Universities in Manhattan
The origins of Fordham University can be traced to 1839 when John Hughes, the Bishop of New York, bought 100 acres at Rose Hill in the Fordham section of what was then Westchester County for $29,750. However, he said, "I had not, when I purchased the site of this new college...so much as a penny to commence the payment for it."
Explore New York Institute of Technology—a dynamic, highly ranked, and accredited not-for-profit university committed to educating the next generation of leaders, and to inspiring innovation and advancing entrepreneurship.
Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields.
EMERITUS offers management education programs in collaboration with the executive education divisions of MIT Sloan/Columbia Business School Executive Education/Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. The Columbia Business School play a pivotal role in establishing the academic rigor of the Institute. Columbia Business School has committed to contribute its intellectual leadership in the form of core courses and electives. In addition, Columbia Business School is represented in the Academic Steering Committee which has oversight into the academic matters of EMERITUS.