Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private, Ivy League, research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States and is considered one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Samuel Johnson, the first president of Columbia
King's College Hall in 1790
Low Memorial Library, c. 1900
Alma Mater, by Daniel Chester French (1903)
The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference of eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. The term Ivy League is used more broadly to refer to the eight schools that belong to the league, which are globally-renowned as elite colleges associated with academic excellence, highly selective admissions, and social elitism. The term was used as early as 1933, and it became official in 1954 following the formation of the Ivy League athletic conference.
The flags of all eight Ivy League universities fly over Columbia University's Wien Stadium in Manhattan
Soldiers Memorial Gate (1921) at Brown University
Low Memorial Library (1895) at Columbia University
Tjaden Hall (1883) at Cornell University