Departments

Columbia has many Departments of Instruction into which faculty are organised.

List of departments

According to some sources, there are 79 departments. To date we have identified 76 departments as follows:

• 30 Faculty of Arts and Sciences departments (844, Est. 1880), comprising:

• 13 humanities departments (327)
• 6 social sciences departments (218), including the School of International and Public Affairs
• 9 natural sciences departments (217)
• School of Continuing Education (19)
• School of the Arts (63)

• 14 Morningside professional departments (468), comprising:

• 9 Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science departments (152)
• Columbia Business School (131)
• Columbia Law School (89, Est. 1858)
• School of Social Work (43, Est. 1898)
• Graduate School of Journalism (30, Est. 1912)
• Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (23, Est. 1896)

• 32 Columbia University Medical Center departments (2163), comprising:

• 17 College of Physicians and Surgeons clinical health sciences departments (1667)
• 7 College of Physicians and Surgeons basic health sciences departments (182)
• 6 School of Public Health departments (165)
• School of Dental and Oral Surgery (165)
• School of Nursing (78)

• Department of Physical Education (aka Columbia Athletics) (70) - unaffiliated with any faculty