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Introduction
Columbia University is a private research university established in 1754. The campus finds home in upper Manhattan of New York City-- spanning from the neighborhoods of Morningside Heights to the edges of Washington Heights. Columbia has twenty undergraduate and graduate schools, in addition to several Global Centers around the world. Specific offerings include16 faculties: 69 academic departments and divisions, 6,350 courses, covering arts and sciences and professions of architecture, arts, business, dentistry, engineering, international affairs, journalism, law, medicine, nursing, public health, planning and preservation, public affairs, social work; principal undergraduate divisions, Columbia College, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of General Studies; affiliates, Barnard College (undergraduate women), Teachers College, Union Theological Seminary; more than 100 international research institutes and centers [link].
In honors, Columbia boosts among its alumni, faculty, and researchers: "three US Presidents, 29 foreign Heads of State, 10 Justices of the United States Suprme Court, 96 Nobel Laureates, 101 National Academy members, and 38 living billionaires. In addition, Columbia students and alumni have won 39 Academy Awards, 125 Pulitzer Prizes, and 11 Olympic Medals" [link]
The university's motto is "In Thy light, we shall see light."
