Columbia University in the City of New York, or simply Columbia University, is an American private Ivy League research university located in Morningside Heights, in Upper Manhattan, New York City.
Address: 116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027, United States
Founder: George II of Great Britain
Founded: 1754, Province of New York
Address: 116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027, United States
Founder: George II of Great Britain
Founded: 1754, Province of New York
Former names | King's College (1754-1784) Columbia College (1784–1896) |
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Motto | In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen (Latin) |
Motto in English | In Thy light shall we see light(Psalms 36:9) |
Established | 1754 |
Type | Private |
Endowment | $9.23 billion |
Chairman | William Campbell and Jonathan Schiller |
President | Lee C. Bollinger |
Provost | John Henry Coatsworth |
Academic staff | 3,763 (fall 2013; full-time) |
Students | 29,250 (fall 2013) |
Undergraduates | 8,365 (fall 2013) |
Postgraduates | 18,568 (fall 2013; excludes SCE degree candidates) |
Location | New York |
Campus | Urban, total 299 acres (1.21 km2) |
Newspaper | Columbia Daily Spectator |
Colors | Columbia blue and White |
Athletics | NCAA Division I – Ivy League, EARC MAISA (sailing) |
Sports | 31 varsity teams |
Mascot | Columbia Lions |
Affiliations | AAU URA 568 Group NAICU |
Website | www |