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Cornell University's colleges, schools, and other academic units offer more than 4,000 courses, 70 undergraduate majors, 93 graduate fields of study, undergraduate and advanced degrees, and continuing education and outreach programs.

Academic Units

Colleges, Schools, and Faculties

Cornell has seven undergraduate colleges; a graduate school; professional-degree schools in business management, medicine, law, and veterinary medicine; and affiliated faculty units.

Departments

Cornell's nearly 100 academic departments offer an astounding variety of degree programs and other types of curricula.

Centers, Institutes, Laboratories, and Programs

Cornell's numerous designated national centers and programs and other interdisciplinary research and study units support and advance every aspect of the university, are directly accessible to members of the Cornell community and others, and help ensure that Cornell maintains a global presence and perspective.

Colleges, Schools, and Faculties

Cornell University is both a private endowed university and the federal land-grant institution of New York State. Each of the fourteen colleges and schools listed below defines its own academic programs; admits its own students; provides a faculty, and advising and support for its students; and confers degrees on its own students, although all degrees are attributed to Cornell University. Special transcollege faculty units (see "The Faculty of Computing and Information Science" below) draw on faculty members from throughout the university to serve designated needs and accomplish specific missions.

本科Undergraduate Colleges and Schools

1. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences*

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is the second-largest undergraduate college at Cornell University and the third-largest college of its kind in the United States. It has been ranked in national surveys as the best college of agriculture and related sciences in the country.

2. College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning has a distinguished tradition in architectural design, history, and theory; urban and regional policy and planning; and professional training in fine and visual arts.

3. College of Arts and Sciences

The College of Arts and Sciences is Cornell's largest undergraduate college. It provides a high-quality liberal arts education to its own students, and its courses are also accessible to all other students at Cornell. The college's faculty includes national and international leaders in their respective disciplines.

4. College of Engineering

The Cornell College of Engineering excels in innovative teaching and research, in developing practical applications and approaches to problems and areas of study, and in preparing professionals and leaders who will have worldwide influence on technologies and societies.

5. School of Hotel Administration

The Cornell School of Hotel Administration's large group of scholars, researchers, and technical staff members, and its service-oriented undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs, are helping to shape the global knowledge base for every aspect of hospitality management.

6. College of Human Ecology*

From science and health to policy and design, the College of Human Ecology offers a unique, world class education focused on challenges and opportunities in the real world and an exploration of the human condition. Pioneering research, leadership development, and community outreach are cornerstones of the Human Ecology education and experience.

7. School of Industrial and Labor Relations*

Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR School) was the nation's first institution of higher education to offer a four-year undergraduate program in the field of ILR. The current primary focus of the ILR School's undergraduate and graduate degree programs and research and outreach activities is on the centrality of workplace issues in an increasingly complex world.

* New York State contract unit

Special-Mission Faculty Units

The Faculty of Computing and Information Science

This college-level interdisciplinary unit uses a core group of faculty members with relevant expertise from throughout the university to integrate computing and information science into every aspect of Cornell’s undergraduate-education, research, and scholarly programs and activities. Recognizing that computing and information science has emerged worldwide as an indispensable enabling discipline, this unit is also charged with ensuring that Cornell remains at the forefront in developing and advancing computer science and applying it to meet societies’ needs.

研究生Graduate and Professional Colleges and Schools

1. Graduate School

Cornell's Graduate School is organized into more than 90 major fields of graduate study, independent of traditional college and department divisions, to which graduate students are admitted and which confer doctoral and master's research and professional degrees under the guidance of individual Special Committees of faculty members or a field advisor.

2. Cornell Law School

Cornell Law School faculty members devote themselves to teaching and contributing to the intellectual life of the law, to the classroom rather than the courtroom, and to developing broad-minded and technically sophisticated future lawyers and leaders. The small size of the school creates a strong spirit of camaraderie and community.

3. Johnson Graduate School of Management

The Johnson Graduate School of Management has three core distinctions: its direct connections to the vast research, teaching, and alumni resources of Cornell -- the largest and most comprehensive Ivy League university; the school's intense, collaborative community -- a plus of its deliberately small size; and its performance-learning approach that yields understanding while demanding results.

4. Weill Cornell Medical College (New York City)

Weill Cornell Medical College's close affiliations with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Rockefeller University make it an integral part of a world-renowned center of academic medicine and biomedical research, uniquely positioned to train outstanding physicians and medical scientists.

5. Weill Cornell Medical College (Doha, Qatar)

The Doha, Qatar, branch of Weill Cornell Medical College is the first American medical school ever set up overseas. It is funded by the Qatar government through the Qatar Foundation, operated by Cornell, and began its full Cornell M.D. degree program in September 2004. It also provides a preparatory two-year pre-medical program.

6. Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences (New York City)

Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences' seven carefully designed, research-oriented Ph.D. graduate programs provide superb training for those interested in biomedical sciences and in the scientific method of conducting investigative research. The professional staffs of Weill Cornell Medical College and of the Sloan-Kettering Institute form the core faculty of the Graduate School of Medical Sciences.

7. College of Veterinary Medicine*

The College of Veterinary Medicine endorses the concept of one biology in advancing the understanding of animal and human health at the interface of discovery and application. With access to Cornell's world-class resources and recognized strengths in the physical and life sciences, the college fosters open collaboration across disciplines and institutional boundaries, to deliver the greatest possible benefits to society.

* New York State contract unit

Continuing Education

School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions

The School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions provides year-round learning opportunities for enrolled college students; high school students; Cornell faculty and staff members; executives and other professionals; Cornell alumni, parents, and friends; and local residents. The school draws on all of Cornell's academic units and vast educational resources, and on visiting scholars and leaders in industry, government, and other professions. Admission and enrollment are independent of undergraduate and graduate admissions procedures.

本科主修Undergraduate Major Fields of Study

Cornell offers nearly 80 formal major fields, listed below, as well as challenging dual-degree programs and a score of interdisciplinary majors that cross traditional departmental boundaries.

Cornell Class of 2011:

A Brief Summary

CLASS OF 201 1 ADMISSIONS:

University Totals for the 2006—2007 Admissions Cycle

                            Early Decision         Regular Decision          Total

Applicants              3,015                           27,368                              30,383

Admits                    1,101                           5,402                                6,503

Enrolling                 1,087                           1,968                                3,055   

Female 1,474 (48.2%)

Male 1,581 (51.8%)

Total 3,055

African American 5.6%

Asian 15.2%

Bi/Multiracial 5.9%

Caucasian 39.5%

Hispanic 5.2%

Native American 0.5%

Not reported 18.1%

CLASS OF 201 1 FINANCIAL AID:

Full-time first-year students 3,055

Number who applied for aid 1,951

Number determined to have financial need 1,358

Number awarded financial aid 1,358

Number receiving need-based scholarship/grant aid 1,161

Average need-based scholarship/grant award $21,525

From:

New York 32.4%

Mid-Atlantic 21.3%

New England 11.4%

West 9.8%

International 8.3%

Midwest 7.4%

South/Southeast 5.4%

Southwest/Mountain 4.0%

CLASS OF 201 1 DEMOGRAPHICS:

SAT Math: 650 Above 82%， Below 650 18%

SAT Critical Reading: 650  Above 66%， Below 650 34%

Secondary School:

Public 67%， Private/parochial 23%， Other (charter, home-schooled, etc.) 10%

Class Rank: Top 10% 87%，

ACADEMICS:

Courses offered: 4,000+Undergraduate Majors/Interdisciplinary Programs: 100+

2007—2008 COSTS:

Cornell’s undergraduate colleges have different rates of tuition, depending on whether they are contract units of New York State or funded by private endowment. Your tuition depends on which of Cornell’s seven colleges you enroll in and whether you’re a resident of New York State. Other expenses (except for travel) are the same for all students.

Endowed colleges

Tuition and fees $34,781

Housing $6,680

Dining $4,510

Books and supplies $720

Personal expenses $1,460

Total $48,151

* Endowed colleges or schools at Cornell are privately funded and do not receive direct funding from New York State. Cornell’s endowed colleges or schools include:

• College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

• College of Arts and Sciences

• College of Engine, ering

• School of Hotel Administration

** Contract colleges or schools at Cornell University were created byan act of the New York State Legislature and receive direct funding from New York State. The mission of the contract units is linked directly to the economic and social well-being of New York State. Cornell’s contract units include:

• College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

• College of Human Ecology

• School of Industrial and Labor Relations

UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENTBY COLLEGE:

Agriculture and Life Sciences 3,182

Architecture, Art, and Planning 495

Arts and Sciences 4,189

Engineering 2,782

Hotel Administration 858

Human Ecology 1,205

Industrial and Labor Relations 819

Financial Aid News

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan08/tuition08-09.html

Cornell's new financial aid initiative will be implemented over the next two years. In the first year, 2008-09, the university will eliminate need-based loans going forward for undergraduate students from families with incomes under $60,000, and cap them annually at $3,000 for students from families with incomes between $60,000 and $120,000. The following year, 2009-10, the program will take full effect by eliminating need-based loans for students from families with incomes up to $75,000, and capping annual loans at $3,000 for students from families with income between $75,000 and $120,000.

The Cornell Board of Trustees also approved a tuition increase of 4.9 percent for undergraduates in the university's endowed colleges -- but a decrease of 10.1 percent for Graduate School students, excluding the professional schools. Overall, the cost of room and board, tuition and mandatory fees for undergraduate students in the endowed colleges will rise to $48,194 from $46,021.

