The City College of New York

Founded in 1847, The City College of New York is an old institution with new ideas. Part of the City University of New York (CUNY) System, the third largest university system in the United States, The City College of New York is the oldest of CUNY’s 24 institutions and considered to be its flagship university. Its internationally recognized faculty includes Fulbright scholars, Guggenheim fellows, Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award winners. The university has over 1,100 international students.

CUNY City College of New York offers outstanding teaching to international students, learning and research on a beautiful campus in the heart of the world’s most dynamic city. Its classrooms are equipped with the technology for a truly interactive learning environment. Its libraries hold 1.5 million volumes, and provide online access to the resources of the entire university. Its laboratories are engines of innovation, where students and faculty push the boundaries of knowledge.

Outstanding programs in architecture, engineering, education, and liberal arts and sciences; prepare CUNY City College of New York’s local students and international students for the future, and produce outstanding leaders in every field. Whether they are drawn to the traditional, like philosophy or sociology, or emerging fields like sonic arts or biomedical engineering, our baccalaureate graduates go on to graduate programs at Stanford, Columbia or MIT – or they stay right here in one of their 50 master’s programs, or our doctoral programs in engineering, laboratory sciences, and psychology.