About the School of Continuing Education

Welcome

The School of Continuing Education at Columbia University is a resource for those who wish to take their lives in new directions.

Our students are motivated, serious, academically oriented people who seek professional, personal, or academic development in subjects that range from the sciences to the humanities to the arts.

The scope of the School extends far beyond evening classes for returning students. Our programs serve not only nondegree and professional students, but also hundreds of graduate and undergraduate Columbia matriculates every year.

We currently offer

• Eight professional master’s degrees
• Postbaccalaureate study in over 50 subject areas
• Over 30 high school program curricular options
• Ten levels of ESL instruction
• Access to Arts and Sciences courses through the Auditing and Lifelong Learning Programs
• the University's Summer Term

Though this offering is diverse, our programs are unified by our mission: to mount innovative instructional programs unavailable elsewhere at the University that meet Columbia’s standard of excellence, take good advantage of its resources, and produce positive educational outcomes for the members of our diverse student body.

Please explore our site and consider all that Columbia’s School of Continuing Education has to offer.