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COVID-19 Update for Prospective Students and Families:
Undergraduate Admissions is excited to welcome prospective students and families back to campus for in-person campus tours. To comply with University policy and social-distancing measures, these tours will be outside only. We will also continue to offer several virtual programming options, including information sessions, live virtual tours, student panels and chats, and other special events. Learn More
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About
This is a place unlike any other. Where a renowned Core Curriculum is fueled by an incredibly diverse community. 6,000 undergraduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries find a home on our residential campus in Morningside Heights: your corner of New York City. Undergraduates in Columbia College and Columbia Engineering can choose from nearly 100 areas of study and enhance their classroom conversations through research at 200+ research centers and institutes. Your Columbia education will be the foundation for a lifetime of learning, collaboration, and the unending pursuit of truth and understanding.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Virtual Student Q&A Chat: Student Life in NYC
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Join us for informal conversations with current undergraduates from both Columbia College and Columbia Engineering. Take this opportunity to chat and engage with current students and learn more about the many unique and special ways that Columbia students take advantage of attending college in the greatest city in the world!
Virtual Campus Tour
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Explore campus through the eyes of one of our Admissions Student Interns! Student Interns will take you on a virtual journey of campus and share their favorite places, spaces and memories. This live virtual tour will allow you to engage directly with your Tour Guide and learn more about the vibrant student communities on Columbia’s campus.
Virtual Introduction to Columbia Engineering
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Learn more about The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science from current undergraduates. Current students will guide you through the Columbia Engineering curriculum and extracurricular opportunities afforded to our engineers, such as research and internships. Take this opportunity to ask questions about what makes Columbia Engineering unique!
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The Core Curriculum
For more than 100 years, the Core Curriculum has been the defining element of a Columbia College education. It’s a communal learning experience that cultivates community-wide discourse and deliberate contemplation around seminal works, contemporary issues and humanity’s most enduring questions.