Chinese Students and Scholars Association

Established in 1996, Columbia University Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CUCSSA) was initiated by a group of young Columbia students eager to connect overseas Chinese, and promote active exchanges between China and the Unite States. Now an officially recognized student group on Columbia campus, the CUCSSA has transformed into one of the biggest and most prominent overseas Chinese organizations in the United States. The CUCSSA currently has more than 6000 members, including present Chinese students and scholars of Columbia, Columbia alumni working and living in New York, as well as other overseas Chinese who joined CUCSSA voluntarily. A significant number of CUCSSA’s most seasoned members are now top players in the academic, economic and political arenas in China as well as the United States.