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» Columbia University WikiColumbia University Medical Center is the name of the medical complex associated with Columbia University, and is located at 630 West 168th Street, in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. It is home to Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, College of Dental Medicine, School of Nursing and Mailman School of Public Health. Formerly known as the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (CPMC), the name change followed the 1997 formation of NewYork?-Presbyterian Hospital, a merger of two medical centers each affiliated with an Ivy League university: CPMC and the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, home of Cornell University's Weill Cornell Medical College.
Other Columbia University schools include: the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), Columbia College (CC), and, for students who want to begin or resume their education after one or more years of interruption, the School of General Studies (GS). Also affiliated with Columbia is Barnard College, an all women's institution. The university has numerous graduate schools, the most notable of which include the Graduate School of Business (Columbia Business School or CBS), the Graduate School of Journalism (J-School or CJS), the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), the Columbia Law School, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), the Columbia University School of the Arts (SoA?), Columbia University School of Social Work, and Teachers College (the Graduate School of Education of Columbia University).
The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, abbreviated P&S, is a graduate school of Columbia University located on the health sciences campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. P&S enrolls approximately 600 students. P&S is a part of the associated New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and its work is highly interlinked with other medical programs in New York City, in particular that of the Weill Cornell Medical College.
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (popularly known as SEAS) is a school of Columbia University which awards degrees in engineering, applied physics and applied mathematics.
Columbia College is the main undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus of Morningside Heights in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York. Most of the College's facilities are located on Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus, especially in Hamilton Hall, which houses its administrative and admissions offices, as well as the directors of the Core Curriculum.
Barnard College, founded in 1889, is an independent college of liberal arts and sciences as well as a women's college, located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City. Barnard is affiliated with Columbia University, but maintains an independent campus, faculty, administration, trustees, operating budget, and endowment, although there is much overlap.
The four acre (16,000 m²) campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets, adjacent to Columbia's campus, and has been used by Barnard since 1898. Barnard is a member of the Seven Sisters, and is one of the five members that still is a women's college as of 2007.
Columbia Business School (part of Columbia University), officially named the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and also known as CBS, was established in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for undergraduate and graduate Columbia University students. It is one of six Ivy League business schools.
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is the only journalism school in the Ivy League; it awards the Pulitzer Prize and duPont-Columbia Award; co-sponsors the National Magazine Award and publishes the Columbia Journalism Review. The School is located in Journalism Hall on Columbia's Morningside Heights campus in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) of Columbia University is a public policy school in the United States and one of the most prestigious schools of international affairs and/or public affairs in the world. It is located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan, in New York City.
The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in New York City, also known simply as GSAPP, is one of the leading architecture schools in the United States. It was transformed from a department within the Columbia School of Mines into a formal School of Architecture by William Robert Ware in 1881.
Columbia Law School, located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League, and one of the leading law schools in the United States. According to The Princeton Review, 1,229 students, pursuing J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees, are enrolled at the school.[1] David Schizer is the dean.
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University (also known as GSAS) is the branch of the university that grants academic degrees, including M.A.s and Ph.D.s., in fields not covered by the university's professional or other schools.
The Columbia University School of the Arts , also known simply as the School of the Arts or as SoA?, is the division of the university that offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in Film, Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, and Writing. It works closely with the Arts Initiative at Columbia University (CUArts) and organizes the Columbia University Film Festival. Founded in 1965, the school is located in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
The Columbia University School of Social Work is a professional program within Columbia University. With an enrollment of over 900, it is one of the largest social work programs in the United States. It is also the nation’s oldest, with roots extending back to 1898, when the New York Charity Organization Society’s summer course was announced in The New York Times. The combination of its age and size has led to the School becoming a repository for much of the reference literature in the social work field.
Teachers College, Columbia University (sometimes referred to simply as Teachers College; also referred to as Teachers College of Columbia University or the Columbia University Graduate School of Education) is a top ranked graduate school of education in the United States. It was founded in 1887 by the philanthropist Grace Hoadley Dodge and philosopher Nicholas Murray Butler to provide a new kind of schooling for the teachers of the poor children of New York City, one that combined a humanitarian concern to help others with a scientific approach to human development. From its modest beginnings as a school to prepare home economists and manual art teachers for the children of the poor, the college affiliated with Columbia University in 1898, and went on to become the leading intellectual influence on the development of the American teaching profession. Under the terms of its affiliation with Columbia University, it is the University which actually awards all master's degrees, Ph.D., and Ed.D.degrees to graduates of Teachers College, as the College is Columbia University's Graduate School of Education..