International Students Overview

Cornell's first president, Andrew Dickson White, was a world traveler. A scholar, bibliophile, and diplomat to Germany, Russia, and the Hague, White attracted international students and professors to Cornell from the start: the first class included students from Nova Scotia, Brazil, England, and Russia. Today, 8% of undergraduates at Cornell are international students (not including the growing number of recent immigrants and "global nomads") and forty percent of Cornell graduate students are from outside the U.S. Cornell's statement on diversity and inclusiveness, "Open Doors, Open Hearts, Open Minds," reflects the importance Cornell places on welcoming those with different backgrounds and perspectives into the learning community.

Education in the United States

Students in the U.S. complete primary and secondary education in 12 years. Many of those accepted to Cornell have completed Advanced Placement courses comparable to British A-Levels or I.B. Higher Level subjects. As college students, undergraduates in the U.S. complete four years of study to earn a bachelor's degree. Earning a bachelor's degree involves studying in depth one academic discipline (a "major") and taking courses in other disciplines as "electives."

Cornell offers these undergraduate degrees:

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
• Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)
• Five-year Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch.)

Students who have earned a bachelor's degree often go on to attend graduate school to study for a:

• Master's degree (M.A. or M.S.)
• Professional degree in business (M.B.A.)
• Professional degree in engineering (M.Eng.)
• Professional degree in law (J.D.)
• Professional degree in medicine (M.D.)*
• Doctoral degree (Ph.D.)

*Please note: Most international students studying for an M.D. do so outside of the United States. It is extremely unusual for applicants who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents to be accepted by medical schools here, and there is little financial support available to the few international students who are accepted to U.S. medical schools.

First-Year Students: Application Process Overview

Cornell’s application process is designed to gather information from you that will be helpful to our admissions selection committees. We are interested in knowing about your background, interests, and aspirations, as well as your academic and extracurricular achievements. We look forward to receiving your application and getting to know you. The following overview should help you as you prepare your Cornell application.

The Cornell Application Consists Of:

1. the Common Application, which Cornell uses exclusively (includes pages AP-1 to AP-4, Teacher Recommendations, the Secondary School Report, and the Mid-Year Report)
2. a $70 application fee or fee waiver
3. the Cornell Supplement to the Common Application, required of all applicants as it includes important Cornell-specific information and required essays
4. the 2008 Freshman Financial Aid Application for applicants planning to apply for financial aid
5. college specific requirements as noted in the Freshman Admission Requirements Grid

Admission Application Deadlines

Your Common Application must be submitted by November 1 for early decision, or January 1 for regular decision. Applicants are strongly encouraged to file their application in advance of deadlines and during the appropriate filing periods: September 1 – November 1 for early decision and September 1 – January 1 for regular decision. It is important that you submit your online Common Application and fee or fee waiver as soon as possible. The online Cornell Supplement can be sent at the same time or very soon thereafter.

Required Interviews

For applicants to the School of Hotel Administration and to the architecture program in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, a formal interview is required for admission. Applicants to the art department in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning also are encouraged (though not required) to have an interview. Submit an online request for the School of Hotel Administration or the College of Architecture, Art and Planning to schedule a required interview. Though Cornell offers applicants the opportunity to meet with Cornell alumni, formal interviews are not required for any other undergraduate programs.

Application Status

When we receive your Common Application and fee or fee waiver, we will e-mail you with the information you need to access your online application status on Cornell’s web site. Please note that receiving an ApplicantID via e-mail is your confirmation that we have received your application. Using this secure site you will be able to track your application materials, update your e-mail address when necessary, and have access to your admission decision. If you do not receive an ApplicantID within two weeks of submitting the Common Application to Cornell, it may be because your e-mail address is incorrect or you are blocking e-mail from us.

Important E-Mail Instructions

It is important that you provide us with a legible, current e-mail address (on the Common Application and Cornell Supplement) that you check frequently. E-mail is our primary method for communicating with you to request missing application materials, to verify information, to give you special instructions, etc. Please be sure to include cornell.edu in your address book and/or remove any spam blockers that might prevent our e-mail from reaching you.

Primary/Alternate Admission

Cornell offers applicants the option of applying to two colleges, recognizing that Cornell’s undergraduate colleges and schools offer a multitude of distinctive academic programs, and that many applicants have diverse intellectual interests that may be satisfied by more than one college or school. All students will apply to a college at Cornell as their primary choice and have the option of applying to another college as their alternate choice. See Primary Alternate College Admission/FAQs for more information. Our undergraduate colleges can be explored at the links below:

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Engineering
School of Hotel Administration
College of Human Ecology
School of Industrial and Labor Relations