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1754 Royal Charter establishes King's College under King George II of England. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and 1784 Renamed Columbia College by New York Preservation, est. 1881, State Legislature. Dean Amale Andraos 1857 College moves from Park Place, near the th School of the Arts, est. 1965, present City Hall, to 49 and Madison. Dean Carol Becker 1864 Students enter the School of Mines, now The Fu Foundation School of Engineering Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, est. 1880, and Applied Science. Dean Carlos J. Alonso 1889 Barnard College becomes an affiliate of Columbia Business School, est. 1916, Columbia. Dean R. Glenn Hubbard 1896 Trustees formally designate Columbia as a Columbia College, est. 1754, university. Dean James J. Valentini 1897 The University moves to its present site in Morningside Heights. College of Dental Medicine, est. 1916, 1928 Opening of the Columbia-Presbyterian Dean Christian Stohler Medical Center, the first to combine The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and teaching, research, and patient care. Applied Science, est. 1864, 1947 Nevis Laboratories is founded in Dean Mary C. Boyce Irvington, New York, offering facilities for School of General Studies, est. 1947, experimental physics research. Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch 1949 The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory School of International and Public Affairs, est. 1946, opens in Palisades, New York. Dean Merit Janow 1983 The first Columbia College class to include women arrives on campus in September. Columbia Journalism School, est. 1912, 2002 Lee C. Bollinger begins term as Columbia's Dean Steve Coll 19th president. Columbia Law School, est. 1858, 2004 Commemoration of Columbia's 250th Dean Gillian Lester anniversary. School of Nursing, est. 1892, 2006 The Columbia Campaign launched; totals Dean Lorraine Frazier exceed $6.1B at its close in 2013. 2016 Dedication of the Manhattanville campus. Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, est. 1767 Dean Lee Goldman School of Professional Studies, est. 2002, Dean Jason Wingard Morningside Heights, 116th & Broadway, Mailman School of Public Health, est. 1922, New York, NY Dean Linda Fried th Manhattanville, 125 & Broadway, School of Social Work, est. 1898, New York, NY Interim Dean Irwin Garfinkel Medical Center, 168th & Broadway, New York, NY Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Barnard College Palisades, NY Teachers College Nevis Laboratories, Irvington, NY Jewish Theological Seminary Reid Hall, Paris, France Union Theological Seminary 1 Executive Vice President for University Facilities Columbia University Libraries is one of the top five and Operations, David Greenberg academic library systems in North America. The Executive Vice President for Global Centers and collections include over 14 million volumes, over Global Development, Safwan M. Masri 160,000 current journals and serials, as well as extensive electronic resources, manuscripts, rare Executive Vice President for Public Affairs, books, microforms, maps, and graphic and audio- Shailagh J. Murray visual materials. Services and collections are organized Director, Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical into 18 libraries and various academic technology Education, Peter E. Pilling centers, including affiliates, and employs more than 450 professional and support staff. Executive Vice President for Research, G. Michael Purdy (as of September 2018) Senior Executive Vice President, Gerald M. Rosberg Lisa Carnoy Andrew F. Barth Co-Chair Lee C. Bollinger Executive Vice President for Finance and Abigail Black Elbaum Information Technology, Jonathan Lavine Anne R. Sullivan Co-Chair Kenneth Forde Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. Interim Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences, Maya Tolstoy A’Lelia Bundles David Greenwald Vice Chair James Harden University Ombuds Officer, Joan C. Waters Mark T. Gallogly Wanda M. Holland Greene Vice Chair Marc Holliday Lu Li Full-Time Instructional Employees Noam Gottesman Arts and Sciences 1,006 Vice Chair Paul J. Maddon Victor Mendelson Morningside Graduate 637 Medical Center 2,562 Claire Shipman Julie Menin University Total 4,205 Vice Chair Alexander Navab Rolando T. Acosta Julissa Reynoso Armen A. Avanessians Kathy Surace-Smith Sponsored Project Expenditures $1,122M License Revenue $41M Invention Disclosures 428 President, Lee C. Bollinger Patents Awarded 166 Provost, John Coatsworth Technologies Licensed to Start-up Companies 28 Executive Vice President for University Development and Alumni Relations, Amelia J. Alverson Full-Time Non-instructional Employees Medical General Counsel, Jane E. Booth Morningside Total Center Secretary of the University, Jerome Davis Research 1,072 1,095 2,167 Executive Vice President for University Life, Libraries 138 12 150 Suzanne B. Goldberg Administration 4,572 3,303 7,875 Support staff 2,171 1,207 3,378 Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine, University Total 7,953 5,617 13,570 Lee Goldman 2 Columbia College and Engineering, 2017–2018 2018–2019 Entering Fall Class Tuition and fees $57,208 $59,430 2008 2013 2018 Room and board $13,618 $14,016 Applications 22,585 33,531 40,203 Total $70,826 $73,446 Admitted students 2,418 2,311 2,260 Admit rate 11% 7% 6% Columbia General Enrolled students 1,398 1,416 1,423 Engineering Yield rate 58% 61% 63% College Studies Total aid $118M $41M $28M spending Total tuition Undergraduate 8,931 $255M $88M $93M Morningside Graduate 16,156 income Medical Center 4,375 Aid as a % of 46% 47% 30% Professional Studies & Special Programs 3,570 tuition University Total 33,032 Percentage of students who are non-resident aliens New construction & acquisitions: $225M (Fall enrollment): Renovations: $219M 2008 2013 2018 Undergraduate 10% 12% 18% Morningside Graduate 34% 39% 49% Revenues $5.02B Medical Center 11% 6% 10% Tuition & fees 23% Professional Studies & 24% 23% 61% Government grants & contracts 19% Special Programs Private gifts, grants, & contracts 13% University Total 23% 26% 36% Other educational & research activities 5% Number of countries represented, Fall 2018: 153 Medical faculty practice plans 25% Investment income & gains utilized 13% Most-represented countries, Fall 2018: China, India, Other 4% Canada, South Korea, and France. Expenses $4.60B Instruction, research & educational Undergraduate 2,058 administration 39% Morningside Graduate 7,405 Research 13% Medical Center 1,610 Medical faculty practice plans 22% Professional Studies 1,272 Library 2% Certificates 998 Operation & maintenance of plant 6% University Total 13,343 Institutional support 7% Auxiliary enterprises 3% Depreciation 6% Interest 1% Other 1% 3 We have 349,214 alumni living in the United States, Total number of gifts 89,571 its territories, and 189 foreign countries. Total number of donors 62,751 Total fund-raising amount $1.01B Market value as of June 30, 2018: $10.9B Columbia University in the City of New York 116th Street and Broadway New York, NY 10027 212.854.1754 www.columbia.edu Visitors Center 212.854.4900 visit.columbia.edu Columbia University Office of Public Affairs 212.854.5573 news.columbia.edu CUMC Office of Communications & Public Affairs 212.305.3900 newsroom.cumc.columbia.edu Office of Alumni and Development 877.854.2586 alumni.columbia.edu Libraries/Information Services 212.854.7309 library.columbia.edu Planning & Institutional Research provost.columbia.edu/opir FACTS 2018 is produced by the Office of Planning and Institutional Research © 2018 Columbia University 4 .
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