Founded in 1754, it is a prestigious institution of higher learning, the first undergraduate college in the United States to conduct generalist education, and its School of Journalism awarded the Pulitzer Prize, which is the highest honor in American literature and journalism

Columbia University in the City of New York, abbreviated as Columbia. Columbia University is a world-renowned private research university located in Manhattan, New York, USA, founded in 1754 according to the King's Charter issued by King George II of the United Kingdom, originally named King's College, officially renamed Columbia University in 1896 (Columbia College from 1784 to 1896) and moved to the current Morningside Heights campus, belonging to the Ivy League, is a founding member of the Association of American Universities.

Columbia University is one of the five oldest universities in the United States, and as of 2017, 96 Nobel laureates have studied or worked at the university, the third largest in the world. There are also five founding fathers of the United States, four American presidents such as Obama and Roosevelt, 34 heads of state and heads of state, and 10 justices of the United States Supreme Court. Columbia University has world-class law schools, business schools, medical schools, journalism schools, and more, and its School of Journalism awards the Pulitzer Prize, the highest honor in American journalism. In 1767, Columbia University conferred the first M.D. degree, the first professional doctorate in U.S. history. Columbia University is one of the important research institutions in the United States and the birthplace of the Manhattan Project, the first to achieve nuclear fission in North America.