Columbia University in the City of New York

From its beginnings in a schoolhouse in lower Manhattan, Columbia University has grown to encompass two principal campuses: the historic, neoclassical campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood and the modern Medical Center further uptown, in Washington Heights. Today, Columbia is one of the top academic and research institutions in the world, conducting pathbreaking research in medicine, science, the arts, and the humanities. It includes three undergraduate schools, thirteen graduate and professional schools, and a school of continuing education.

The Columbia campus is a majestic, park-like, self-contained urban village, designed by McKim, Mead and White at the turn of the 19th century.First-time visitors to Columbia often marvel at how Columbia’s breathtaking college campus exists in the middle of Manhattan. Butler Library was modeled on the Parthenon in Greece while the steps of Low Library served as a recent backdrop for numerous Hollywood films.The glass and steel atrium of the architecturally arresting Alfred Lerner Hall provides a spectacular vista for all the action on campus, whether it's an intramural lacrosse game on the green lawns of South Field,the King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe reciting the Bard on the sundial or George Clinton and the P Funk All Stars performing on the steps of College Walk.

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