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King’sCollege(1754-1784)
ColombiainhistoryFamousalumnioftheuniversityalsoinclude5foundingfathersoftheUnitedStates,10justicesoftheSupremeCourtoftheUnitedStates,20billionaires,20Oscarwinners,29USgovernors,and34headsofstate.ColumbiaUniversityhasworld-classlawschools,businessschools,journalismschools,etc.ThePulitzerPrizeissuedbyitsjournalismschoolisthehighesthonorinAmericanjournalism.Accordingtostatistics,thereare101NobelPrizewinners(including43studentsandalumni)whohaveworkedorstudiedinColumbia,rankingfifthintheworldinnumber.ColumbiaUniversityisoneofthemostimportantresearchinstitutionsintheUnitedStatesandthebirthplaceofthefirstnuclearfission-ManhattanprojectinNorthAmerica.
Columbiaranks3rdintheU.S.UniversityRankingspublishedbyU.S.NewsandWorldReportin2019.Columbiaranked8thintheworldintheAcademicRankingofWorldUniversities(ARWU)in2019,8thintheworldinthe2019USNewsWorldUniversityRankings(USNews),2018"WallStreetJournal"/"TimesHigherEducation"AmericanUniversityRankings,ColumbiaUniversityRankedsecond.
ThediscussionaboutthecreationofaninstitutionofhigherlearninginNewYorkProvincebeganin1704.However,itwasnotuntilthefoundingofPrincetonUniversityinNewJerseyacrosstheHudsonRiverthattheideaofcreatinganewcollegeinNewYorkCitywastakenseriously.In1746,adecreetoraisefundsforthenewcollegewaspassedbytheNewYorkProvincialAssembly.In1751,theNewYorkProvincialAssemblyformedaten-membercommitteeincludingsevenmembersoftheChurchofEngland.Thecommittee’sresponsibilitywastoguidetheestablishmentofthisnewcollege.Thefundsneededforitsestablishmentcamefromtheissuanceofthestatelottery.FundingApril.
TheschoolofficiallyopenedinJuly1754,andthefirstprincipalwasSamuelJohnson,DoctorofTheology.Dr.Johnsonwasalsotheonlymentortothefirsteightstudentsofthecollege.LecturesareheldinthenewschoolbuildingnexttoTrinityChurchonLowerBroadwayinManhattan.Subsequently,thefirsthighereducationinstitutionestablishedinNewYorkState,thefifthuniversityintheUnitedStates,wasformallyestablishedonOctober31,1754underthenameofKingGeorgeII’sRoyalCharter.ForKing’sCollege,theAmericanWarofIndependencethatbrokeoutin1776wasacatastrophicevent.Theschool’steachingactivitiesweresuspendedforeightyearssincetheContinentalArmyenteredNewYorkin1776,includingtheentireperiodofNewYork’smilitaryoccupationbytheBritish,untiltheofficialwithdrawaloftheBritishfromNewYorkin1783.Theschoollibrarywaslooted,andtheonlybuildingwasfirstusedbytheContinentalArmyandthenusedasamilitaryhospitalbytheBritisharmy.Aftertheschoolwasoccupiedbyrevolutionaries,theschool’sroyalsupporterswereforcedtoleaveKing’sCollege.
ColumbiaCollege(1784-1896)
AftertheAmericanRevolution,thecollegesoughtsupportfromtheStateofNewYorkforitsreconstruction.Forthisreason,theconstitutionofthecollegeTherequirementsformodificationareguaranteed.Thestatelegislatureapprovedtheproposaltosupportthecollege.AschoolboardwasestablishedonMay1,1784tooverseethereconstructionofKing’sCollege.InordertoshowsupportforthenewrepublicoftheUnitedStates,thestatelegislaturestipulatedinthebillthat"thecollegelocatedinNewYorkCityandpreviouslyknownasKing'sCollegewillalwaysbecalledColumbiaCollegefromnowon."In1787,theschooldirectorsfinallyrealizedtheflawsintheschool'sconstitution.InFebruary1787,theyestablishedaconstitutionamendmentcommitteeledbyJohnJayandAlexanderHamilton.InAprilofthesameyear,theschoolformallyadoptedanewcharterthatempowerstwenty-fourschooldirectors,andithasbeeninuseeversince.
OnMay21,1787,WilliamSamuelJohnson,sonofSamuelJohnson,wasunanimouslyelectedpresidentofColumbiaCollege.Beforeservinginthecollege,JohnsonparticipatedinthefirstContinentalCongressandwaselectedastherepresentativeoftheConstitutionalAssemblyoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Foraperiodoftimeinthe1890s,becauseofthedualidentitiesoftheNewYorkStateCapitalandtheNewYorkStateCapital,andthesuccessiveadministrationsofFederalistgovernments,therevitalizedColumbiaCollegethrivedunderthefundingofFederalistssuchasHamiltonandJay.growingup.OnMay6,1789,PresidentGeorgeWashingtonandVicePresidentJohnAdamsattendedthegraduationceremonyofColumbiaCollegetohonorthosealumniwhoparticipatedintheAmericanRevolution.
ColumbiaUniversity(1896-present)
In1896,theschooldirectorsformallydecidedtouse"ColumbiaUniversity"asthenewnameoftheschool.Atthesametime,theprincipalSethLowmovedthecampusagain.Thistimethecampuswastransferredfrom49thStreettoitscurrentaddress:awidercampusintherapidlygrowingMorningsideHeights.UndertheworkofLow’ssuccessorNicholasMurrayButlerformorethanfortyyears,ColumbiaUniversityhasquicklybecomeanimportantresearchinstitutionintheUnitedStates,settingupamodelof"comprehensiveuniversity"forlateruniversities.Becauseofthecompletionofthefirstnuclearreactor,andthestartoftheManhattanProject,whichwasbroughtaboutbyColumbiaUniversityteachersJohnRayDunning,IsidoreIsaacRabbi,EnricoFermi,andPolycarp·Kusch’sresearchonatomsputtheColumbiaUniversityDepartmentofPhysicsunderthespotlightoftheworldinthe1940s.
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ColumbiaUniversityhas21departments,including3undergraduatecolleges:ColumbiaCollege,GeneralEducationCollege,EngineeringandAppliedScienceUndergraduateCollege(3undergraduatecollegesenrollstudentsseparatelyandteachtogether.Teachers,courses,andgraduationrequirementsarethesame);14graduatecolleges:ColumbiaJournalismSchool,ColumbiaLawSchool,ColumbiaBusinessSchool,SchoolofInternationalandPublicAffairs,SchoolofProfessionalStudies,SchoolofSocialWork,SchoolofArchitecture,PlanningandConservation,SchoolofArt,SchoolofArtsandSciences,SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences,SchoolofMedicine,SchoolofNursing,SchoolofDentistryandOralSurgery,PublicSchoolofHealth;andfouraffiliatedcolleges:BarnardCollege(Women'sUndergraduateCollege),ColumbiaUniversityTeachersCollege,AmericanJewishTheologicalSeminary,NewYorkConcordTheologicalSeminary.LawSchool
ColumbiaLawSchoolwasestablishedin1858(afewlawschoolsestablishedbeforetheAmericanCivilWar),oneofthemostprestigiouslawschoolsintheUnitedStates,rankingamongthetopeveryyear4.FollowYaleUniversity,HarvardUniversityandStanfordLawSchool.Forbesmagazineranksitfirstamongthebestcareerprospectsandthehighestincomeforgraduates.Itsoutstandingalumniinclude:twoU.S.presidents(FranklinDelanoRooseveltandTheodoreRoosevelt),ninejusticesincludingthefirstU.S.Justice,theSecretaryofState,theSecretaryoftheTreasury,andtheSecretaryofDefense.Cabinetmembers,presidentialadvisers,congressmen,congressmen,andgovernorsofvariousgovernments,thenumberofalumniofForbes’stop400companiesismuchhigherthanthatofotherlawschools.ColumbiaLawSchoolisbestknownforcorporatelaw,anditisalsothebackboneofallelitelawfirmsintheUnitedStates.Intermsofsendingthehighestpercentageof2020graduatestothe100largestelitelawfirmsintheUnitedStates,ColumbiaLawSchoolrankedfirstamongalllawschoolsinthenationintheNationalLawJournal'sselection.One(67.68%),thisistheseventhconsecutiveyearthatColumbiaLawSchoolhasoccupiedthefirstplaceonthelist.
ColumbiaLawSchoolisoneofthemostdifficultlawschoolsintheUnitedStates.Accordingtothestandard509informationreportpublishedbythelawschoolin2019,themedianGPAofadmittedstudentsis3.8,andthemedianLSATscoreofthelawschoolentranceexamis172,whichisthetop1%ofglobalcandidates.
TheArthurW.DiamondLibraryisoneofthemostcomprehensivelibrariesintheworld,andthesecondlargestacademiclawlibraryintheUnitedStates,withmorethan1millionbooks.ThecollegenotonlyoffersjointdegreeswithvariouscollegeswithinColumbia,butalsohascooperativeprojectswithOxfordUniversity,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience,andPekingUniversityLawSchool.Thecollegeadmitsabout210newstudentseachyearfrommorethan50countriesaroundtheworld.
