Description
Columbia University is one of the world’s most important research centres and, at the same time, a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It aims to attract a diverse and international faculty, staff, and student body to support research and education on global issues and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the University to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and convey its efforts’ products to the world.