"Cornell College is an exclusive and legal Ivy League research study university in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell as well as Andrew Dickson White, the college was meant to teach and also make payments in all fields of knowledge-- from the classics to the sciences, and from the theoretical to the used. These ideals, unusual for the time, are captured in Cornell's founding concept, a preferred 1868 Ezra Cornell quotation: "" I would located an institution where anyone can find guideline in any research."".

The university is generally arranged right into 7 undergraduate universities and 7 graduate divisions at its major Ithaca university, with each college as well as department defining its details admission requirements and scholastic programs in near autonomy. The college likewise administers 2 satellite clinical campuses, one in New York City and one in Education City, Qatar, and Cornell Technology, a graduate program that incorporates innovation, service, and also creativity. The program relocated from Google's Chelsea Structure in New York City to its irreversible campus on Roosevelt Island in September 2017.

Cornell is among the few private land grant universities in the USA. Of its seven undergraduate colleges, three are state-supported legal or contract universities with the State University of New York (SUNY) system, including its farming and also human ecology colleges as well as its commercial labor relations college. Of Cornell's graduate schools, only the vet college is state-supported. As a land give college, Cornell runs a participating extension outreach program in every area of New york city and gets yearly financing from the State of New York for sure instructional objectives. The Cornell University Ithaca University comprises 745 acres, yet is much bigger when the Cornell Botanic Gardens (more than 4,300 acres) as well as the countless university-owned lands in New York City are taken into consideration.

As of Might 2020, 59 Nobel laureates, 4 Turing Honor victors and also one Area Champion have actually been connected with Cornell College. Cornell counts greater than 250,000 living alumni, and its previous as well as present professors and alumni include 33 Marshall Scholars, 33 Rhodes Scholars, 29 Truman Scholars, 7 Gates Scholars, 55 Olympic Champions, 10 present Fortune 500 CEOs, and also 35 billionaire alumni. Considering that its starting, Cornell has been a co-educational, non-sectarian establishment where admission has not been limited by religious beliefs or race. The student body consists of more than 15,000 undergraduate and 8,000 graduate students from all 50 American states and 119 nations.."