2021USNEWSColumbiaUniversityLawSchoolranked4thintheUnitedStates
BusinessSchool
LocatedinNewYork,theworldfinancialcenter,itmaintainsitsuniqueadvantageswithWallStreetandotherfinancialcirclesCloselylinked,theColumbiaBusinessSchoolhasalwaysbeenoneofthebestbusinessschoolsintheUnitedStates,andhasalotofalumnionWallStreet.TheSchoolofBusinesscurrentlyhasresearchdirectionsinaccounting,decision-making,riskandoperation,entrepreneurship,finance,leadershipandethics,corporatemanagement,marketing,privateequity,andrealestate.Itsteachersarestrong,withauthoritiesandexpertsinvariousrelatedfields.Amongthem,ProfessorJosephStiglitzwontheNobelPrizeinEconomicsin2001andservedasanadvisortothePresidentialThinkTankoftheClintonAdministrationfrom1995to1997.Inthe"U.S.NewsandWorldReport"biennialand"BusinessWeek"annualbusinessschoolrankings,ColumbiaUniversityBusinessSchoolhasalwaysbeenamongthebest,anditisawell-deservedfirst-classbusinessschool,especiallyinfinance,whichhasbeenrankedamongthetopthreeformanyyears.First.GlennHubbard,thecurrentDeanoftheBusinessSchool,isaninternationallyrenownedeconomist.HehasaPh.D.ineconomicsfromHarvardUniversity.HewasthechairmanandchiefadviseroftheBushAdministration'sPresidentialCouncilofEconomicAdvisors.
TheprestigiousstockmarketinvestmentwizardWarrenBuffettstudiedunderBenjamin,thefounderofthe"ValueInvestmentSchool"whotaughtatColumbiaBusinessSchoolwhenhewasstudyingatColumbiaUniversity,andthefatherofmodernsecuritiesanalysis.·Graham(BenjaminGraham).ProfessorGrahamisknownasthe"DeanofWallStreet",andhis"commodity-reservecurrencythought"haswontheapprovalofKeynes,Friedmanandothereconomists.
ColumbiaUniversityBusinessSchool’sexecutivetrainingcourseaimstocultivatestudents’globalvisionthroughthestudyofthelatesttheoriesandtrendsinworldeconomicsandbusiness;createandshareknowledgeandexperiencesothatmanagerscaninteractwiththeirTheteamcreatesmoreoutstandingperformance.Itsexecutivetrainingisdividedintoindividualapplicationprogramsandtrainingprogramstailoredtotherelevantneedsofthecompany.Since1951,morethan48,000seniorexecutivesfrommorethan1,000corporatecompaniesinmorethan100countriesaroundtheworldhavebenefitedalotfromtheuniqueperspectiveandeffectiveness-orientedteachingmethodsofColumbiaUniversityBusinessSchool’sexecutivetraining.EthanHanabury,theassociatedeanofthebusinessschoolresponsiblefortraining,saidinaninterviewwithBusinessWeekthat“ColumbiaUniversity'sseniormanagementtrainingandeducation,especiallyinthedirectionofvalueinvestmentandfinance,isanauthorityinthisfield,andithasalwaysmaintaineditspositionasaleader.”
2016USNEWSColumbiaUniversityBusinessSchoolranked8thintheUnitedStates
SchoolofMedicine
ColumbiaUniversitySchoolofMedicine,whichwasfirstpartofKing’sCollege(nowColumbiaUniversity)Part.Thismedicalschoolwasthefirstmedicalschoolestablishedinthefirst13statesoftheUnitedStates.Sincethen,theUnitedStateshasobtainedadoctorofmedicinedegree.Since1993,ithasalsobeenthefirstmedicalschoolintheUnitedStatestoholda"WhiteCoatCeremony"(WhiteCoatCeremony).
U.S.NewsandWorldReport(U.S.NewsandWorldReport)showsthatColumbiaUniversitySchoolofMedicineisoneofthemostpopularmedicalschoolsintheUnitedStatesbasedontheaverageMCAT(medicalschooladmissiontest),GPA,andenrollmentrate.TheaverageGPAandaverageMCATscoresofundergraduateswhosuccessfullyappliedin2011were3.78and35.7,respectively.ColumbiaMedicalSchooliscurrentlyranked8thamongAmericanresearchmedicalschools,andthelevelofprimarymedicalcareranks43rdintheUnitedStates.
ColumbiaSchoolofMedicineislocatedontheHudsonRiver.TheColumbiaUniversityundergraduatecampusinMorningsideHeightsis50blocksaway.TheHarlemDistrictisnexttothemedicalschool.Thecampusnotonlyhasthemedicalschool,butalsoincludesthedentalschool(formerlytheSchoolofDentistryandOralSurgery),theSchoolofNursing,theSchoolofPublicHealthandapartofthePresbyterianNewYork-PresbyterianHospital(includingMorganStanleyChildren’sHospital)andtheNewYorkPresbyterianSociety.AffiliatedhospitalsincludeSt.Luke's-RooseveltHospitalCenter,HarlemMedicalCenter,StanfordHospitalinStamford,Connecticut,andBassettHospitalinCooperstown,NewYork.
ColumbiaMedicalSchooliswell-knownamongAmericanmedicalschoolsforitshigh-qualitystudents,includingworld-classmusicians,Olympicathletes,andchessmasters.Thereareprofessionalorpersonalclubscoveringvariousinterestsintheschool,allofwhichbelongtoP&SClub.BardHallhasatroupeentirelyorganizedbythestudentsthemselvesandisalsoquiteactiveacrossthecountry.Theyperforminonemusicalandtwoplayseveryyear.P&SClubwasfoundedmorethanacenturyagobyJohnMudd,thewinneroftheNobelPeacePrizein1946.Itisdedicatedtoproviding,organizingandenrichingtheschoollifeofstudents,anditisalsoknownforitshumanitariangoals.
CollegeofEngineering
ThethirdengineeringcollegeinAmericanhistoryandthesecondoldestengineeringcollegeinNewYorkState.InOctober1997,themysteriousChinesebusinessmanZ.Y.FUdonatedUS$26milliontothecollege,sothecollegewasrenamedTheFuFoundationSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScience.Thecollege'smajorsinappliedmathematics,biomedicalengineering,andcomputerscienceareconsideredtobeoneofthebestintheUnitedStates.TheMasterofFinancialEngineeringprogramisrecognizedasthetopthreeintheworld.Thecollegewillalsocultivatetheliberalartsbackgroundoffutureengineeringstudentsasoneofitscorecontents.Thecollegecurrentlyhas173professors,including27academiciansoftheAmericanAcademyofEngineeringand1NobelPrizewinner.Amongtheteachersandalumniofthecollege,atotalof10NobelPrizewinnerswereborn.SEASCollege'sadmissionrateforundergraduatesin2015was9.9%,makingitsecondonlytoMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,anditisalsothemostdifficultcollegeintheIvyLeagueChinaInstituteofTechnology.
Nowthecollegeisknownforitsdepthandbreadthofteaching,aswellascutting-edgeinterdisciplinaryresearch,andcooperateswithotheracademicandcorporateinstitutions,includingNASA,IBM,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyandTheEarthInstitutehascooperation.Thecollege’slargenumberofpatentsgeneratesannualrevenueofover100millionU.S.dollarsforColumbia.TheteachersandalumniofSEASAcademyareknownformanybreakthroughtechnologicalachievements,includingthedevelopmentofFMradiosandmasers.Asoftoday,thecollegeistheonlyacademicinstitutionthatholdssharesofMPEG-2patentedtechnology.Thecollegeisexpandingitsglobalcoverage,includingtheestablishmentofagenomeresearchcooperationinstitutioninBeijingandadualdegreeprograminBologna.InApril2010,ColombiacooperatedwithIBMtorespondtoitssmartcityinitiative,whichaimstodevelopsmarterandmoreenergy-efficienturbanpowergridsandgreentechnologies.
SchoolofJournalism
CollegeUniversityJournalismSchoolistheworld’snumberonejournalismschool,theonlyjournalismschoolintheIvyLeague,andoneoftheoldestjournalismschoolsintheUnitedStatesandtheworld.JosephPulitzerwasfoundedin1912.Thecollegeoffers5degreeprograms(DegreePrograms),namely:MS(MasterofScienceinJournalism),MSinDataJournalism(MasterofScienceinDataJournalism),MA(MasterofArtsinJournalism),Ph.D.inCommunication(Ph.D.inCommunication),AndDualDegreePrograms.Inaddition,theSchoolofJournalismisalsoresponsibleforthemanagementofmultipleawards,includingthePulitzerPrizeandtheDuPont-ColumbiaPrize,co-hostingtheNationalMagazineAwards,andpublishingColumbiaNewsReview.
In1892,PulitzerdonatedfundstothethenpresidentofColumbia,hopingtoestablishtheworld'sfirstcollegeinthepress.Theschoolinitiallyrejectedthemoney.Thesuccessortotheprincipalwasveryhappytoacceptsuchaplan,butittookalotoftimetowaituntilthe$2milliondonationprovidedbyPulitzerwasactuallyusedandusedtobuildajournalismschool.WhentheclassstartedonSeptember30,1912,about100undergraduatesandpostgraduatesfrom21countrieswerestudyinghere.In1935,DeanCarlAckermanledthetransformationofthecollegeintothefirstgraduateschoolofjournalismintheUnitedStates.ThestudentsdigupnewsmaterialsinNewYorkCityduringthedayandreturntotheSchoolofJournalismtodraftarticlesintheevening.
Mostoftheteachingprofessorsareexperiencedreporters,andtheyaredistributedinvariousfieldsofexpertiseincluding:data,politics,artandculture,religion,science,education,business,economics,investigation,national,internationalAffairsetc.Themembersofthecollegeareexcellentintheirfields,andmanyhavewonnumerousjournalismawards,includingthePulitzerPrize,theGuggenheimScholarship,theDuPont-ColumbiaAward,theNationalMagazineAwardandtheNationalBookAward.
