Columbia University

Columbia University (authoritatively Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private Ivy League research college in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Initially settled in 1754 as King's College by imperial contract of George II of Great Britain, it is the most seasoned establishment of higher learning in New York State, and in addition one of the nation's nine pioneer universities. After the progressive war, King's College quickly turned into a state substance, and was renamed Columbia College in 1784. A 1787 sanction set the organization under a private leading body of trustees before it was further renamed Columbia University in 1896 when the grounds was moved from Madison Avenue to its present area in Morningside Heights involving place that is known for 32 sections of land. Columbia is one of the fourteen establishing individuals from the Association of American Universities, and was the first school in the United States to allow the M.D. degree.

The University is sorted out into twenty schools nearby worldwide examination stations in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Paris, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago and Nairobi. It has alliance with a few different foundations adjacent, including Teachers College, Barnard College, and Union Theological Seminary, with joint undergrad programs accessible through the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Sciences Po Paris, and the Juilliard School.

Columbia yearly oversees the Pulitzer Prize. It is consistently set among the best colleges worldwide by various positioning offices. Remarkable graduated class and previous understudies (involving those from King's College) incorporate five Founding Fathers of the United States; nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court; 20 living billionaires;29 Academy Award champs; and 29 heads of state, including three United States Presidents. Moreover, 101 Nobel Prize laureates have been associated with it as understudies, workforce, or staff.