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About Columbia University in the City of New York
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The Columbia University in the City of New York was established in 1754 & is affiliated to Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education.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 Cit y. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in New York State, and the sixth oldest in the United States. The university now operates under a 1787 charter that places the institution under a private board of trustees. Columbia annually grants the Pulitzer Prizes, and more Nobel Prize winners are affiliated with the University than with any other institution in the world. Notable alumni and affiliates include four United States Presidents, nine Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, 96 Pulitzer Prize winners, and 78 Nobel Prize winners.
Columbia's main campus occupies more than six city blocks, or 32 acres (132,000 m²), in Morningside Heights, a neighborhood located between the Upper West Side and Harlem sections of Manhattan that contains a number of academic institutions. The university owns over 7,800 apartments in Morningside Heights, housing faculty, graduate students, and staff. Almost two dozen undergraduate dormitories (purpose-built or converted) are located on campus or in Morningside Heights. Columbia University has an extensive underground tunnel system more than a century old, with the oldest portions predating the present campus. Some of these remain open to students, while others are closed to the public.
The Columbia University in the City of New York has been ranked 8th in the USA.
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Columbia University in the City of New York
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