The City University of New York is the nation’s leading urban public university. Founded in 1847, CUNY counts 13 Nobel Prize and 24 MacArthur (“Genius”) grant winners among its alumni. CUNY students, alumni and faculty have garnered scores of other…
Our History
The City University of New York was established by an act of the State Legislature in 1961 and thereafter the University was authorized to award the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In 1969, the Board of Higher Education recommended that…
Our Mission Statement
Established in 1971, The City University of New York Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies (formerly the CUNY Baccalaureate Program) provides students with a flexible, academically challenging way to earn their degree while giving them a major share of the…
Our Commitment to Social Justice
The CUNYBA community joins other voices in CUNY as well as across the United States, and indeed the world, to condemn not only the recent heinous actions in Minneapolis but also the systemic racial, social, and economic divide throughout this…