Columbia University - University in New York City, New York

Columbia University in the City of New York, or simply Columbia University, is an American private Ivy League research university located in Morningside Heights, in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

Address: 116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027, United States
Founder: George II of Great Britain
Founded: 1754, Province of New York

Former names	King's College (1754-1784) Columbia College (1784–1896)
Motto	In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen (Latin)
Motto in English	In Thy light shall we see light(Psalms 36:9)
Established	1754
Type	Private
Endowment	$9.23 billion
Chairman	William Campbell and Jonathan Schiller
President	Lee C. Bollinger
Provost	John Henry Coatsworth
Academic staff	3,763 (fall 2013; full-time)
Students	29,250 (fall 2013)
Undergraduates	8,365 (fall 2013)
Postgraduates	18,568 (fall 2013; excludes SCE degree candidates)
Location	New York
Campus	Urban, total 299 acres (1.21 km2)
Newspaper	Columbia Daily Spectator
Colors	Columbia blue and White
Athletics	NCAA Division I – Ivy League, EARC MAISA (sailing)
Sports	31 varsity teams
Mascot	Columbia Lions
Affiliations	AAU URA 568 Group NAICU
Website	www.columbia.edu