"Cornell College is a private and statutory Ivy League study university in Ithaca, New York. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and also Andrew Dickson White, the university was meant to educate and make contributions in all fields of knowledge-- from the classics to the sciences, and also from the theoretical to the used. These ideals, unusual for the time, are captured in Cornell's beginning concept, a prominent 1868 Ezra Cornell quote: "" I would certainly found an organization where anyone can discover direction in any kind of research study."".

The university is extensively arranged right into seven undergraduate colleges and seven graduate departments at its major Ithaca campus, with each university and department defining its certain admission criteria and academic programs in close to freedom. The university likewise administers 2 satellite medical schools, one in New york city City and also one in Education and learning City, Qatar, and Cornell Tech, a graduate program that incorporates innovation, business, and also creative thinking. The program relocated from Google's Chelsea Structure in New York City to its long-term school on Roosevelt Island in September 2017.

Cornell is among minority personal land give universities in the United States. Of its seven undergraduate colleges, three are state-supported statutory or contract colleges with the State University of New York (SUNY) system, including its farming as well as human ecology colleges along with its commercial labor relations college. Of Cornell's graduate schools, just the veterinary university is state-supported. As a land give university, Cornell operates a participating expansion outreach program in every county of New york city as well as receives annual financing from the State of New York for certain instructional objectives. The Cornell University Ithaca Campus consists of 745 acres, but is much bigger when the Cornell Botanic Gardens (more than 4,300 acres) as well as the various university-owned lands in New york city City are thought about.

As of May 2020, 59 Nobel laureates, four Turing Honor winners and one Fields Champion have been connected with Cornell College. Cornell counts more than 250,000 living graduates, and also its previous as well as existing professors as well as alumni include 33 Marshall Scholars, 33 Rhodes Scholars, 29 Truman Scholars, 7 Gates Scholars, 55 Olympic Medalists, 10 existing Ton of money 500 CEOs, and also 35 billionaire graduates. Given that its starting, Cornell has been a co-educational, non-sectarian organization where admission has not been restricted by faith or race. The pupil body consists of more than 15,000 undergraduate as well as 8,000 college students from all 50 American states and also 119 nations.."