"Cornell College is a personal as well as statutory Ivy League study university in Ithaca, New York. Established in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, the college was meant to teach as well as make contributions in all fields of knowledge-- from the standards to the scientific researches, and from the academic to the used. These ideals, unusual for the time, are recorded in Cornell's beginning principle, a prominent 1868 Ezra Cornell quotation: "" I would located an establishment where any person can locate direction in any kind of research study."".

The university is extensively arranged into seven undergraduate colleges as well as 7 graduate divisions at its major Ithaca school, with each university and division specifying its particular admission requirements and scholastic programs in close to autonomy. The university additionally administers 2 satellite clinical schools, one in New york city City and also one in Education City, Qatar, and Cornell Tech, a graduate program that includes technology, company, and also creativity. The program relocated from Google's Chelsea Building in New York City to its permanent school on Roosevelt Island in September 2017.

Cornell is among the few personal land give universities in the USA. Of its 7 undergraduate universities, three are state-supported statutory or agreement colleges with the State College of New York City (SUNY) system, including its agricultural and also human ecology universities in addition to its industrial labor relationships college. Of Cornell's graduate schools, only the vet college is state-supported. As a land give university, Cornell runs a cooperative extension outreach program in every area of New York and also obtains annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational goals. The Cornell College Ithaca University comprises 745 acres, however is much larger when the Cornell Botanic Gardens (more than 4,300 acres) as well as the various university-owned lands in New York City are considered.

As of Might 2020, 59 Nobel laureates, four Turing Award victors and one Area Medalist have actually been associated with Cornell University. Cornell counts more than 250,000 living alumni, and also its former and present professors and graduates consist of 33 Marshall Scholars, 33 Rhodes Scholars, 29 Truman Scholars, 7 Gates Scholars, 55 Olympic Champions, 10 existing Ton of money 500 Chief executive officers, and also 35 billionaire graduates. Because its founding, Cornell has actually been a co-educational, non-sectarian institution where admission has actually not been limited by religious beliefs or race. The student body consists of more than 15,000 undergraduate and 8,000 college students from all 50 American states and 119 nations.."