Cornell University

Once called “the first American university” by educational historian Frederick Rudolph, Cornell University represents a distinctive mix of eminent scholarship and democratic ideals. Adding practical subjects to the classics and admitting qualified students regardless of nationality, race, social circumstance, gender, or religion was quite a departure when Cornell was founded in 1865.

Today’s Cornell reflects this heritage of egalitarian excellence. It is home to the nation’s first colleges devoted to hotel administration, industrial and labor relations, and veterinary medicine. Both a private university and the land-grant institution of New York State, Cornell University is the most educationally diverse member of the Ivy League.

Mission
Cornell is a private, Ivy League university and the land-grant university for New York State. Cornell’s mission is to discover, preserve, and disseminate knowledge; produce creative work; and promote a culture of broad inquiry throughout and beyond the Cornell community. Cornell also aims, through public service, to enhance the lives and livelihoods of our students, the people of New York, and others around the world.

Vision
Cornell aspires to be the exemplary comprehensive research university for the 21st century on the basis of our distinctive status as a private university with a formal public mission. Faculty, staff, and students will thrive at Cornell because of its unparalleled combination of quality and breadth; its high standards; its open, collaborative, and innovative culture; the opportunities provided by beautiful, vibrant rural and urban campuses; and programs that extend throughout the state of New York and across the globe.

Library
The Cornell University Library is the 11th largest academic library in the United States, ranked by number of volumes held. Organized into 20 divisions, in 2005 it held 7.5 million printed volumes in open stacks, 8.2 million microfilms and microfiches, and a total of 440,000 maps, motion pictures, DVDs, sound recordings, and computer files in its collections, in addition to extensive digital resources and the University Archives.

Courses Offered
Undergraduate Programs

• Aerospace Engineering
• Africana Studies
• Agribusiness Management
• American Indian Studies
• Applied Economics
• Applied Exercise Science
• Applied Mathematics
• Archaeology
• Architecture
• Asian American Studies
• Astronomy
• Atmospheric Science
• Biological Engineering
• College of Engineering
• Biological Sciences
• College of Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Biometry and Statistics
• Business
• Civil Infrastructure
• Classics
• Cognitive Science
• Communication
• Computer Science
• Computing in the Arts
• Crop Management
• Dance
• Development Sociology
• East Asia Program
• Economics
• Education
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Engineering Statistics
• Entomology
• Environmental & Resource Economics
• Environmental Engineering
• European Studies
• Feminist, Gender,and Sexuality Studies
• Fiber Science
• Film
• Food Science
• French Studies
• Game Design
• German Studies
• Gerontology
• Global Health
• Globalization, Ethnicity & Development
• History of Art
• Human Biology
• Industrial Systems & Information Technology
• Inequality Studies
• Information Science
• International Relations
• International Studies
• International Trade & Development
• Italian
• Jewish Studies
• Landscape Studies
• Latin American Studies
• Latino Studies
• Law & Society
• Lesbian, Bisexual & Gay Studies
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medieval Studies
• Music
• Natural Resources
• Nutrition & Health
• Operations Research & Management Science
• Plant Sciences
• Policy Analysis and Management
• Real Estate
• Science & Technology Studies

Graduate Programs

• Master of Arts
• Doctor Of Philosophy
• Master of Science
• Master of Laws
• Doctor of Law
• Master of Architecture
• Master of Teaching
• Master of Business Administration
• Doctor of Medicine
• Master of Engineering
• Master of Fine Arts
• Master of Food Science
• Master of Health Administration
• Master of Industrial and Labor Relations
• Master of Landscape Architecture
• Master of Hospitality Management
• Master of Public Administration
• Master of Professional Studies
• Master of Regional Planning

Schools & Colleges

• College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Engineering
• School of Hotel Administration
• College of Human Ecology
• School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR)
• Graduate School
• Cornell Law School
• Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
• Weill Cornell Medical College
• Weill Cornell Medical College (Doha, Qatar)
• Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions

Contact Details
Cornell University
Day Hall Lobby
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Official Website: http://www.cornell.edu/