Student Government

Branches of Governance Advised through SDA

Columbia College Student Council

The Columbia College Student Council is elected by students of Columbia College to serve as their primary representative, advocate, and liaison to the Columbia University community, including its administration, faculty, alumni and students, as well as to the public. The CCSC is charged with gathering and expressing student opinion, actively representing student views, appropriately addressing student concerns, ensuring that college students are fully apprised of all information of impact to their undergraduate experience, responsibly and equitably distributing student activity fees, and working with other student groups to program college wide events designed to foster cohesiveness within the entire undergraduate population.

Engineering Student Council

The Engineering Student Council is elected by students of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Engineering Student Council strives to represent the interests of the Engineering Students and that of the University as a whole, to improve student life, responsibly and equitably distribute student activity fees and to foster communication amongst students, faculty and administrators, and alumni throughout Columbia University.

Activities Board at Columbia

The ABC is part of Columbia's student government that is responsible for funding over 160 student groups on campus. ABC organizations have a broad range of functions that include: pre-professional, academic, competition, cultural, special interest, performance, publication, media, performing arts and large scale events. The ABC board oversees and provides support to its student organizations and operates under the Student Development and Activities office.

How to Get Involved

Email sdalead@columbia.edu if you're interested in becoming a student government leader! Opportunities abound for holding office, running elections, volunteering for committees, and many other ways to improve your campus community.

Additional Branches of Governance on Campus

The General Studies Student Council (GSSC) represents the diverse undergraduate population of the School of General Studies by pursuing academic, political, social and administrative initiatives of interest to the student body and acts as a liaison between the student body and the General Studies administration, the larger university community and other individuals and organizations.

The Student Governing Board (SGB) represents and serves the needs of Columbia University student organizations whose concerns are religious, spiritual, political, ideological, activist, humanitarian or identity-conscious in nature.

Community Impact has partnerships with more than 100 community organizations and agencies who do service work in the Harlem, Washington Heights, and Morningside Heights communities, including service organizations, social service offices, religious institutions, and schools.

The InterGreek Council (IGC) is the self-governing student organization that provides guidelines and support to its member organizations within each of the three Greek councils at Columbia, the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, and Multicultural Greek Council.

The Club Sports Governing Board (CSGB) oversees clubs that are formed by groups of individuals who share a common interest in recreation and sport and who organize and collectively pursue these activities. Clubs are organized on recreational, instructional, and competitive levels and their activities range from informal play to regular practice or instructions, to intercollegiate and tournament competition.