Welcome to the City College of New York
The City College of New York (established as 'The Free Academy' in 1847) is the founding institution of the City University of New York and home to eight schools and divisions, each dedicated to the advancement of research and knowledge. We're the place where Albert Einstein first presented his theory of general relativity outside of Europe, our alumni discovered the polio vaccine, helped build the Internet, and designed the Panama Canal. And, our alumni have gone on to become Supreme Court Justices, Secretaries of State, leaders of industry, world-renowned researchers and award winning actors and musicians. We’re the City College of yesterday, today and tomorrow. See yourself here. City College.
Schools and Divisions
- The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
- CUNY School of Medicine
- The Grove School of Engineering
- Division of Humanities & the Arts
- Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership
- School of Education
- Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education
- The Division of Science
![CCNY Campus in the fall](/web/20221130040707im_/http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2019-08/fastfacts_fullcampus_.jpg?itok=z5znqDvU)
CCNY Fast Facts
Why CCNY? Here are a few reasons.
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Spotlights
![Award-winning playwright Lynn Nottage is CCNY's 2023 Langston Hughes Medalist. Photo by Lynn Savarese.](/web/20221130040707im_/http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight/public/2022-11/1103_lynnnottage_bc.jpg?itok=9qIHYNoS)
WRITER RECEIVES TOP RECOGNITION
Lynn Nottage, renowned playwright and screenwriter, is CCNY's 2023 Langston Hughes Medalist.
![Spitzer School alum and adjunct lecturer Pedro Cruz wins prestigious architecture award at Triennial in Lisbon.](/web/20221130040707im_/http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight/public/2022-11/1116_pedro_j._cruz_cruz_bc.jpg?itok=j9cflw8D)
ARCHITECT RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Pedro J. Cruz Cruz, a Spitzer School alum, wins an international award at the 2022 Lisbon Architecture Triennial.
![George Lois](/web/20221130040707im_/http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight/public/2022-11/1116_george_bc.jpg?itok=z0xGh_L7)
REMEMBERING AN ICONIC ART DIRECTOR
City mourns the loss of art director George Lois who served on the advisory board for the CCNY's BIC program.
![Sara Molano](/web/20221130040707im_/http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight/public/2022-11/1103_sara_bc.jpg?itok=zJlyJAdp)
MOTIVATED BY THE MUSIC
Sara Molano, a junior majoring in jazz, is CCNY's first Ella Fitzgerald Scholarship recipient.
![The Sorkin Reading Room opens in honor of the late Distinguished Professor Michael Sorkin on December 1. Photo by Hui Liang UD '19.](/web/20221130040707im_/http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight/public/2022-10/1026_michael_sorkin_bc.jpg?itok=VcrXz2u-)
REMEMBERING ARCHITECT MICHAEL SORKIN
The late Distinguished Professor Michael Sorkin's memory and impact live on at CCNY in the Sorkin Reading Room.
![CCNY, which is celebrating its 175th anniversary, has made the Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges for the fifth straight year.](/web/20221130040707im_/http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight/public/2022-10/1027_greencampus_bc.jpg?itok=Q041-A2E)
GREEN WITH ENVY
CCNY named a Green College, as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges by The Princeton Review for the fifth straight year.
Looking Forward: Strategic Plan 2019
Learn more about where CCNY, the home of upward social mobility, is planning to go in the coming year and beyond.