Columbia University
New York, NY
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President
Claire Shipman
- Acting President
Updated on 06/26/2025
Administration
Angela V. Olinto
- Provost
Virginia Lam Abrams
- Senior Vice President of Communications
Amelia J. Alverson
- Executive Vice President for University Development and Alumni Relations
Melanie J. Bernitz
- Interim Executive Vice President for University Life; Senior Vice President for Columbia Health
Shih-Fu Chang
- Dean, Columbia Engineering
Loftin Flowers
- Vice President, Government and Community Affairs
Susan K. Glancy
- Secretary of the University
Cas Holloway
- Chief Operating Officer
Amy Hungerford
- Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Costis Maglaras
- Dean, Columbia Business School
James McKiernan
- Acting Chief Executive Officer, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Wil McKoy
- Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Interim Chief Operating Officer
Dennis A. Mitchell
- Senior Advisor for Inclusion and Belonging
Ushma S. Neill
- Chief of Staff to the President and Vice President for Campus Alignment
Felice B. Rosan
- General Counsel
Anne R. Sullivan
- Executive Vice President for Finance
Jeannette M. Wing
- Executive Vice President for Research
Keren Yarhi-Milo
- Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs
Carlos J. Alonso
- Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Jeanine D'Armiento
- Professor of Medicine; Chair of the Executive Committee of the Columbia University Senate
Daniel Driscoll
- Vice President of Human Resources
Wafaa El-Sadr
- Executive Vice President of Columbia Global
David M. Greenberg
- Executive Vice President for University Facilities and Operations
Joseph Defraine Greenwell
- Senior Vice President, Student Affairs
Donna P. Fenn
- Deputy General Counsel
Josef Sorett
- Dean, Columbia College
Updated on 06/26/2025
Board
Victor Mendelson
- Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
Shirley Wang
- Trustee
Mark Gallogly
- Vice Chair
Kikka Hanazawa
- Trustee
Keith Goggin
- Trustee
Kathy Surace-Smith
- Vice Chair
Julissa Reynoso
- Trustee
Jonathan Rosand
- Trustee
Jeh Johnson
- Co-Chair
James Scapa
- Trustee
James P. Gorman
- Trustee
Fermi Wang
- Trustee
Duchesne Drew
- Trustee
Dean Dakolias
- Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
David Greenwald
- Co-Chair, Board of Trustees
Claire Shipman
- Acting President
Andrew F. Barth
- Trustee
Alisa Amarosa Wood
- Trustee
Adam Pritzker
- Trustee
Abigail Black Elbaum
- Vice Chair
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Rankings
- National Universities: #13
- Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs: #20
- Data Analytics/Science: #11
- Theory: #9
- Psychology Programs: #8
- Economics: #10
- Best Undergraduate Teaching: #70
- Most Innovative Schools: #63
- Top Performers on Social Mobility: #75 Source
Mission And History
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- Fast Facts
Accreditations
- University: Columbia University
- Accrediting Organization: Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Accreditation Granted Date: 1921-07-01
- Most Recent Reaffirmation Date: 2016-06-23
- Next Reaffirmation Due: 2025-06-30
Strategic Goals
- Prioritize the pursuit of hard questions affecting multiple disciplines and global issues.
- Invest in students’ experience in educational programs to make these the best of their kind.
- Build the foundations of human knowledge to form people who will learn their entire lives.
- Drive understanding of society with new approaches for an increasingly complex world.
- Accelerate our reach and impact in frontier areas of science where Columbia can innovate and lead.
- Full Plan
Resources And Documents
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- Virtual Tour
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Updated on 06/26/2025