Columbia’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science is top-ranked. The nation’s third oldest engineering school with a history of invention and innovation, located in one of the world’s most intricately designed cities.

A broad-minded, cross-disciplinary, intensely practical curriculum, with an emphasis on public service, hands-on training, and professional experience.

Pioneering research, visionary faculty. Academic advising and career education services that adapt to the field. Training not simply for engineers but for leaders.

 

Columbia Engineering sponsors the only first year service-learning requirement of any American engineering school.

 

Interesting facts:

• A student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1;
• 16 areas of study and 20 liberal arts minors;
• Dozens of research institutes, including 4 major interdisciplinary research centers funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy;
• Undergraduates (even first-years) seriously engaged in research with faculty or University-sponsored labs;
• Nearly all students living on campus all four years. A shared campus life with 4,100 Columbia College undergraduates;
• Long list of patents held by Engineering faculty or research groups, generating more revenue than any other college or university in America.

News

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Columbia Engineering Spotlight-February 2008
Columbia’s academic community is marvelously diverse, a direct reflection of the cultural, religious, socio-economic, experiential and gender differences that energize New York City. With its commitment to this diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science has attracted a growing number of talented female faculty members and students. The population of female engineering students at Columbia has increased annually and currently comprises 37% of the first-year class. more