GraduateSchoolofArts&Sciences
TheGraduateSchoolofArts&SciencesisoneofthemostoutstandinggraduateschoolsintheUnitedStates.Thecollegebegantotakeshapeinthelate19thcentury.Thecollegehasmorethanonehundredmajorsinmathematics,physics,chemistry,history,arthistoryandarchaeology,astronomy,atmosphericandplanetarysciences.Thephysicsmajorisoneofthemostoutstandingmajors.Foronehundredyears,33NobelPrizewinnersinphysicshavestudiedandworkedhere,including11doctoralstudents.FamousphysicistsFermi,Planck,Rabbi,WuJianxiong,andLiZhengdaohavealltaughtandresearchedhere.ThecurrentNobelPrizeprofessorsareLiZhengdaoandH.Stomer.ThefamousManhattanProjectwasbornhere.TheAmericanPhysicalSocietywasalsoestablishedhere.
SchoolofInternationalandPublicAffairs
Oneofthemostprestigiousschoolsofinternationalrelationsintheworld,withmorethan18,000alumniinmorethan150countries,includingheadsofstate,businessleaders,Journalists,diplomats,membersofCongress,membersofthegovernmentcabinet,etc.Withmorethan70full-timeprofessorsandmorethan200part-timeprofessors,studentscanadvanceacademicallyandpracticallyundertheguidanceoftopscholarsandpractitionersintheworld'sinternationalandpublicfields.
Thecollegewasestablishedin1946bytheoriginalteamoftheUnitedNations.SIPAAcademyemphasizespracticaltraining,anditsmissionistodealwiththecomplexandchangeableworldofthepost-warworldthroughcognitionandunderstandingofcoreinternationalregions.Therewerethreeregionalresearchinstitutesin1950,includingthefirstRussianresearchinstituteintheUnitedStates(nowHarrimanResearchInstitute)establishedin1946,theEastAsianResearchInstitute(nowWeatherheadEastAsianResearchInstitute)andtheEuropeanResearchInstituteestablishedin1949(CurrentlytheInstituteofEuropeanStudies).Later,thecollegeexpandedthefieldanddepthofresearch.By1967,thecollegehad8regionalresearchinstitutescoveringallcontinentsoftheworld.Foundedin1951,theInstituteofWarandPeace,foundedbythethenpresidentoftheuniversityandUSPresidentEisenhower,isalsoundertheacademy.Thecollegeaddedthedirectionofpublicadministrationin1977andwasrenamedtheCollegeofInternationalandPublicAffairsin1981.Subsequently,functionalmoduleshavebeenaddedsuccessively,coveringsomeemergingareassuchas:internationalfinance,urbanpolicy,humanrights,energy,andenvironmentalpolicy.TogetherwithHarvardUniversityKennedySchoolofGovernment,PrincetonUniversitySchoolofPublicandInternationalAffairs,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofInternationalRelations,GeorgetownUniversitySchoolofForeignAffairs,andTuftsUniversitySchoolofLawandDiplomacy,itformsthemostfamousinternationalinstitutionintheUnitedStates.Relationswiththefirstcampofthegovernmentacademy.
CollegeofEducation
OrTeachers'College(Teachers'College),istheworld'stopgraduateschoolofeducation.Dewey,amasterofeducationandthefatherofAmericanphilosophy,taughthere.ThelibraryoftheCollegeofEducationistheworld'slargesteducationalacademiclibrary.Thecollegeisalsothebirthplaceoftheeducationaldoctoraltrainingsystem,thebehavioralpsychologyschool,andthepositivistphilosophy.Thefamoushappybirthdaysongandtheyellowschoolbusalsooriginatedhere.ThehistoryofthefoundinganddevelopmentoftheTeachersCollegeofColumbiaUniversity,tosomeextent,representsthehistoryofthedevelopmentofAmericanteachereducation.TheTeachersCollegewasfoundedin1887toprovideanewtrainingmethodforteachersofpoorstudentsinNewYorkCityatthattime.TheschoolwasoriginallynamedNewYorkTeacherTrainingSchool.By1892,thecollegewasofficiallyrenamedtheTeachersCollegeandisstillinusetoday.ItwasmergedintoColumbiaUniversityin1898andbecameoneofitsfouraffiliatedcolleges.Atthebeginningoftheestablishmentofthecollege,thefoundersputforwardaviewthatiscompletelydifferentfromthatofmoderneducationalthoughts.Basedontheintegrationofhumanitarianconceptsandscientificmethods,thefoundersoftheschoolbelievethatsuccessfulteachingnotonlyreliesonprofessionalteachers’proficiencyintextbooks,teachingmethodsandprofessionalknowledge,butalsorequiresprofessionalteacherstounderstandunderwhatcircumstancesstudentscanperformthemosteffectiveLearn.
Sinceitsinception,alargenumberofwell-knownoverseasmaster-levelacademicleadersandcelebritieshavetaughtorstudiedinthenormalcollege,whichnotonlycreatedanumberofeducationalandacademicschools,butalsowonanumberofnationaleducationfirsts.Ithasaccumulatedaprofoundacademicandculturalheritageforthedevelopmentofthenormalcollege.AmongthemostfamousarethepragmaticphilosopherDewey,thepioneerofanimalpsychologyexperiments,thefounderoftheeducationalpsychologysystemandthefounderofconnectionistpsychology,Thorndike,theeducationalhistorianMonroe,thepioneeroftheprogressivemovement,Kebochu,andtheecologyofeducation.LawrenceCreming,founderofscience,ArthurDow,arteducator,MaxineGreen,philosopherofeducation,leadingfiguresincomparativeeducation,Kandel,Beredi,NoahandEckstein,andanthropologistMargLitMead,humanisticpsychologistsMaslow,RogersandRogerMay,clinicalpsychologistAlbertIris,famouseducationalscholarandpsychologistLiHuamei,etc.DeweyjoinedtheColumbiaUniversityTeachersCollegein1904andretiredin1930.Togetherwithagroupofeducationalhistorians,comparativeeducators,andeducationalpsychologists,DeweyformedthegoldenageofColumbiaUniversityTeachersCollege.Hismostfamousbook"DemocracyandEducation"wasalsocompletedduringthisperiod,andthefamouspragmaticeducationalphilosophysystemwascreated.Inhistory,ColumbiaUniversityTeachersCollegeisalsothefirstbirthplaceinthehistoryofAmericaneducation.ItisthecradleofnursingeducationintheUnitedStates.Itisthefirstsocialcarethatintegratespsychologyandsociologyintoteachereducationandpromoteseducationalactivities.ThefirsttooffercomparativeeducationcoursesandestablishtheComparativeandInternationalEducationAssociation,thefirstcourseandteachingdepartmentintheUnitedStates,andsoon.
Sincethebeginningoftheschool,ColumbiaUniversityTeachersCollegehasproactivelyintroducedtheinternationaldevelopmentstrategyofthecollege,especiallytheinternationalizationofthestudentteam.ItispreciselybecauseofthisthatitiscloselyconnectedwiththedevelopmentofmodernChineseeducation,andhashadahugeimpactonthedevelopmentofChineseeducation.Accordingtostatistics,inthefirsthalfofthe20thcentury,morethan1,000ChinesestudentsstudiedattheNormalUniversity.Amongthem,thosewhoreceivedadoctoratedegreebeganwithGuoBingwen'sgraduationfromtheNormalUniversityin1914andbecameChina'sfirstPhDineducationuntil1950.Inthesameyear,FuTongxian,ZhuQixianandothersgraduatedtogether,reachingasmanyas45.Afterwards,mostofthesestudentswhoreturnedfromtheirstudiesenteredChina'spolitical,culturalandeducationalcircles,andbecamethepioneersandfoundersofmanyfields.Manyofthesegraduatesarestillthunderoustoday,suchasthemasterofChineselearningHuShi,thepeople'seducatorTaoXingzhi,thefatherofChinesepreschooleducationChenHeqin,thefoundingpresidentofSoutheastUniversityGuoBingwen,theformerpresidentofPekingUniversityJiangMenglin,MaYinchu,thefounderofNankaiUniversity,ZhangBolingandmanyotherChineseOutstandingeducatorsinmoderntimeshavealonghistorywithChineseeducationandhavehadaprofoundinfluenceonmodernChineseeducation.
SchoolofProfessionalStudies
TheSchoolofProfessionalStudies(SchoolofProfessionalStudies,referredtoasSPS)wasestablishedin1995.Theschooloffers15mastersofscienceand17professionaltrainingprograms.TheMasterofScienceofferedinclude:ActuarialScience,AppliedAnalysis,EngineeringManagement,ConstructionManagement,NewEnergy,SportsManagement,SportsLaw,Media,EnterpriseRiskManagement,FundraisingManagement,AppliedCommunication,InformationManagement,hotelmanagement,genetics,narrativemedicine.Thedegreecoursesinvolvemorethanonehundredprofessionalfields.Inrecentyears,ColumbiaUniversityhasattachedgreatimportancetotheconstructionofthecollege.Thepositionofthecollegeisdirectlyoppositetothebusinessschool.Itspurposeistocultivateprofessionalandpracticalcompoundtalentsinordertomeettheneedsoftherapiddevelopmentoftheglobalcutting-edgemarket.Thecurrentdeanoftheschool,JasonWingard,alsoservesastheassociatedeanoftheWhartonSchoolofBusinessattheUniversityofPennsylvania.Amongthem,ColumbiaUniversityhighschool,undergraduateandothersummerexchangesandtrainingprogramsarealsounderthemanagementofthecollege.
