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COLUMBIA ENGINEERING

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.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.

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Columbia's 7th Annual Summer Engineering Invitationals-Highlights
This July and August, Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science welcomed a record-breaking number of high school students and their families to campus for the annual Summer Engineering Invitationals. Guests listened to leading scholars give Master Classes and toured research laboratories like Columbia’s Natural Language Processing Lab, which is funded by organizations including DARPA and NSF. Students and families also spoke individually with professors, current students, academic and career advisors, as well as admissions and financial aid officers.
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