Why does Columbia need more space?
Today, Columbia has significantly less space per student than other top-ranking universities. It has half the space of Harvard and a third the space of Princeton and Yale. If Columbia were not taking steps toward gradual, well-planned expansion, it would be difficult for the University to remain a local center for world-class intellectual excellence and cutting-edge academic research and patient care in the decades ahead. Columbia is not alone in planning to expand: Harvard University; University of California, San Francisco; Yale University; University of Pennsylvania; and University of Michigan, among other schools, including City College of New York, are engaged in strategic growth initiatives. As we look toward meeting the challenges that will face the city, the nation, and the world in the future, Columbia anticipates adding hundreds of new researchers as part of the proposed expansion. They will form a thriving community of scholars collaborating across scientific disciplines to