TheologicalSeminary
TheUnitedTheologicalSeminaryandtheJewishSeminary(UTS&JTS)wereestablishedin1836andaretheearliestnon-religiousseminaryinthecountry.TheBurkeLibraryofUnitedTheologicalSeminaryisthelargestseminarylibraryintheWesternHemisphereandservesscholars,religiousfigures,andstudentsfromallovertheworld.ThelibraryofColumbiaUniversityTheologicalSeminaryhas700,000books.
BarnardCollege
BarnardCollegeisawomen'sliberalartscollege,anditsrelationshipwithColumbiaUniversityisrelativelycomplicated.Thetwoschoolshavenotbeenmerged.Thecollegeisanindependentregisterededucationalinstitution,butitisalsoregardedasanaffiliateofColumbia.BarnardCollegerecruitsstudentsindividually,andstudentswhograduatecanreceiveadiplomajointlysignedbytheDeanofBarnardandthePresidentofColumbia.
Otherresearchinstitutions
Inaddition,ColumbiaUniversityhasanumberofresearchinstitutes,includingtheSchoolofArchitectureandUrbanPlanning,theMedicalCenter,theSchoolofNursing,andtheSchoolofSocialWork.FamousgraduatestudentsDepartmentsofArtHistory,Astronomy,BiologicalSciences,Chemistry,ComputerScience,Mathematics,Physics,Geology,Psychology,Sociology,Philosophy,PoliticalScience,Religion,Film,History,Economics,English,French,SpanishandEastAsiaDepartmentofCentralAsianLanguageandLiterature,etc.Today,ColumbiaUniversity’sGlobalOverseasCentersarespreadallovertheworld,suchasAmman,Beijing,Istanbul,Paris,Mumbai,RiodeJaneiro,SantiagoandNairobi.InApril2007,theuniversitypurchasedmorethantwo-thirdsofapproximately17acres(6.9hectares)oflandinanindustrialareainManhattanville,northoftheMorningsideHeightscampus.Thisnewcampusextendingfrom125thStreetto133thStreetwillhouseColumbiaUniversity’sBusinessSchool(BusinessSchool),theSchoolofInternationalandPublicAffairs(SIPA),andmainlyresearchneurodegenerativediseases,suchasParJeromeL.GreeneCenterforMind,Brain,andBehaviorofKingson’sandAlzheimer’s.
ProfessionalSetting
Theschooloffers107professionalbachelor'sdegreeprograms,31master'sdegreeprogramsand27doctoraldegreeprograms.
Undergraduatemajorsettings:
AfricanStudies | AfricanStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
AfricanAmericanStudies | African-AmericanStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
AmericanStudies | AmericanStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
AncientStudies | AncientStudies | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationAcademy |
anthropology | Anthropology | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege |
AppliedMathematics | AppliedMathematics | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Archaeology | Archaeology | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Architecture | Architecture | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Architecture,HistoryandTheory | Architecture,HistoryAndTheory | GeneralknowledgeCollegeofEducation |
ArtHistory | ArtHistory | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
ArtHistory-VisualArt | ArtHistory-VisualArts | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
AsianAmericanStudies | AsianAmericanStudies | ColumbiaCollege |
Astronomy | Astronomy | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Astrophysics | Astrophysics | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Biochemistry | Biochemistry | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Biology | Biology | ColombiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Biophysics | Biophysics | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
BusinessManagement(Minor) | BusinessManagement(Concentrationonly) | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
ChemicalPhysics | ChemicalPhysics | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege |
Chemistry | Chemistry | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege |
ClassicalStudies | ClassicalStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
ClassicalLiterature | Classics | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege |
ComparativeLiteratureandSociety | ComparativeLiteratureandSociety | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
ComputerScience | ComputerScience | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
ComputerScience-Mathematics | ComputerScience-Mathematics | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
ComputerScience-Statistics | ComputerScience-Statistics | CollegeofGeneralEducation |
CreativeWriting | CreativeWriting | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralCollegeofEducation |
Dance | Dance | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Drama | DramaandTheatreArts | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
EarthScience | EarthScience | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
EastAsianStudies | EastAsianStudies | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege |
EcologyandEvolution | EcologyandEvolution | ColombiaCollege |
Economics | Economics | BrotherLumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Economics-Mathematics | Economics-Mathematics | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Economics-OperationsResearch | Economics-OperationsResearch | ColumbiaCollege |
Economics-Philosophy | Economics-Philosophy | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Economics-PoliticalScience | Economics-PoliticalScience | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Economics-Statistics | Economics-Statistics | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Education(Minor) p> | Education(Concentrationonly) | CollegeofGeneralEducation |
EducationResearch | EducationStudies | ColumbiaCollege | tr>
English | English | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege p> |
EnvironmentalBiology | EnvironmentalBiology | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
EnvironmentalChemistry | EnvironmentalChemistry | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
EnvironmentalScience | EnvironmentalScience | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
RaceAndEthnicStudies | EthnicityandRaceStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
FilmStudies | FilmStudies | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralStudiesCollegeofEducation |
FinancialEconomics | FinancialEconomics | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege |
French | French | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
FrenchandFrancophoneStudies | FrenchandFrancophoneStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
GermanLiteratureandCulturalHistory | GermanLiteratureandCulturalHistory | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralStudiesSchoolofEducation |
SpanishStudies | HispanicStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
History | History | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
HistoryandArchitectureTheory | HistoryandTheoryofArchitecture | ColumbiaCollege |
HumanRightsResearch | HumanRights | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationSchoolofEducation |
InformationScience | InformationScience | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
ItalianCulturalStudies | ItalianCulturalStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
ItalianLanguageandLiterature | ItalianLanguageandLiterature | CollegeofGeneralEducation |
ItalianLiterature | ItalianLiterature | ColumbiaCollege | tr>
JazzStudies | JazzStudies | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege(Minor) |
JewishStudies | JewishStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation(Minor) |
LatinAmericanandCaribbeanStudies | LatinAmericanandCaribbeanStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Linguistics | Linguistics | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege(Minor) |
Mathematics | Mathematics | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralStudiesCollegeofEducation |
Mathematics-Statistics | Mathematics-Statistics | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
MedievalandRenaissanceStudies | MedievalandRenaissanceStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation(Minor) |
Pharmacy,Literature,andSociology | Medicine,Literature,andSociety | ColumbiaCollege |
MedievalandRenaissanceStudies | MedievalandRenaissanceStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation(Minor) |
MiddleEast,SouthAsiaandAfricaStudies | MiddleEast,SouthAsianandAfricanStudies | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege |
ModernGreekStudies | ModernGreekStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation(Minor) |
Music | Music | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
NeuroscienceandBehavior | NeuroscienceandBehavior | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Philosophy | Philosophy | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Physics | Physics | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Politics | PoliticalScience | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege | p>
PoliticalScienceStatistics | PoliticalScience-Statistics | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Portuguese | p>Portuguese | ColumbiaCollege |
PortugueseStudies | PortugueseStudies | CollegeofGeneralEducation |
PremedicalSciences(Minor) | PremedicalSciences(Concentrationonly) | GeneralStudiesCollegeofEducation |
Psychology | Psychology | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
RegionalStudies | RegionalStudies | CollegeofGeneralEducation |
RegionalStudies-EasternEurope/CentralEurope | RegionalStudies-East/CentralEurope | ColumbiaCollege |
RussianLanguageandCulture | RussianLanguageandCulture | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege |
RussianLiterature | RussianLiterature | ColombiaCollege |
RussianLiteratureandCulture | RussianLiteratureandCulture | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
SlavicLanguageandCulture | SlavicLanguageandCulture | BrotherLumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege |
SlavicStudies | SlavicStudies | ColumbiaCollege |
Sociology | Sociology | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
Statistics | Statistics | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
SustainableDevelopment | SustainableDevelopment | ColumbiaCollege/GeneralEducationCollege |
UrbanStudies | UrbanStudies | ColumbiaCollege/TongSchoolofEducation |
UrbanTeahing | UrbanTeahing | ColumbiaCollege |
VisualArts | VisualArts | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
WomenandGenderStudies | Women'sandGenderStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
YiddishStudies | YiddishStudies | ColumbiaCollege/CollegeofGeneralEducation |
AppliedMathematics | AppliedMathematics | EngineeringandApplicationSchoolofScience |
AppliedPhysics | AppliedPhysics | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
BiomedicalEngineering | BiomedicalEngineering | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
ChemicalEngineering | ChemicalEngineering | EngineeringandAppliedScienceCollege |
CivilEngineering | CivilEngineering | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
ComputerEngineering | ComputerEngineering | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
ComputerScience | ComputerScience | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScience |
EarthandEnvironmentalEngineering | EarthandEnvironmentalEngineering | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
ElectricalEngineering | ElectricalEngineering | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
EngineeringandManagementSystem | EngineeringandManagementSystems | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
EngineeringMechanics | EngineeringMechanics | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
EntrepreneurshipandInnovation(Minor) | EntrepreneurshipandInnovation(minoronly) | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
FinancialEngineering | FinancialEngineering | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
IndustrialEngineering | IndustrialEngineering | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
MaterialsScienceandEngineering | MaterialsScienceandEngineering | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScience |
MechanicalEngineering | MechanicalEngineering | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
OperationsResearch | OperationsResearch | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
SustainableEngineering(Minor) | SustainableEngineering(minoronly) | SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences |
UndergraduateCourseSetting
Chemistry,CivilEngineering,ComputerScience,ElectricalEngineering,EnvironmentalScience,MaterialScience,Mathematics,MechanicalEngineering,Physics,Anthropology,Art/FineArts,ArtHistory,Asian/OrientalStudies,Economics,English,EuropeStudies,French,Geology,GermanicLanguageandLiterature,Greek,History,InternationalStudies,Italian,Latin,LatinAmericanStudies,Philology,MedievalStudies,Music,Philosophy,PoliticalScience/GovernmentManagement,Psychology,Publicaffairsandpolicyresearch,stageart/drama.
