Portal.com, Columbia Law School is 4th in the U.S. News & World Report, and Columbia Business School is 3rd in the world in The Wall Street Journal.