Office of the Provost
Maintaining and enhancing the university's excellence in teaching, research, scholarship and outreach.
"Andrew D. White, its first president, and Ezra Cornell, who gave it his name, turned out to be the developers of the first American university and therefore the agents of revolutionary curricular reform."
Frederick Rudolph in Curriculum: A History of the American Undergraduate Course of Study since 1636 (Jossey-Bass, 1978)
Cornell University's colleges, schools, and other academic units offer more than 4,000 courses, 70 undergraduate majors, 93 graduate fields of study, undergraduate and advanced degrees, and continuing education and outreach programs.
Academic Units
- Colleges, Schools, and Faculties
- Cornell has seven undergraduate colleges; a graduate school; professional-degree schools in business management, medicine, law, and veterinary medicine; and affiliated faculty units.
- Departments
- Cornell's nearly 100 academic departments offer an astounding variety of degree programs and other types of curricula.
- Centers, Institutes, Laboratories, and Programs
- Cornell's numerous designated national centers and programs and other interdisciplinary research and study units support and advance every aspect of the university, are directly accessible to members of the Cornell community and others, and help ensure that Cornell maintains a global presence and perspective.
What are Cornell Students Learning?
A Cornell education prepares students for life's journey. Our distinctive approach combines a liberal arts education with the rigors of scientific inquiry. Students learn to be critical thinkers with a global outlook poised to respond to the challenges ahead.
Faculty Highlight
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
English
Assistant professor of English Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon has been named a finalist for a 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, for her National Book Award-nominated poetry collection 'Open Interval.'
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Student Highlight
Tess Brandon
Arts and Sciences
Brandon's Cornell career has combined a love of science with a love of music. She has been described as 'a true renaissance student' and 'the epitome of quirky and adventurous.'
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