Postgraduatecoursesetting
Civilengineering,computerscience,environmentalscience,materialscience,mathematics,mechanicsengineering,physics,economics,English,Europeanstudies,French,geology,GermanicLanguageandLiterature,Greek,History,InternationalStudies,Italian,Latin,LatinAmericanStudies,PhilologyandPhilosophy,PoliticalScience/GovernmentManagement,Psychology,JournalismandCommunication.
TeachingFeatures
OneofColumbia’sfeaturesisthatitislocatedinNewYork,adjacenttoWallStreet,UnitedNationsHeadquartersandBroadway.Inthisnationalcultural,financial,anddiplomaticcenter,youcanfindopportunitiesforyourowndevelopmentwhilestudying.
Thesecondfeatureisthecommunityinwhichitislocated.MorningsideHeightsislocatedatthejunctionofBlackHarlemandHispanicHarlem.Itwasthebirthplaceofthe"BeatGeneration"literarymovementinthemid-twentiethcentury.Therearemanywell-knownjazzbarsfullofNewYorkflavor.Performancecenter,coffeeshopandothernightlifedestinations.Oncampus,largelawns,smallrestaurants,convenientshoppingmalls,sportscentersandotherplacesareplacesforstudentstotakeabreakafterclass.Variousstudentclubswillalsoorganizevariousleisuresocialactivities,suchastheSpringBallpartyorganizedbythebusinessschool.
Thethirdfeatureisitsglobalnetwork.Partofthereasonforthisisitshugealumniallovertheworld.TheschoolestablishedtheInstituteofInternationalBusinesswithdonationsfromthealumniassociationtorealizetheinternationalizationofitscourses.
AnotheradvantageofstudyinginColumbiaistheflexibilityofitscurriculum.Freshmencanenrollinanyofthethreesemestersofthefirstacademicyear,andtheycanalsopassexamstoobtainsomemajorcourses.Itisexempt,andthereisnoneedtotakeelectivecoursestoreplaceit.Thebusinessschoolalsoofferssmallclassesinmorethan50languages.Coupledwithmanyglobalcompaniesaround,70%ofMBAscanspeakmanyforeignlanguagesfluently.
SocialReputation
ComprehensiveRanking
2022QSWorldUniversityRankings19th
2021U.S.NewsWorldUniversityRankings7th
2021TimesHigherEducationWorldUniversityRankings17th
2021QSWorldUniversityRankings19th
2020ShanghairankingWorldUniversityAcademicRankings7thintheworld,domestic(Region)6th
2020MoscowInternationalUniversityRankings9th
2020U.S.NewsWorldUniversityRankings7th
2020QSWorldUniversityRankings18th
2020TimesHigherEducationWorldUniversityRankings16th
2019MoscowInternationalUniversityRankings12th
2019AcademicRankingofWorldUniversities(ARWU))8th
2019ForbesAmericanUniversityRankings14th
2019TimesHigherEducation(THE)WorldUniversityRankings16th
2019QSWorldUniversityRanked18th
2019U.S.NewsRanked3rdinAmerica’sBestUniversities
2018"WallStreetJournal"/"TimesHigherEducation"(WSJ/THE)AmericanUniversityRankings2place
2018U.S.News5thinAmerica'sBestUniversityRankings
2018U.S.News8thinWorldUniversityRankings
2018TimesHigherEducation14thintheEducationalWorldUniversityRankings(9thintheReputationRanking)
18thinthe2018QSWorldUniversityRankings
2017U.S.NewsRanked5thinAmerica’sBestUniversities
p>2017U.S.NewsWorldUniversityRankings9thplace
2017TimesHigherEducationGlobalEmployabilityUniversityRankings3rd
2017TimesHigherEducationWorldUniversityRankingsRanked16th
2017QSWorldUniversityRankings20th
2017WorldUniversityAcademicRankings8th
2016U.S.NewsRankingofBestUniversitiesintheUnitedStates4thplace
2016TimesHigherEducation(THE)WorldUniversityRankings15th
2016QSWorldUniversityRankings22nd
2016WorldUniversityAcademicRankings(ARWU)No.7
2016WikipediaWorldUniversityRankingsNo.4
2016CWURWorldUniversityRankingsNo.6
Amongthem,theAcademicRankingofShanghaiWorldUniversity(ARWU)andUSNewsuniversityrankingstendtomeasuretheacademicstrengthofuniversitiesAndresearchability,moreobjective.TheQSandTimesHigherEducation(THE)rankingsfocusonthemeasurementofteachingstrength,buttheyaresusceptibletocertaincommercialfactors.
Business
2018USNewsBestBusinessSchoolRanking9th
2016USNewsBestBusinessSchoolRanking8th
2016USNewsfinancialengineeringmajorranked1st
2016USNewsMBAdegree5th
2016USNewsInternationalMBAmajorranking5th
2016USNewsFinancemajorranked4th
2016USNewsManagementmajorranked9th
2016USNewsEMBAmajorranked5th
2016USNewsnon-profitprofessionalrankingNo.6
2016USNewsmarketingprofessionalrankingNo.7
Law
The2017USNewsBestLawSchoolranked4th
The2016USNewsBestLawSchoolranked4th
The2016USNewsInternationalLawMajorRanked2nd
In2016,USNewsranked8thinthetaxlawprofession
Medicine
2018USNewsranked6thinthebestmedicalschools
In2016,USNewsAIDSmajorranked4th
2016USNewsDrugandAlcoholAbusemajorranked5th
2016USNewsInternalMedicinemajorranked8th
>In2016,USNewsrankedNo.5ingynecologydepartment
In2016,USNewsrankedNo.4inelderlybasicnursingprofession
In2016,USNewsrankedNo.7inelderlyfirstaidprofession.Rank
Science
2018USNewsPhysicsmajorranked10th
2018USNewsChemistrymajorranked9th
Ranked7thinUSNewsMathematicsin2018
In2016USNewsBiologywasranked14th
In2016,USNewsGeosciencesranked5th
Engineering
2017USNewsBestEngineeringSchoolranked12th
2016USNewsBestEngineeringSchoolranked14th
HumanitiesDepartment
2015USNewsUSUniversitySociologyRanking12th
2015USNewsUSUniversityEconomicsRanking10th
2015USNewsRanked3rdinInternationalEconomicsinAmericanUniversities
No.4inEnglishMajorsinUSNewsin2015
SeventhinHistoryMajorsinUSNewsin2015
In2015,USNewsAmericanUniversityranked7thinpoliticalscience
Art
In2013USNewsranked10thintheartsmajor
2013USNewsPainting/graphicsmajorranked4th
2013USNewsSculpturemajorsranked10th
Professionalrankings
2015WorldUniversityAcademicRankingsClinicalandMedicalScience5thinthemajor
10thinthe2015WorldUniversityAcademicRankingsforlifesciences
10thinthe2015WorldUniversityAcademicRankingsforMathematicsandNaturalSciences
2015WorldUniversityAcademicRankingsranked4thinsocialsciencemajors
In2016,USNewsglobaluniversitiesranked8thineconomicsandbusinessmajors
2016USNewsglobaluniversitiesmajoredinearthsciences7thplace
2016USNewsGlobalUniversityPhysicsMajor12th
2016USNewsGlobalUniversityNeuroscienceMajor9th
2016USNewsRanked6thinPsychiatryandPsychologyinGlobalUniversities
6thinSocialSciencesandPublicHealthinUSNewsGlobalUniversitiesin2016
Archaeologyin2016QSWorldUniversityRankingsRanked33rd
BusinessSchoolRanking
Rankingmethod | Rankingyearandmonth | Ranking |
TheEconomist'sfull-timeMBAranking | October2014 | 5 |
TheEconomistFull-timeMBARanking | October2013 | 10 |
TheEconomist'sfull-timeMBAranking | October2012 | 5 |
FinancialTimesGlobalMBARanking | January2015 | 6 |
"FinancialTimes"GlobalMBARanking | January2014 | 5 |
FinancialTimesGlobalMBARanking | January2013 | 5 |
FinancialTimesGlobalMBARanking | January2012 | 5 |
SchoolEnvironment
ManhattanisthecitycenterofNewYork,andNewYork’smostimportantcommercial,financial,andinsuranceinstitutionsarelocatedhere.Theworld'sfinancialcenter-WallStreetislocatedinLowerManhattan,whileNewYork'slargeenterprisesandcommercialcentersarelocatedinMidtownManhattan.
