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Columbia University is a private university in New York City, USA. The university was founded in 1754 as King's College.

Columbia also was a member of the Ivy League. Columbia is considered as one of the most prestigious universities in the world, as a leader in the field of science, humanities, law, medicine, education, civil engineering, and business. Until 2004, there are 72 Nobel Laureates affiliated with Columbia University.

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Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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With motto In Thy light shall we see light, let us increase the quality of human resources and human competence in the field of education

Grasping your future goal with Columbia University

At Columbia University, there are many academic activities aimed for students to hone skills and expertise that they have in their respective fields.
Undergraduate admissions and financial aid Columbia University's acceptance rate for the class of 2016 (Columbia College and Engineering) is 7.4%, making Columbia the fourth most selective college in the United States by admission rate behind Harvard, Stanford and Yale The undergraduate yield rate for the class of 2015 is 60%. According to the 2012 college selectivity ranking by U.S. News & World Report, which factors admission and yield rates among other criteria, Columbia is tied with Yale, Caltech and MIT as the most selective colleges in the country. Columbia is a racially diverse school, with approximately 52% of all students identifying themselves as persons of color. modern Charter was first enacted in 1787 and last amended in 1810 by the New York State Legislature. The University is governed by 24 Trustees, customarily including the President, who serves ex officio. The Trustees themselves are responsible for choosing their successors. The term of office for Trustees is six years. Generally, they serve for no more than two consecutive terms.

Students Asian/Pacific Islander Black/NonHispanic Hispanic Native American White/NonHispanic International Students

Undergraduate 15% 8% 13% 1% 42%

Graduate 7% 3% 5% 0,2% 39%

Professional 12% 4% 5% 0,2% 28%

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Columbia University is an independent, privately supported, nonsectarian institution of higher education. Its official corporate name is "The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York." The university's first Charter was granted in 1754 by King George II, however its

Columbia was the first North American site where the uranium atom was split. It was the birthplace of FM radio and the laser. The MPEG-2 algorithm of transmitting high quality audio and video over limited bandwidth was developed by Dimitris Anastassiou, a Columbia professor of electrical engineering. Biologist Martin Chalfie was the first to introduce the use of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP).

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Barack Obama, President of the United States and Nobel Laureate, Class of 1983, Columbia College Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, Columbia Law School Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Columbia Law School Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the world's wealthiest people, Columbia Business School Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States and Nobel Laureate, Columbia Law School

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