Morningside Heights – Our Neighborhood

Traditionally collegiate. A college town in New York City, unlike any other in the world. Morningside Heights is a vibrant intellectual community, surrounded by three public parks and seven leading institutions of higher education. Students visit professors who live in nearby apartments for informal office hours, grab a bite to eat at 24-hour eateries, and feel the Bohemian buzz of the neighborhood that once brought together Allen Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac and Langston Hughes.

Fact

Acclaimed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted designed Central Park, located only a few blocks from Columbia's Morningside campus.

New York City – Our City

Unmistakably urban. Welcome home to the world’s greatest city. The main gates of Columbia’s campus are always open and right on Broadway, the most famous street in America and possibly the world. Right next to campus, the 1 subway train takes Columbia students to hundreds of destinations all over New York City. Theaters. Museums. Sports arenas. Concert halls. Wall Street. Madison Avenue. The United Nations. Times Square. SoHo. Brooklyn. The Bronx. The world’s most diverse city. Students with an all-access pass to the ultimate urban college experience.

Internships

More than 5,000 internships open to undergraduates every year. Opportunities to intern all-year round, not just in the summer (the New York City advantage). Professional guidance from the University's Center for Career Education. Career fairs, resume workshops, tours of internship sites. A campus culture that values hands-on experience. Student-run businesses and a commitment to entrepreneurship. Longstanding ties to the major institutions of both New York and the world. Columbians running international corporations and financial firms, publishing houses and media outlets, arts organizations and cultural institutions, medical centers and research facilities, government agencies and non-profits.