City University of New York

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City University of New York
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founding April 11, 1961
Sponsorship New York (State)
place New York City , New York , United States
United StatesUnited States 
Students approx. 480,000
Website www.cuny.edu

The City University of New York , shortly CUNY , the University network of state universities in New York City . Like the State University of New York and California State University , CUNY is a large state university system in the United States .

The history of the CUNY goes back to the founding of the Free Academy of the City of New York , later City College of New York , in 1847. After the founding of the CUNY, the city still shared the costs in equal measure with the state of New York , but CUNY is now largely funded by New York State.

Locations

CUNY has 23 locations.

Senior colleges

Community colleges

Graduate and professional schools

Web links

Commons : City University of New York  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f The Birth Of a Modern University . CUNY. September 16, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2014: "Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller's pen signed into history today, April 11, 1961, at 4:30 pm, The City University of New York."
  2. ↑ Our History . City College of New York. Retrieved January 5, 2014.