"Cornell College is an exclusive and legal Ivy League research study university in Ithaca, New York City. Established in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and also Andrew Dickson White, the college was meant to instruct and also make contributions in all areas of understanding-- from the standards to the sciences, as well as from the theoretical to the applied. These suitables, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell's beginning concept, a popular 1868 Ezra Cornell quotation: "" I would certainly located an institution where any person can discover guideline in any kind of study."".

The university is extensively organized into seven undergraduate universities and seven graduate departments at its major Ithaca campus, with each college as well as department specifying its certain admission standards and academic programs in close to autonomy. The college also administers two satellite medical campuses, one in New york city City as well as one in Education and learning City, Qatar, and also Cornell Tech, a graduate program that incorporates modern technology, service, and creative thinking. The program relocated from Google's Chelsea Building in New York City to its permanent university on Roosevelt Island in September 2017.

Cornell is just one of the few exclusive land grant universities in the USA. Of its 7 undergraduate universities, 3 are state-supported statutory or agreement universities with the State College of New York City (SUNY) system, including its agricultural and human ecology colleges as well as its industrial labor relationships school. Of Cornell's graduate schools, just the vet college is state-supported. As a land give university, Cornell operates a cooperative expansion outreach program in every region of New york city as well as receives yearly financing from the State of New York for sure educational missions. The Cornell University Ithaca Campus comprises 745 acres, yet is a lot bigger when the Cornell Botanic Gardens (greater than 4,300 acres) and also the various university-owned lands in New york city City are considered.

As of Might 2020, 59 Nobel laureates, four Turing Honor champions and one Fields Champion have been connected with Cornell University. Cornell counts greater than 250,000 living alumni, and also its former as well as existing faculty as well as graduates include 33 Marshall Scholars, 33 Rhodes Scholars, 29 Truman Scholars, 7 Gates Scholars, 55 Olympic Champions, 10 existing Fortune 500 CEOs, and also 35 billionaire graduates. Considering that its beginning, Cornell has actually been a co-educational, non-sectarian establishment where admission has not been restricted by religious beliefs or race. The trainee body includes greater than 15,000 undergraduate and also 8,000 college students from all 50 American states and 119 nations.."