Statement of Accreditation Status
Columbia University
- CEO: Dr. Minouche Shafik, President
- Accreditation Liaison Officer: Dr. Weiping Wu
- Commission Staff Liaison: Dr. Tiffany Lee, Vice President
- Carnegie Classification: Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity » Four-year, large, highly residential
- Control: Private (Non-Profit)
- Phase: Accredited
- Status: Accreditation Reaffirmed
- Accreditation Granted: 1921
- Last Reaffirmation: 2016
- Next Self-Study Evaluation: 2024-2025
- March 9, 2023
To acknowledge receipt of the supplemental information report. To request a supplemental information report, due September 1, 2023, addressing any and all developments related to any investigations conducted by the institution or by state, federal, or other government agencies related to the Commission's action of September 22, 2022 (Requirement of Affiliation 5). The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2024-2025. - September 22, 2022
Staff acted on behalf of the Commission to request a supplemental information report, due October 6, 2022, that provides additional information on Standard II: Ethics and Integrity; Standard IV: Support of the Student Experience; and Requirement of Affiliation 14. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2024-2025. - June 23, 2016
To reaffirm accreditation and to commend the institution for the quality of the self-study process and report. The date for the next accreditation review will be determined by the Commission when it revises the accreditation cycle. - November 2, 2015
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request and to include the contractual agreements with Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in Paris, France and Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany within the scope of the institution's accreditation. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2015-2016. - August 31, 2015
To acknowledge receipt of the substantive change request. To note that the institution has closed its additional location at the Walter A. Haas School of Business, The University of California, Berkeley, 2220 Piedmont Avenue, S545 Haas #1900, Berkeley, CA 94720. To remove this additional location from the institution's accreditation. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2015-2016. - November 17, 2011
To accept the Periodic Review Report and to reaffirm accreditation. The next evaluation visit is scheduled for 2015-2016.
- Distance Education
Approved to offer programs by this delivery method - Correspondence Education
Not approved for this delivery method
Approved Credential Levels
The following represents credential levels included in the scope of the institution’s accreditation:
- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Included within the scope
- Post-baccalaureate Certificate Included within the scope
- Master's Degree or Equivalent Included within the scope
- Post-Master's Certificate Included within the scope
- Doctor's Degree - Professional Practice Included within the scope
- Doctor's Degree- Research/Scholarship Included within the scope
- Main Campus
Columbia University
535 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10027 - Additional Location
London Business School
Regents Park London
United Kingdom
Opened: 06/30/2009 - Additional Location
Reid Hall, Columbia University in Paris
Reid Hall 4, rue de Chevreuse 75006 Paris
France - Additional Location
The University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam Road
China
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