Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York
Motto:
In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen (Latin)
Motto in
English:
In Thy light shall we see light (Psalm 36:9)
Established:
1754
Type:
Private
Endowment:
US $7.14 billion[1]
President:
Lee C. Bollinger
Faculty:
3,543[2]
Students:
24,820[3]
Undergraduates:
6,923[3]
Postgraduates:
15,731[3]
Location:
New York, NY
Campus:
Total, 299 acres (1.23 km²): Urban, 36 acres (0.15
km²) Morningside Heights Campus, 26 acres (0.1
km²), Baker Field athletic complex, 20 acres (0.09
km²), Medical Center, 157 acres (0.64 km²) Lamont-
Doherty Earth Observatory, 60 acres (0.25 km²),
Nevis Laboratories, Reid Hall (Paris)
Former names:
* King’s College (1754-1784)
*Columbia College (1784-1896)
Newspaper:
Columbia Daily Spectator
Colors:
Columbia blue and White
Nickname:
Columbia Lions
Athletics:
NCAA Division I FCS, Ivy League
29 sports teams
Affiliations:
MAISA; AAU
Website:
www.columbia.edu
Columbia University in the City of New York (commonly
known as Columbia University), is a private university in
the United States and a member of the Ivy League.
Columbia’s main campus lies in the Morningside Heights
neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New
York City. The institution was established as King’s Col-
lege by the Church of England, receiving a Royal Charter
in 1754 from George II of Great Britain. One of only two
universities in the United States to have been founded
by royal charter, it was the fifth college established in
the Thirteen Colonies and the only college established in
the Province of New York. After the American Revolu-
tionary War, it was briefly chartered as a New York State
entity from 1784-1787. The university now operates un-
der a 1787 charter that places the institution under a
private board of trustees. Columbia annually grants the
Pulitzer Prizes and according to some counts, more No-
bel Prize winners are affiliated with Columbia than with
any other university.
Campus
Morningside Heights
Most of Columbia’s graduate and undergraduate studies
are