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The City University of New York (CUNY, pronounced / ˈ k juː n i /, KYOO-nee) is the public university system of New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses : eleven senior colleges , seven community colleges , and seven professional institutions.
The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, City College was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States. [4]
CUNY's history dates back to the formation of the Free Academy in 1847 by Townsend Harris. [9] The school was fashioned as "a Free Academy for the purpose of extending the benefits of education gratuitously to persons who have been pupils in the common schools of the … city and county of New York". [10]
Part of the City University of New York system, Queens College occupies an 80-acre (32 ha) campus primarily located in Flushing. Queens College was established in 1937 and offers undergraduate degrees in over 70 majors, graduate studies in over 100 degree programs and certificates, over 40 accelerated master's options, 20 doctoral degrees ...
CUNY began offering doctoral education through its Division of Graduate Studies in 1961, [11] and awarded its first two PhD to Daniel Robinson and Barbara Stern in 1965. . Robinson, formerly a professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford, received his PhD in psychology, [12] while Stern, late of Rutgers University, received her PhD in English liter
The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) is a public community college in New York City.Founded in 1963 as part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, BMCC grants associate degrees in a wide variety of vocational, business, health, science, engineering and continuing education fields.
Queensborough Community College (QCC) is a public community college in New York City.One of seven community colleges within the City University of New York (CUNY) system, Queensborough enrolls more than 12,000 attending students [3] and more than 775 instructional faculty.
Townsend Harris Hall houses the CUNY School of Medicine. Designed by famed New York architect George B. Post and completed in 1908, the Collegiate Gothic-style building is named for Townsend Harris, the founder of City College, and was dedicated in a ceremony at which Mark Twain was the featured speaker.