CUNY Graduate Center
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The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and postgraduate university in New York City. Formed in 1961 as Division of Graduate Studies at City University of New York, it was renamed to Graduate School and University Center in 1969. Serving as the principal doctorate-granting institution of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, CUNY Graduate Center is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity".[8]
Motto | The Life of the Mind in the Heart of the City[1] |
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Type | Public post-graduate university |
Established | 1961 (1961) |
Academic affiliations | City University of New York |
Budget | $134.7 million (2018)[2] |
President | Joshua Brumberg (interim) |
Provost | Steve Everett |
Academic staff | 1,840 (2015) |
Students | 3,228 (2024)[3] |
Postgraduates | 607 (2024) (non-doctoral incl. masters)[4] |
2621 (2024)[5] | |
Location | , , United States 40°44′55″N 73°59′01″W |
Campus | Urban, 570,000 sq ft (53,000 m2)[6] |
Newspaper | The Advocate |
Colors | Blue & black[7] |
Website | www |
CUNY Graduate Center is located at the B. Altman and Company Building at 365 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It offers 31 doctoral programs, 14 master's programs, and 30 research centers and institutes. It employs a core faculty of approximately 140, who are supplemented by 1,800 faculty members from CUNY's eleven senior colleges and other New York City's cultural and scientific institutions. As of June 2024, the Graduate Center enrolls 3,228 students, of which 2,621 or 81% are doctoral students.[9]
Its faculty include recipients of the Nobel Prize, the Abel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, the National Humanities Medal, the National Medal of Science, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Fellowship, the Schock Prize, the Bancroft Prize, the Wolf Prize, Grammy Awards, the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, Guggenheim Fellowships, the New York City Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, and memberships in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. In 2023, two doctoral programs at CUNY Graduate Center (criminal justice and English), were ranked among the top 20 graduate programs in the U.S., and four (audiology, history, philosophy, and sociology) among the top 30.[10][11][12] For the Fall 2023 semester, 17.4% of applicants across all doctoral programs at the CUNY Graduate Center were offered admission.[13]