Columbia University
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Summary
Columbia University is a private university[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of private university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,463 views/month, #4 of 589).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Ivy League[3], Digital Library Federation[4], LIGO Scientific Collaboration[5], Confederation of Open Access Repositories[6], National Consortium for Teaching about Asia[7], Consortium of Social Science Associations[8], New York Genome Center[9], Dryad[10], ArXiv[11], The Research Collections And Preservation Consortium[12], Association of American Universities[13], Association of American Colleges and Universities[14], American Council on Education[15], National Humanities Alliance[16]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Manhattan[17]
- Country: United States[18]
- Instance of: research university[19], Colonial Colleges[20], private not-for-profit educational institution[21]
- Headquarters location: Manhattan[22], New York City[23]
- Postal code: 10027[24]
- Child organization or unit: Columbia University Irving Medical Center[25], Columbia University School of Professional Studies[26], Society of Fellows in the Humanities, Columbia University[27], Council for Research in the Social Sciences, Columbia University[28], Center for Study of Law and Culture, Columbia University[29], Goddard Institute for Space Studies[30], Brown Institute for Media Innovation[31], Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory[32], Barnard College[33], Columbia University Press[34], Columbia University's Center for Science and Society[35], School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University[36], Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences[37], Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation[38]
- Commons category: Columbia University[39]
- Industry: higher education[40]
- Has part(s): Columbia University Libraries[41], Butler Library Building[42], Department of Medicine[43]
- Inception: May 25, 1754[44]
- Significant event: mixed-sex education[45]
- Official website: https://columbia.edu[46]
- Topic's main category: Category:Columbia University[47]
- Employees: 20,861[48]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Columbia University include 116th Street – it[49], a metro station[50], in United States[51]; Mount Columbia[52], a mountain[53], in United States[54]; and Columbia Mountains[55], a mountain range[56].
Why It Matters
Columbia University has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Works attributed to it include Columbia Encyclopedia[59], a written work[60]. Entities named for it include 116th Street – it[49], a metro station[50], in United States[51]; Mount Columbia[52], a mountain[53], in United States[54]; and Columbia Mountains[55], a mountain range[56].