Columbia University in the City of New York (commonly known as Columbia University) is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City. It was founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of King George II of England, and is one of only two United States universities to have been founded under such auth...
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Columbia University in the City of New York (commonly known as Columbia University) is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City. It was founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of King George II of England, and is one of only two United States universities to have been founded under such authority. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in New York State, and the sixth oldest in the United States. After the American Revolutionary War, it was briefly chartered as a state entity from 1784-1787. The university now operates under a 1787 charter that places the institution under a private board of trustees.
Columbia annually grants the Pulitzer Prizes, and more Nobel Prize winners are affiliated with the University than with any other institution in the world. Notable alumni and affiliates include five Founding Fathers...
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