Columbia Business School’s supportive community helps our busy students balance their lives, courses, and research while still having opportunities to enjoy one another’s company and the excitement of New York City.
New York City: The Very Center of Business
Columbia’s location in New York City cannot be underestimated when choosing a PhD program. The city fuels so much of what happens at the School, and the School feeds back into the city with current students, new graduates, and visiting faculty members.
Since its inception, Columbia Business School has maintained a symbiotic relationship with New York City. It is the nexus for business research and the implementation of ideas that impact industries. Columbia Business School’s proximity to an extraordinary concentration of business leaders means that our students get constant access to the best minds in business, who regularly visit to teach, speak, and meet with students. (In fact, no business school has more on-campus visits than we do.) Columbia Business School alumni have found their place in nearly every top industry in the city and are often willing to help with internships, job strategies, and one-on-one advice.
Columbia University
As a member of the Columba community you have access to endless resources. This includes more than a dozen libraries and the training workshops they provide. You have access to a phenomenal health services office, initiatives sponsored by the Religious Life Office, and innovative programming the Miller Theatre offers in collaboration with the School of the Arts. Because of Columbia's convenient location and deep ties to the business, the opportunities for students are limitless. You’ll receive unmatched exposure to the pulse of business.
The Columbia Business School Community
At Columbia Business School, we believe that belonging and engagement strengthens any community or business model and brings it greater success. That’s why we’re committed to nurturing an environment of belonging and engagement by making sure everyone is represented in our community. We are constantly finding ways to further promote belonging and engagement, particularly through our more than 100 unique student organizations at Columbia Business School.
Columbia Business School students take part in the Phillips Pathway for Inclusive Leadership program, which aims to provide students the skills in learning how to manage and advocate for belonging and engagement in their workplaces.
Manhattanville
In January 2022, Columbia Business School opened a new, state-of-the-art campus in Manhattanville. Comprising 17 acres in the western portion of Harlem known as Manhattanville, Columbia University’s new campus is home to CBS students and will feature groundbreaking research and world-class education in a variety of fields, from neuroscience and business to international affairs and the arts. Situated just five blocks north of the University’s Morningside Heights Campus, the Manhattanville Campus will host graduate-level schools and research centers, housing for faculty and students, and spaces for the community.