Manhattan’sfamoussightseeingspotsincludeUpperCentralPark,UpperEastSide,MetropolitanMuseum,GuggenheimMuseum,MadisonAvenue,UpperWestSide,LincolnCenter,AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory,HarlemDistrictandMuseumMilesnorthof77thStreet.Inadditiontoskyscrapersthatcompetewiththesky,suchastheEmpireStateBuilding,ChryslerBuilding,andRockefellerCenter,MidtownisalsoclosetothecommercialcenterTimesSquare,BroadwayTheaterDistrict,FifthAvenue,abrand-namecargodistributioncenter,andCentralStation.TheXiachengDistrictiscenteredonfinance.FamousattractionsincludeSoho,NewYorkStockExchange,WorldFinancialCenter,SouthStreetSeaport,GreenwichVillage,andBatteryPark.ThereisalsoaStatueofLibertyonLibertyIslandinXiacheng.
TheclimateinManhattanisrelativelymild.Januaryhasthelowesttemperature,about9degreesbelowzero;JulyandAugustarethehottest,about30degrees;theaveragetemperatureineachmonthisbelowzerotoabouteightdegreesCelsius.ThefourseasonsofNewYorkareverydistinct.Youcanseenewshootsofroadtreesinspring,hightemperaturesabove30degreesinsummer,andoccasionalshowersintheafternoon;theredmapleonthetreetopsinautumnwilltellyouclearlythatautumnishere,whilethecoldandsnowbelowfreezinginwinterWillmakethedownjacketplayabigrole.
Academicresearch
Internationalizationanddiversification
Asaworld-renowneduniversity,internationalizationandmulticulturalintegrationhavealwaysbeenanimportantstrategyfortheschool’ssustainableandhigh-qualitydevelopmentone.First,thecollegeactivelyadvocatestheinternationalizationofthefaculty.Ontheonehand,itactivelyrecruitsteacherswithinternationalbackgroundstoenrichthe"ecologicaldiversity"ofthefaculty.Thisisreflectedinthefactthatmostofthecurrentteachershaveoverseasresearch,teaching,andvisits.Ortheexperienceofleadinginternationaleducationresearchprojects,aconsiderablenumberofteacherswerebornoverseasorobtaineddoctoraldegreesfromoverseasuniversities.Ontheotherhand,thecollegeactivelywelcomeswell-knownprofessorsfromthehomecountryandothercountriesandregionstocometogivelecturesandcooperateinresearchtoenrichandexpandthecollege'steachingandresearchfields.
Second,toinherittheinternationalizationofthestudentteamandcreateamulticulturalcommunity.Ontheonehand,thecollegeinheritsthehistoricaltraditionoftheinternationalizationofthesourceofstudentsandstrengthenstheinternationalizationofthesourceofstudents.Comingtothecollegehasbeenexpandingtheenrollmentratioofinternationalstudents.TakingmainlandChinesestudentsasanexample,thenumberofstudentshasincreasedfrom25in2001to73in2007.people.Atthesametime,thecollegeactivelyencouragesstudentstogooutoftheUnitedStates,traveltoothercountriesandregionsintheworldtoconductstudytoursandfieldresearch,andparticipateintransnationalresearchconductedbyvariousinternationalorganizationsandnon-profitinstitutions.Ontheotherhand,westrivetocreateamulticulturalcommunitytopromotethemulticulturalintegrationofstudentsofdifferentracesandcountries.Inthisregard,theformandcontentofthecollege’smulticulturalactivitiesareevenmorevaried.Forexample,thecollege’sinternationalstudentofficeholdsaweek-longInternationalEducationandCultureWeekinNovemberandAprileachyear.Theformerisgenerallyacademicandcross-cultural.Communicationisthemainfocus,whilethelatterpaysmoreattentiontothecustomsofvariouscountries,suchaseatinghabitsandotheraspects.
SocialResources
NewYorkCity,wherethecollegeislocated,isthecapitalofinternationaleconomy,finance,art,andmedia.TheheadquartersoftheUnitedNationsandtheheadquartersofvariousinternationalorganizationsarealsothemostdistinctiveintheworld.Oneoftheimmigrantcities,thereareimmigrantsfrommorethan180countriesandregionslivinghere.Thisrichanddiversehumanisticandsocialresourcesgreatlyfacilitatethecollege'sscientificresearchactivitiesandstudentinternships.Ontheonehand,duetoitsgeographicaladvantages,thecollegehasundertakenalargenumberofscientificresearchprojectscommissionedbytheUnitedNationsandvariousinternationalorganizations.Atthesametime,studentsofthecollegecaneasilyobtaininternshipopportunitiesintheabove-mentionedinstitutions.Ontheotherhand,theracialandethnicdiversity,mobility,andclassdiversificationofimmigrantcitiesprovidetheworld’slargestandmostdiverseeducationalresearchandexperimentalsoilforvarioustypesofeducationalresearchforcollegefacultyandstudents,andprovidevarioustypesofresearch.convenient.Inaddition,NewYorkCityalsoprovidesalargenumberofinformaleducationopportunitiesforstudents.Studentscanmakeextensiveuseofvarioustheaters,museums,concerts,lectures,orlargeconferencestoobtainlearningopportunities.Thereisavividsentencethatpointsoutthispoint:"ColumbiaUniversitystudentsstudyeconomicsonWallStreet,politicsattheUnitedNationsHeadquarters,andwatchdramasonBroadway."
ColumbiaUniversity,whichisaffiliatedwiththecollege,alsoservesThedevelopmentandprosperityofthecollegeformorethan100yearshaveprovideduniqueconditions.Foundedin1756,ColumbiaUniversityisoneofthemembersoftheIvyLeagueandoneofthemostfamousuniversitiesintheUnitedStateswiththelongesthistory.ItscomprehensiveacademiclevelranksamongthetoptenintheUnitedStates.Basedonthesharingofresourcesandthemutualselectionofcourses,boththefacultyandthestudentsofthecollegebenefitalotfromthisaffiliation.
Inaddition,thecollegepaysgreatattentiontothedevelopmentofsocialresourcesofthealumni,andatthesametimestrengthenstheacademicconnectionbetweenthealumni.Nearly100,000alumnidistributedinvarioussocialandgovernmentagenciesaroundtheworlddonatealargeamountofmaterialsandfundstothecollegeeveryyeartopromotethedevelopmentofthecollege'steachingandresearch.InFebruary2008,thecollegereceivedthelargesteverdonationtotaling20millionU.S.dollarstosupportscientificresearchactivitiesofthecollege’sindependentschooleducationproject.
Library
ColumbiaUniversitylibrarysystem,ledbyButlerLibrary,has23branches,eachwithitsowncharacteristics,especiallyAveryarchitectureandfineartThelibrary,thelibraryoftheSchoolofSocialWork,thelibraryoftheSchoolofJournalism,etc.arefamous.Amongthem,therearevariousChinesebooksintheEastAsiaLibrary,popularnovels,classicalliterature,andevencountychronicles.Thetotalcollectionofbooksis8.7millioncopies,andthereare6millionsetsofmicrofilms,26millionmanuscripts,600,000rarebooks,100,000VCDsandDVDs,200,000officialdocuments,aswellasChinesegenealogy,genealogy,Thereareabout950kindsofespionage,whichisthelibrarywiththerichestcollectionoutsideoflibrariesinChina.TheEastAsianLibraryhasthesecondlargestcollectionofAsianbooksintheUnitedStates,secondonlytoHarvardUniversity’sYenchingLibrary.ItoffersaDeanLungProfessorandaChineseDepartmenttocollectChinesedata.FamousformerdirectorsoftheChineseDepartmentincludeHistorianTangDegangetal.
CulturalTradition
SchoolMotto
TheschoolmottoofColumbiaUniversityis"Inthelightshallweseelight."Seethelight"or"weseekknowledgeinthegodsofGod",theOldTestamentPsalms:"Quoniamapudtefonsvitaeinluminetuovidebimuslumen"(Latin).TheEnglishtranslationis:"Forwiththereisthefountainoflife;andinthelightweshallseelight",theChineseis:becauseyouarethesourceoflife;throughyourlight,wecanseethelight.
Theschoolmottohasastrongreligiousatmosphere,butitdoesnothinderpeople'sdeterminationandcouragetopursuethetruthandsearchforlight.Columbiahasspeciallysetupfourthemesofglobalisation,totalquality,ethicsandhumanresourcemanagementinthecurriculum,soithasthereputationof"21stcenturycurriculum".
Philosophy
TheoriginalgoalofColumbiaUniversitywas:"Teachandeducateyoungpeopleintheknownlanguage,humanities,andsciencefields.ThemostimportantpointofColumbiaUniversityispractice.Payattentiontotheintegrationofschoolandsociety,encourageteacherstogooutoftheclassroomandschool,andapplywhattheyhavelearned.ColumbiaUniversityalsooftenholdspostgraduateforums.Thechairmanandjudgesareallservedbythestudentsthemselves,butthemeetingproceduresandspecificationsarecompletelyconsistentwiththeformalseminars./p>
OutstandingAlumni
AmericanAlumni
ColumbiaUniversityisknownasthecradleoftrainingpoliticalandeconomicleaders.
Sofar,ColumbiaUniversityhasTrainednineU.S.SupremeCourtjustices(includingthreechiefjustices),threeU.S.presidents:TheodoreRoosevelt,the26thPresidentoftheUnitedStates,FranklinRoosevelt,the32ndPresident,andBarack,the44thPresidentHusseinObama.Inaddition,the34thPresidentoftheUnitedStatesDwightEisenhoweristhe13thPresidentofColumbiaUniversity.TheformerSecretaryofStateMadeleineAlbright,theformerChairmanoftheFederalReserveBankoftheUnitedStates,AlanGreenspan,U.S.AttorneyGeneralEricHolderandothers,aswellasthe14mayorsofNewYorkCity,andthe10governorsofNewYorkStatearealsograduatesofColumbiaUniversity.
