When you need advice and you’re not sure where to start, you can reach out to any part of your network to be connected with the best office and resource to help you. Get to know a few of the offices that will be part of your support network
You have been assigned an adviser who will reach out to you this summer and work with you throughout your undergraduate career. You can meet with your adviser in the Berick Center for Student Advising as often as you’d like for academic and preprofessional advising or resources and programs supporting your academic success.
You are encouraged to connect with CCE — even in your first year — to learn about career services and programs, which include jobs and internships, career counseling, and resources that will help you to prepare for your professional journey.
Academic Affairs develops and manages the curriculum, policies, and procedures for Columbia College; provides direction and support for the Core Curriculum; oversees academic advising; and assists the Columbia faculty in their work with undergraduates. Academic Affairs includes the Center for the Core Curriculum, Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, and The James H. and Christine Turk Berick Center for Student Advising.
Engineering Student Affairs provides programming and services to undergraduate as well as graduate Engineering students that support and enhance their experience and success. ESA offers holistic guidance from Orientation to Class Day, including academic advising, class registration, and events that promote student life and wellness. This office is the go-to resource for Engineering students.
Student and Family Support provides resources for student wellness, family engagement, and academic integrity for Columbia College and Columbia Engineering students and their families and guardians.
The Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement supports academic and co-curricular opportunities — including study abroad and global internships, service-learning, research, and courses on campus and abroad — for global learning and engagement. Through the Global Columbia Collaboratory, students have the opportunity to connect virtually with experts and each other, and to reflect, collaborate, and ideate on some of the world's most complex issues.
Undergraduate Research and Fellowships empowers students to cultivate new knowledge and to grow as individuals and as citizens of the world by ensuring opportunities that provide intellectual rigor and personal, academic, and professional growth.
Undergraduate Student Life shapes a vibrant undergraduate co-curricular experience beyond the classroom where students grow as leaders, find belonging, and develop the skills, values, and confidence needed to navigate complexity and thrive at Columbia and beyond.