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Facts
For a virtual tour of the university, visit the Explore Cornell Tours site.
Meanwhile, here are a few fast facts about Cornell:
- The university was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White.
- It’s a member of the Ivy League as well as a partner of the State University of New York.
- Cornell comprises fourteen colleges and schools: eleven units in Ithaca, two units in New York City, and one in Doha, Qatar.
- The university offers approximately 4,000 courses, in nearly one hundred departments and major fields of study.
- The student population includes almost 20,000 people from all over the world.
- The faculty features Nobel laureates, National Medal of Science winners, Pulitzer Prize winners, and many other awardees.
- The magnificent Ithaca campus, overlooking Cayuga Lake, features more than 260 major buildings on 745 acres.