ColumbiaUniversityalumnialsositonWallStreetandotherThetoppositionsinthebusinessworldincludetheAmericaneconomicfamilyAstorfamily,andthefamousstockinvestmentexpertWarrenBuffett.Fortune500CEOsinclude:SamWalton,founderofworldretailgiantWal-Mart,AmericanpublictelevisionnetworkPBSandNationalRadioCompanyNBCPresidentLarryGrossman,MorganStanleyPresidentJamesGorman,LockheedMartinPresident,ViacomGroupPresident,XeroxPresidentUrsulaBurns,CitigroupPresidentPanWeidiIntheemergingfield,therearealsorepresentativesofthesocialmediaplatformBuzzFeedPresidentSteinberg.
Inthetechnologysector,IBMfounderHermanHollerith,FMradioinventorEdwinHowardArmstrong,theherooftheoveralldevelopmentofnuclearsubmarines,the"fatherofnuclearpowernavy"HeymanGeorgeRickover,andthechiefengineeroftheNewYorksubwayWilliamParsonsareallfromColumbiaUniversity.
AlumniarealsoanindeliblemarkinthefieldofAmericanpoetryandliterature.Forexample,thecomposerOscarHammersteinII,whoserepresentativeworksinclude"TheSoundofMusic",fourAmericanpoetwinnersreceiveddegreesfromColumbia.America's"BeatGeneration""Therepresentativefiguresof"JackKerouacandAlanGinsberg,"the"PoetLaureateoftheBlackPeople"LangstonHughes,haveallstudiedatColumbiaUniversity.
NobelPrizeWinner
NobelLaureates | Awards | Time | Undergraduatedegree | Graduatedegree | ColumbiaCollegeWork | |||
1 | Lorenz | Physics | 1902 | 1905-1906 | ||||
2 | RooseveltTheodore | Peace | 1906 | 1880-82 | ||||
3 | Wien | Physics | 1911 | 1911 | ||||
4 | Planck | Physics | 1918 | 1909 | ||||
5 | MilliganRobertA | Physics | 1923 | Dr.1895 | ||||
6 | Butler.NicholasMurray | Peace | 1931 | 1882 | Doctorof1884 | 1885-1945 | ||
7 | LangmuirOwen | Chemistry | 1932 | 1903 | 1906 | 1926,1929-30 | ||
8 | ThomasHunterMorgan | PhysiologyorMedicineAward | 1933 | 1904-1925 | ||||
9 | YuriHarold·C | Chemistry | 1934 | 1929-45 | td> | |||
10 | FemiEnrico | Physics | 1938 | 1936,1939-45 | ||||
11 | Rabbi | Physics | 1944 | Dr.1927 | 1929-88 | |||
12 | MüllerHermanJ. | PhysiologyorMedicineAward | 1946 td> | 1910 | 1916Dr. | 1918-20 | ||
13 | No.Howard | Chemistry | 1946 | 1912 | Dr.1915 | |||
14 | Yuchuan | Physics | 1949 | 1949-54 | ||||
15 | KendallEdwardC. | PhysiologyorMedicineAward | 1950 td> | 1906 | Dr.1910 | |||
16 | Kush,Polykarp | Physics | 1955 | 1937-72 | ||||
17 | Willis | Physics | 1955 | 1938-52,60-61 | ||||
18 | AndreF. | PhysiologyorMedicineAward | 1956 td> | 1935-88 | ||||
19 | RichardsDickinson | PhysiologyorMedicineAward | 1956 | 1923 | 1925-73 | |||
20 | LiZhengdao | Physics | 1957 | 1953- | ||||
21 | Leiderberg.Joshua | PhysiologyorMedicineAward | 1958 td> | 1944 | 1990- | |||
22 | 利比.威拉德 | 化学 | 1960年 | 1941-44 | ||||
23 | 玛丽亚 | 物理 | 1963年 | 1940-46 | ||||
24 | 布洛赫.康拉德·E | 生理学或医学奖 | 1964年 | 1938年博士 | 1938-46 | |||
25 | 汤斯.查尔斯·H | 物理 | 1964年 | 1948-61 | ||||
26 | 施温格.朱利安 | 物理 | 1965年 | 1936年 | 1939年博士 | |||
27 | Bethe | 物理 | 1967年 | 1948-49 | ||||
28 | 瓦尔德,乔治 | 生理学或医学奖 | 1967年 | 1928 | ||||
29 | 萨尔瓦多·E。 | 生理学或医学奖 | 1969年 | 1940-42 | ||||
30 | 盖尔曼 | 物理奖 | 1969年 | 1954-55 | ||||
31 | 库兹涅茨.西蒙 | 经济学 | 1971年 | 1923年 | 1926年博士 | |||
32 | 肯尼斯·J | 经济学 | 1972年 | 1951年博士 | ||||
33 | 库珀.莱昂 | 物理 | 1972年 | 1951年 | 1964年博士 | |||
34 | 斯坦.威廉H。 | 化学 | 1972年 | 1938年博士 | ||||
35 | 洛伦茨.康拉德 | 生理学或医学奖 | 1973年 | 1922-23 | ||||
36 | 波尔.梅 | 物理 | 1975年 | 1949-50 | ||||
37 | 詹姆斯 | 物理 | 1975年 | 1936年 | 1939年博士 | 1939-86 | ||
38 | 布隆伯格.巴鲁克 | 生理学或医学奖 | 1976年 | 1951 | ||||
39 | 弗里德曼.弥尔顿 | 经济学 | 1976年 | 1946年博士 | 1937-41,43-45;64-65 | |||
40 | 卡尔顿 | 生理学或医学奖 | 1976年 | 1946-47 | ||||
41 | 塞缪尔 | 物理 | 1976年 | 1964-67 | ||||
42 | 内森.丹尼尔 | 生理学或医学奖 | 1978年 | 1954-59 | ||||
43 | 彭齐亚斯.阿诺。 | 物理 | 1978年 | 1962年博士 | ||||
44 | 温伯格.史蒂文 | 物理 | 1979年 | 1957-59 | ||||
45 | Benacerraf.Baruj | 生理学或医学奖 | 1980年 | 1942年 | ||||
46 | 惠誉,ValL。 | 物理 | 1980年 | 1954年博士 | ||||
47 | 霍夫曼,罗尔德· | 化学 | 1981年 | 1958年 | ||||
48 | 阿瑟 | 物理 | 1981年 | 1949-51,1960 | ||||
49 | BergstromSune | 生理学或医学奖 | 1982年 | 1940-41 | ||||
50 | 斯蒂格勒,乔治 | 经济学 | 1982年 | 1947-58 | ||||
51 | 鲁比亚.卡洛 | 物理 | 1984年 | 1958-60 | ||||
52 | 赫伯特 | 化学 | 1985年 | 1939 | ||||
53 | 布罗斯基,约瑟夫 | 文学 | 1987年 | 1978-85 | ||||
54 | 莱德曼,莱昂 | 物理 | 1988年 | 1951年博士 | 1951-89 | |||
55 | 施瓦兹.梅尔文 | 物理 | 1988年 | 1953年 | 1958年博士 | 1958-66;66- | ||
56 | 索洛.罗伯特 | 经济学 | 1987年 | 1949-50 | ||||
57 | 斯坦伯格.杰克 | 物理 | 1988年 | 1950-70,85-86;88- | ||||
58 | 奥特曼,西德尼 | 化学 | 1989年 | 1960-62 | ||||
59 | 拉姆齐.诺曼 | 物理 | 1989年 | 1935年 | 1940年博士 | 1941-47 | ||
