Special Programs

Students at Columbia are exposed to a rich academic experience that happens both inside of the classroom and out. Programs and services are offered on campus to help students develop as people and to grow intellectually, to assist students in exploring the vast opportunities within the larger university setting and beyond. Special Programs are designed to allow students to engage in an academic experience at another institution or to achieve one or more degrees in an abbreviated amount of time. Columbia offers nine special programs open to all undergraduates at Columbia College and The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

There are two domestic exchange programs:

• Barnard College Spellman exchange
• Howard University Exchange

There are programs under the combined plan

• 3/2
• 4/1

There are three accelerated programs:

• Law
• International Affairs
• Public Policiy and Administration

There is the program with Julliard

• Julliard

There is the teaching program through Barnard

• Teaching