ARTS AND SCIENCES
Arts and Sciences is the intellectual heart of Columbia University. Home to five schools, more than 1,000 faculty, 60 research centers and institutes, and 28 academic departments, we provide a transformative educational experience to more than 16,000 undergraduate, graduate and PhD students at Columbia – nearly half the student body. Our field-defining research – anchored in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences – engages fundamental questions about our society and our world, and supports Columbia’s broader mission to advance knowledge, learning, and impact at the highest levels.
DEPARTMENTS, CENTERS, AND INSTITUTES
Arts and Sciences encompasses a rich array of fields and disciplines. Our faculty teach and mentor students at every level, and we engage all major areas of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences through our research.
NEWS AND UPDATES
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Synthesis Center for Organismal Resilience will leverage real-world data and innovative AI techniques to improve understanding of how plants and animals build resilience in dynamic environments.
Professor Göran Ekström tracks incidents like landslides and glacier collapse using tools once used only to monitor earthquakes.
This year’s new faculty include path-breaking mathematicians, political scientists, biologists, anthropologists, scholars of language and culture, and many others.