Columbia University

Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1754 as King's College and is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the United States. It is widely regarded as one of the world's most prestigious institutions of higher learning.

Timeline

1754 Royal Charter establishes King's College under King George II of England.

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1784 Renamed Columbia College by New York State Legislature.

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1810 Final revisions are made to the Charter under which the University operates today.

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1849 College moves from Park Place, near present City Hall, to 49th and Madison.

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1864 Formal establishment of the Columbia College School of Mines.

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1889 Barnard College founded as Columbia's sister school, to provide an education for women.

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1896 Trustees formally designate Columbia as a university.

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1897 The University moves from 49th and Madison to its present site in Morningside Heights.

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1928 Opening of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, the first such center to combine teaching, research, and patient care.

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1947 Nevis Laboratories was founded in Irvington, New York, offering facilities for experimental physics research.

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1949 The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a research center dedicated to understanding planet Earth, opened in Palisades, New York.

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1954 Columbia's Bicentennial Celebration.

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1983 The first Columbia College class to include women arrives on campus in September. After extensive negotiations, Barnard College chooses to remain largely independent under an affiliation agreement that remains in effect today.

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