"Cornell University is a private and statutory Ivy League research study university in Ithaca, New York City. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell as well as Andrew Dickson White, the university was intended to instruct and also make contributions in all fields of knowledge-- from the standards to the sciences, as well as from the academic to the used. These suitables, unconventional for the time, are caught in Cornell's founding concept, a prominent 1868 Ezra Cornell quote: "" I would certainly found an institution where any person can find direction in any research study."".

The college is extensively organized into seven undergraduate colleges as well as seven graduate departments at its major Ithaca university, with each college and department specifying its details admission criteria and academic programs in near freedom. The university additionally administers 2 satellite clinical schools, one in New york city City and one in Education City, Qatar, as well as Cornell Tech, a graduate program that incorporates innovation, company, and also creative thinking. The program moved from Google's Chelsea Building in New York City to its irreversible school on Roosevelt Island in September 2017.

Cornell is among the few exclusive land give colleges in the United States. Of its 7 undergraduate colleges, three are state-supported statutory or contract colleges through the State University of New York City (SUNY) system, including its farming as well as human ecology colleges in addition to its industrial labor relationships college. Of Cornell's graduate schools, only the vet university is state-supported. As a land give college, Cornell operates a cooperative extension outreach program in every area of New York and also obtains annual funding from the State of New york city for certain academic objectives. The Cornell College Ithaca Campus comprises 745 acres, yet is a lot bigger when the Cornell Botanic Gardens (greater than 4,300 acres) and also the many university-owned lands in New york city City are considered.

As of May 2020, 59 Nobel laureates, 4 Turing Honor victors as well as one Fields Medalist have been connected with Cornell College. Cornell counts more than 250,000 living graduates, and its previous and existing faculty and alumni consist of 33 Marshall Scholars, 33 Rhodes Scholars, 29 Truman Scholars, 7 Gates Scholars, 55 Olympic Champions, 10 current Ton of money 500 Chief executive officers, and also 35 billionaire graduates. Considering that its beginning, Cornell has been a co-educational, non-sectarian organization where admission has actually not been restricted by faith or race. The pupil body includes more than 15,000 undergraduate and 8,000 graduate students from all 50 American states as well as 119 nations.."