Certain of the University's research facilities, notably the Institute of Environmental Medicine, are located in Sterling Forest, near Tuxedo, New York. Enrollment in the undergraduate divisions ranges between 44 and 5,400. More than 2,500 courses are offered, leading to more than 25 different degrees. Back Home Top of Page Columbia University through its broad range of innovative multidisciplinary programs, and through the earnest exploration of difficult questions, provides students from the United States and around the world with the depth of understanding and intellectual flexibility they need to respond to the challenges we all will face in the years to come. The Ph.D. program focuses on research, beginning in the first semester and continuing throughout.
Graduates typically pursue research careers in academia or industry.
There are no required courses. Earning the Ph.D. requires participating in directed research, passing the comprehensive breadth requirement, fulfilling the department's teaching requirement, passing a candidacy exam in the chosen area of research, and writing and defending a thesis. The faculty automatically grants an M.S. degree on successful completion of seven of the ten areas of the comprehensive breadth requirement, provided that the student has also satisfactorily completed 30 graduate points. Research computing facilities include numerous workstations, file and compute server. As of the start of the 1994-95 academic year, the enrollment at the University totaled 19,921.