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Columbia University
Columbia University is a private research university in the United States. Its main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan, in New York City. The university is legally known as ''Columbia University in the City of New York'', incorporated as ''The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York'', and it is one of the eight Ivy League universities. The institution was established as ''King's College'' by the Church of England, receiving a... More »
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar. The youngest member of the Ivy League, Cornell was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White as a coeducational, non-sectarian institution where admission was offered irrespective of religion or race. Inaugurated shortly after the American Civil War, its founders intended that the new university would teach and make... More »
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational institution in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831, NYU is the largest private, non-profit institution of higher education in the United States , with an enrollment of more than 40,000. NYU comprises 15 schools, colleges, and divisions, occupying six centers throughout Manhattan. A global university, NYU has its own facilities in London, Paris, Florence,... More »
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. The university is set on a mostly residential campus, which features an eclectic mix of buildings, ranging from nineteenth-century Romanesque structures to contemporary buildings designed by renowned architects such as I.M. Pei. The center of campus, with its grass quadrangle, landscaped walkways, and outdoor sculptures offers students the amenities of a traditional college experience. More »
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, is a nonsectarian, coeducational private research university in Troy, New York, a city close to the state capital Albany. It was founded in 1824 by Stephen Van Rensselaer for the "application of science to the common purposes of life", and is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world. The institute is known for its success in the transfer of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace. More »
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private, coeducational research universityin the United States, with three residential campuses located in and around New York City. Though now officially an independent institution "in the Jesuit tradition", it was originally founded by the Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as ''St. John's College''. Fordham is one of the largest of the 28 member institutions in the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. More »
City College of New York
The City College of The City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. It is also the oldest of City University's twenty three institutions of higher learning . City College's thirty-five acre campus along Convent Avenue from 130st Street to 141st Street is on a hill overlooking Harlem; its neo-Gothic campus was mostly designed by George Browne Post, and many of its buildings are landmarks. More »
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded as a women's college in 1861, it was the first member of the Seven Sisters to become coeducational. ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranks it #12 among liberal arts colleges in the United States. More »
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York is a coeducational public research university, which has multiple campuses located in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, USA. Offering over 100 bachelor's, 112 master's and 98 doctoral degrees, it is the largest and most comprehensive campus of the four university centers within the State University of New York system. The university is classified as a Doctoral/Research Universities–Extensive institution by the Carnegie Foundation, and... More »
Union College
Union College of Schenectady, New York, is a non-denominational, independent, selective liberal arts college in New York's Capital District. It was chartered in 1795, though the college can trace its beginnings to 1779. Several hundred residents of northern New York, certain that Burgoyne's defeat at Saratoga two years before would mean a new nation, began the first popular demand for higher education in America. These residents pursued that dream for sixteen years until, in 1795, Union... More »
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