Queens College prepares students to become leaders of our global society by offering a rigorous education in the liberal arts and sciences under the guidance of a faculty dedicated to teaching and research. This is a community of high standards and higher ambitions. With a faculty and student population that reflects the diversity of New York City, Queens College provides an unusually rich education. Whatever they major in, our students develop analytical abilities, communication skills, and a broad perspective that will enable them to succeed in any career.
Our facilities support our educational goals. Powdermaker Hall, the primary classroom building, boasts state-of-the-art technology. The Benjamin Rosenthal Library, with its light-filled atrium and distinctive clock tower, features innovations in information retrieval. Science labs in Remsen Hall have been upgraded through a renovation and construction of a new wing. The Aaron Copland School of Music has professional performance spaces—including the acoustically ideal LeFrak Concert Hall—and practice rooms equipped with Steinway pianos.
The college has expanded its wireless capability and opened new cafés and dining areas. Fresh landscaping, new tennis courts, and an extensive recycling program are among the latest improvements. The Summit Apartments, the first residence hall on campus, opened in August 2009.
The admin¬istration is dedicated to making students feel that the college is their home away from home, whether they live here or commute. A campus is a busy place, with over 100 clubs and a full athletics program. A Child Development Center, staffed by professionals, offers inexpensive day-care services to students with children. Ongoing cultural events include readings by renowned writers, concerts, and theatre and dance performances.
The college has over 600 full-time faculty members, nearly 90% have a terminal degree in their fields (not all fields offer doctorates), and 66% have tenure. Queen's professors have received national recognition such as Guggenheim fellowships and Fulbright awards and funding from prestigious organizations and government agencies such as the National Science Foundation. Almost half of the current faculty were hired in the last six years after teaching and earning their advanced degrees at such distinguished universities as Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Oxford.
At its founding in 1937, Queens College was hailed by the borough people as "the college of the future." Now part of the City University of New York (CUNY), Queens College offers a rigorous education in the liberal arts and sciences under the guidance of a faculty dedicated to teaching and research. Students graduate with the ability to think critically, address complex problems, explore various cultures, and use modern technologies and information resources.
Located in a residential area of Flushing in the borough of Queens—America's most ethnically diverse county, it has students from more than 150 nations. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Queens College, is consistently ranked among the nation's leading institutions for the quality of its academic programs and student achievement. Recognized as one of the most affordable public colleges in the country, Queens College offers a first-rate education to talented people of all backgrounds and financial means.
The beautiful campus consists of 80 acres lined with trees surrounding grassy open spaces and a traditional quad. The college boasts state-of-the-art computer and science laboratories, a spectacular music building, and the six-story Rosenthal Library. The primary classroom building, Powdermaker Hall, has the latest technology throughout. An extensive commitment to sustainability has earned Queens College inclusion in the Princeton Review's first-ever Guide to 322 Green Colleges.
Academic programs are organized into four divisions: Arts and Humanities Mathematics and the Natural Sciences, the Social Sciences, and Education (Queens College educates more teachers than any other college in the New York City region). The college offers several new undergraduates and graduate majors, including a B.A. in Chinese, a B.A. in Classics, a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, an MFA in Creative Writing and Translation, an M.S. in Photonics, and an M.S. in Risk Management.
Queens College participates in CUNY's Macaulay Honors College, a challenging program open to the most academically gifted students. It also offers qualified students its own honors programs in the arts and humanities, sciences, and social sciences. An Honors Center with lounges and labs is available for students participating in the college's various honors programs.
The college's centers and institutes serve students and the broader community by addressing society's most important challenges—including cancer, pollution, and racism—as well as celebrating the borough's many ethnic communities. Its arts scene is vibrant, thanks to the Kupferberg Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, which brings together the college's academic departments in the Arts (Music, Drama, Theatre & Dance, Art, and Media Studies) and its museums (the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, the Queens College Art Center, and the Louis Armstrong House Museum). The celebrated Evening Readings Series has brought some of the world's most acclaimed writers to campus.
The college's administration is committed to making the campus a home away from home for its students with over 100 clubs and teams, from the Science Organization of Minority Students to clubs for theatre, fencing, environmental science, and martial arts. The only CUNY college that participates in NCAA Division II sports, Queens sponsors men's and women's teams, and has some of the metropolitan area's adequate athletics facilities. The college continues to open new cafes, dining areas, and lounge areas to improve the Student Union and other buildings and embark on various beautification projects to enhance students' experience on campus.
Queens College opened its first residence hall, The Summit, in fall 2009. Now known as Summit Apartments, it houses approximately 500 students. Summit earned LEED Gold certification, a ranking established by the U.S. Green Building Council, thanks to its green design and use of sustainable strategies for water and energy.
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