>> U.S. News &a₹€mp; World Report(2020) ran✘↓≈φked Columbia University 3th overall among natio•"nal universities
>> Ranked No.18 in the world in the 2020 QS W★→orld University Rankings
>> The Times Higher Education World UnΩφ©✘iversity Rankings(2020) placed ✘™CU as the 16th ranked university in the ™✔↕₩world. The survey of more than ♣¶α20,000 experienced academiδ∞→cs from 133 countries ranked institutions sασolely on their reputations ←for teaching and research.
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Columbia University was foun♣πded in 1754. It is the oldest in☆÷←stitution of higher learning in the State ♠÷β of New York, the fifth oldest in th≠'≥e United States. It is an Am✘•erican private Ivy League resear≥→"ch university located in the Morningside Heights♣✔₽ neighborhood of Upper Manhat♣₽→tan in New York City. Co←εlumbia University has three undergradπ✔uate schools, 13 graduate and professiona♥$l schools and one of co↕₩λ≤ntinuing education.
Columbia annually administers the Pulitzer Pφ∞εrize. 101 Nobel Prize laureates have been affili♦← ated with the university↔☆® as students, faculty, or staff,₽β the second most of any↓✘♥♣ institution in the world. Columbia is o •ne of the fourteen f✘♠←ounding members of the Ass→φociation of American Universities. Notable a$ ∏lumni and former students of the un±↓ →iversity and its predecesso£λr, King's College, include five Founding Fδ♣athers of the United States; nine Juλλ₽stices of the United States ←"Supreme Court; 43 Nobel Prize laureates;π×←©20 living billionaires; 28 Academy Award win'₹"ners; and 29 heads of state, includ♥∏ing three United States Presidents.
Features of Study Abroad >≥Program at Columbia University
>> Opportunity to study >≤full time for one semester or one academic yeλΩar at the world's leading universit∏≈σ×y;
>> Visiting students can Choose more ©≤↕∏than 3,000 courses from 100 disciplπines of study offered by ¥÷•Columbia University;
>> Students are fully integra×δted in Columbia Community with a ccess to all resources
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Program Dates and Courses
Students can choose two type₩♣<s of courses: English Language Program (ALP∞δ >) or Columbia University cred♣₹it courses. All students on the St'udy Abroad Program are registe ↕±πred as full time Visiting Students, and are"®∏φ administered by School of Pro<'"fessional Studies of Columbia University.
American Language Program
Fall Semester, 2020: 8 September ↓σ - 11 December
Summer Session,2020: 22 June - 17™★₹£ July, 20 July - 14 Augusε>βt
>> ALP was foundedΩβ in 1911. It is one of the oldes₽↕t English as a Second Language Programs in the✘€ United States;
>> Small class size with about 12 σ↕≈students in one class, which provides Ω$® more opportunities for students to interact wi ≠th teachers;
>> Offer caref<¥ully integrated sequence of courses to stude←♣nts to meet the needs of students with diff₽≤"erent level of English abπ•↕λility and with different backg÷Ωγrounds who wish to improve tδλ ♣heir command of English.
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University Credit Co♥★ $urses
Fall Semester, 2020: 8 September - 23 Dece'×απmber
Summer Session, 2020: 6 J<≤uly - 14 August
>> The School of Continuing Education♦∞ offers opportunities for non-degr¶€ee study at Columbia to qualified applicants.∞≤
>> Both undergraduate and gr• "σaduate level courses from th≠§♥e University's arts and sciences₩>≠ course offerings may be taken for credit. C↔ ×olumbia University College ∑&$≈of Physicians and Surgeons, Journalism School♥₹ and Law School don't accept visi∑♥ting students.
Admission Requirements:
>> Students at unδ'dergraduate or postgradua€±¶te level who are offic↕≤ially registered in USIEA¥' 9;s Chinese partner Univer•δ€sities;
>> Advanced English requδ₽₹ired: minimum TOEFL 100 iBT; or IELTS 7.0; G€✔✘PA above 3.0;
>> Interviewed by USIEA
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Accommodation
Columbia University locates in the central oש'f New York City, on the north of the centralδ≠& park, besides the Hudson River. American ♣€αLanguage Program students have chances t☆>€↔o choose the off campus accommodation Car↑φ®★lton Arms, which is 7 blocks away from t™₹he campus. It takes about 15-minute w☆←♥alk from Carlton Arms€∑¥ to the campus. The others can choose pr✔§'±ivate accommodations.
Suite-Style Dormitory in Carlt$∞on Arms
Private Apartment at Noπ ♥ 117 Street
