Capital Projects

New student housing is open and work is under way on a new science building and expanded library.

Annual Fund

This special video shows why giving to the Annual Fund is vital to the university.

The Colgate Plan

Read about the university's strategic plan

About Colgate

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Colgate University 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, NY 13346 (315) 228-1000

Welcome to Colgate

Colgate is a nationally recognized liberal arts college set on a beautiful campus in central New York.

Colgate University 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, NY 13346 (315) 228-1000

Some 2,750 undergraduates are enrolled in 51 programs, taking advantage of the university's award-winning curriculum, off-campus study program, and numerous research opportunities.

Students enjoy small class sizes taught by expert faculty members -- not teaching assistants.

The university’s strategic plan offers a blueprint for turning today’s students into tomorrow’s leaders, joining the scores of alumni already playing major roles in a variety of fields. The Center for Career Services is a key player as students make this transition.

Colgate hums with activity. It is a place where the arts thrive. Student-athletes compete at the very highest level of NCAA Division I sports. There are dozens of club and intramural sports programs, and the college’s outdoor education program is second to none.

Above all, Colgate is about academic excellence. It is a tradition forged in 1819 and honed through the years by each class of select students.

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Board of Trustees

 

Colgate's mission is to provide a demanding, expansive educational experience to a select group of diverse, talented, intellectually sophisticated students who are capable of challenging themselves, their peers, and their teachers in a setting that brings together living and learning. The purpose of the university is to develop wise, thoughtful, critical thinkers and perceptive leaders by encouraging young men and women to fulfill their potential through residence in a community that values all forms of intellectual rigor and respects the complexity of human understanding. — From the university mission statement