60 | 哈罗德 | 生理学或医学奖 | 1989年 | 1966 | ||||
61 | Thomase.Donnall | 生理学或医学奖 | 1990年 | 1955-63 | ||||
62 | 戈迪墨.纳丁 | 文学 | 1991年 | 1971-72,76-78;1983年 | ||||
63 | 贝克尔,加里。 | 经济学 | 1992年 | 1957-1970 | ||||
64 | 沃尔科特,德里克 | 文学 | 1992年 | 1979、1981-83、1981 | ||||
65 | 罗伯特 | 经济学 | 1993年 | 1960 | ||||
66 | 马丁 | 物理 | 1995年 | 1955年博士 | ||||
67 | 维克瑞,威廉 | 经济学 | 1996年 | 1948年博士 | 1946-96 | |||
68 | 默顿罗伯特 | 经济学 | 1997年 | 1966年 | ||||
69 | 路易斯 | 生理学或医学奖 | 1998年 | 1962年 | ||||
70 | 霍斯特 | 物理 | 1998年 | 1998- | ||||
71 | 蒙代尔,罗伯特 | 经济学 | 1999年 | 1974- | ||||
72 | 赫克曼.詹姆斯 | 经济学 | 2000年 | 1970-74 | ||||
73 | 坎德尔.埃里克 | 生理学或医学奖 | 2000年 | 1975- | ||||
74 | 威廉·诺尔斯 | 化学 | 2001年 | 1942年博士 | ||||
75 | 斯蒂格利茨.约瑟夫 | 经济学 | 2001年 | 2000- | ||||
76 | 阿克塞尔.理查德 | 生理学或医学奖 | 2004年 | 1967年 | 1978- | |||
77 | 巴克.琳达 | 生理学或医学奖 | 2004年 | 1980-91 | ||||
78 | 格拉布罗伯特 | 化学奖 | 2005年 | |||||
79 | 马丁 | 化学奖 | 2008年 | |||||
80 | 马瑟约翰 | 物理奖 | 2006年 | |||||
81 | 奥巴马 | 和平奖 | 2009年 | |||||
82 | 帕幕克 | 文学奖 | 2006年 | |||||
83 | 菲尔普斯 | 经济奖 | 2006年 | |||||
84 | 莱夫科维茨 | 化学奖 | 2012年 | |||||
85 | 罗斯阿尔文 | 经济学 | 2012年 | |||||
86 | 斯蒂芬 | 和平奖 | 2007年 |
2017年诺贝尔化学奖JoachimFrank
2018年诺贝尔物理奖ArthurAshkin
各国校友
巴拉克·侯赛因·奥巴马：美国第44届总统
西奥多·罗斯福：美国第26届总统
富兰克林·罗斯福：美国第32届总统
德怀特·艾森豪威尔：美国第34届总统
哈兰·菲斯克·斯通美国最高法院大法官
查尔斯·伊万斯·修斯美国最高法院大法官
沃伦巴菲特：股票投资家，股神。
罗伯特·蒙代尔：“欧元之父”，哥伦比亚大学经济学教授，诺贝尔经济学奖获得者。
米尔顿·弗里德曼：美国当代经济学家，货币学派的代表人物，诺贝尔经济学奖得主。
比姆拉奥·拉姆吉·安贝德卡尔：印度宪法之父，印度佛教复兴倡导人。
美国国务卿马德琳·奥尔布赖特
美国联邦储备银行前主席艾伦·格林斯潘
美国司法部长埃里克·霍尔德
世界零售巨头沃尔玛创始人萨姆·沃尔顿
美国公共电视网PBS和全国广播公司NBC总裁拉里·格罗斯曼
摩根士丹利总裁詹姆斯·戈尔曼
施乐总裁厄休拉·伯恩斯
花旗集团总裁潘伟迪
吉姆·贾木许(6张)
社交媒体平台BuzzFeed总裁斯坦伯格IBM创始人霍尔瑞斯
FM收音机发明家埃德温·霍华德·阿姆斯特朗
“核动力海军之父”海曼·乔治·里科弗
纽约地铁首席工程师威廉帕森斯
伊萨克·阿西莫夫：美国生物化学家、作家、一位撰写科幻小说和科普读物极有成就的多产作家。
詹姆斯·卡格耐：美国著名演员，1974年获美国电影学会“终身成就奖”。
吉姆·贾木许：美国演员、导演、剧作家、摄像师、制片人。
大卫·斯特恩：美国NBA前总裁。
约瑟夫·高登-莱维特：美国著名演员，在《盗梦空间》的出演使他在国际电影网站imdb上的搜索率到第一。
洛·格里格：著名美国棒球运动员，因1925－1939年间连续参加2,130场比赛而创棒球界空前记录。
奥斯卡·哈默斯坦：美国抒情诗人和音乐喜剧作家，在音乐喜剧的发展中具有影响的剧院演出人，中国观众熟悉并喜爱的音乐喜剧《音乐之声》就是他的作品之一。
兰斯顿·修斯：为黑人文学开辟现实主义道路的美国黑人诗人，作家。
“垮掉的一代”的代表人物杰克·凯鲁亚克
“垮掉的一代”的代表人物：艾伦·金斯伯格
“黑人民族的桂冠诗人”兰斯顿·休斯
玛格丽特·米德美国：女人类学家，以研究太平洋无文字民族而闻名。
托马斯·默顿：美国天主教修士、诗人、多产的著作家。
法米克·詹森：荷兰演员，模特，导演，制片，编剧，代表作《X战警》《金刚狼》系列。
I·I·拉比：美国物理学家,因发明用原子束和分子束磁共振法观测原子光谱（1937年），而获1944年诺贝尔物理学奖。
迈克尔·I·普平：美国著名发明家，近代物理学家先驱。
乔治·西格尔：美国雕塑家。
斯坦利·库布里克：著名导演，代表作《2001太空漫游》《发条橙》《奇爱博士》等。
亨利·舒尔兹：美国计量经济学先驱。
埃德加·斯诺：著名美国记者。
简·考尔：极为成功的美国女剧作家和演员。
杰克·吉伦希尔：好莱坞著名实力演员，曾参演过多部电影。因出演《断背山》《死亡幻觉》而一举成名。在该校攻读两年后转入影视圈。
宇多田光：美籍日裔著名女歌手
李政道：美籍华裔物理学家，诺贝尔物理学奖获得者。
李开复：信息产业的执行官和计算机科学的研究者
吴健雄：美籍华裔物理学家，沃尔夫奖获得者，“中国的居里夫人”。
真正加留奈：日本NHK首席新闻主播。
中国校友
胡适：现代学者，历史学、文学家，哲学家。以倡导“五四”文学革命著闻于世。历任北京大学教授、北京大学校长、台湾中央研究院院长等。
罗隆基：中国著名政治活动家，民主人士，五四运动清华大学学生代表，中国民主同盟创始人之一。
陈公博：中共一大广州代表。
任鸿隽：我国近代科学的奠基人之一，著名化学家和教育家。曾任四川大学校长、中央研究院总干事等。
冯友兰：中国当代著名哲学家、教育家。
唐绍仪：中华民国第一任国务院国务总理。
蒋梦麟：曾任国民政府第一任教育部长、长期担任北京大学校长
马寅初：当代“中国人口学第一人”，经济学家、教育学家、人口学家。
徐志摩：著名文学家、散文家，著有《再别康桥》《沙扬娜拉》等脍炙人口名篇。
闻一多：爱国诗人，著有诗歌《死水》、《七子之歌》等名篇。
陶行知：中国著名教育家。
吴大猷：著名物理学家，被誉为中国物理学之父。
金岳霖：著名的哲学家、逻辑学家。
许地山：中国现代著名小说家、散文家。
潘光旦：著名历史学家、文化学者、教育家。
吴文藻：著名社会学家、人类学家、民族学家。
梁实秋：著名翻译家、散文家、学者。
侯德榜：中国著名化学家，发明“侯氏制碱法”。
徐光宪：著名物理化学家，2008年荣获中国国家最高科学技术奖。
袁同礼：北平图书馆馆长，著名图书馆学家，目录学家。
张伯苓：南开大学创始校长。
董泽：云南大学创始人。
张彭春：中国教育家、早期话剧（新剧）活动家、导演。
张志让：中国当代著名法学家、法学教育家，最高法院副院长。
李小加：港交所行政总裁。
华云生：著名计算机科学家，曾任IEEE计算机学会会长。
程会强：著名循环经济与生态经济学家。
谭盾：著名作曲家。
杨澜：资深传媒人士。
李佳明：央视著名主持人。
连胜文：国民党荣誉党主席连战之子，哥伦比亚大学博士。
宋子文：民国政治家。
顾维钧：民国著名外交家。
郭秉文：国立东南大学校长。
唐敖庆：中国量子化学之父。
何炳棣：美国艺术与科学院院士。
周自齐：民国国务总理。
蒋廷黻：1945年民国驻联合国常任代表。
萧美琴，台湾省驻美国代表。
世界领导人论坛
哥大校长Bollinger倡导成立于2003年的世界领导人论坛，为哥大提供了机会，听取世界各国领导人及政治家、经济学家在政治、工业、金融、和学术等方面的见解。
所有哥伦比亚大学本科生和研究生都可以参加世界领导人论坛。过去的论坛演讲者包括美国总统克林顿、印度总理瓦杰帕伊、加纳总统库福尔、阿富汗总统哈米德·卡尔扎伊(HamidKarzai)、俄罗斯总统普京(VladimirPutin)、莫桑比克共和国总统希萨诺、玻利维亚共和国总统卡洛斯、罗马尼亚共和国总统伊利埃斯库、拉脱维亚共和国总统VairaVīķe-Freiberga、芬兰的第一个女总统哈洛宁、印尼总统尤多约诺、巴基斯坦伊斯兰共和国总统穆沙拉夫、伊拉克总统塔拉巴尼、伊朗伊斯兰共和国总统马哈茂德·艾哈迈迪-内贾德、金融家乔治·索罗斯(GeorgeSoros)、纽约市市长迈克尔·r·布隆伯格、捷克共和国总统克劳斯、阿根廷总统克里斯蒂娜·费尔南德斯·德基什内尔、联合国秘书长安南等。
大学申请
托福分数 | 113 | 雅思分数 | 各院系有不同的要求，请咨询学校 |
入学申请费 | $80 | 申请截止时间 | 每年的1月2日 |
SAT分数 | 1500 | ACT分数 | 32 |
是否认可中国的普通高考成绩 | 不认可 | 学生申请是否必备SAT或ACT成绩 | YES |
师生比例 | 1：7 | 录取比例 | 7% |
GPA | 3.5 | 是否接受转学生 | YES |
奖费信息
本科学费及奖学金：
学费： | $18000/年 | 国际学生是否可以申请全额奖学金： | YES |
食宿： | $11000/年 | 申请全额奖学金是否影响录取： | NO |
书本费： | $1400/年 | 国际学生获奖人数： | 373 |
整体一年的花费： | $33000/年 | 国际学生整体获奖金额： | $44000 |
担保金（万RMB） | ￥49万 | 国际学生整体获奖概率： | 87% |
国际学生是否有奖学金： | YES | 国际学生申请奖学金是否必备SAT或ACT成绩： | YES |
硕士研究生费用
费用项目 | 费用（$/年） |
学费 | 48000 |
学校住宿（吃饭） | 18000 |
总费用 | 50000 |
国际学生是否有奖学金： | YES./NO |
奖学金总额数： | 49800 |
