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Clinton Visits Campus Worldwide Connections

The Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders program draws big-name speakers to campus. 

Global Leaders Program  
Dalai Lama Visit
Richard Branson on Campus 
Colin Powell at Colgate 
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Renowned President Colgate Leadership

Since becoming Colgate’s 16th president in 2010, Jeffrey Herbst has launched a transformational effort to build the university’s financial aid resources.

About Jeffrey Herbst
Fundraising Success
Senior Staff
Board of Trustees
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Sustaining Academic Excellence Tradition

The university cherishes its past while taking full advantage of all that the 21st century offers. Our residential campus continues to pursue academic excellence through in-depth personal discussions with faculty who utilize the latest technologies to foster those conversations.

Intellectual Engagement
Ho Tung Visualization Lab
Robots at the Library
Tradition
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Forbes Finds Hamilton Welcoming Community

The home of Colgate — Hamilton, N.Y. — was named one of America’s most friendly towns by Forbes magazine. That is not a surprise to students and alumni who frequent the restaurants and shops or visit the farmers market in the Village Green.

Forbes Highlights Hamilton
Discover Hamilton
Colgate Inn
Colgate Bookstore
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Trudy Fitness Center Top-Notch Facilities

Our new fitness center promotes healthy lifestyles and wellness on campus. It also is certified LEED gold for its environmental wellness!

LEED Gold Certification
Lathrop Hall Renovated in 2013
Libraries
Athletics Facilities

About Colgate

Colgate University is a highly selective residential liberal arts institution distinguished by academic excellence and interdisciplinary inquiry. Located on a beautiful campus in upstate New York, Colgate takes pride in the active engagement of its students and faculty in local, national, and global communities.
A view of the academic quad from the top of Colgate Memorial Chapel.

Colgate's Promise

With small classes and a strong emphasis on close faculty-student interaction, we help students become thoughtful critical thinkers and perceptive leaders. Critical to this goal is residence in a community that values all forms of intellectual rigor.

We foster diversity of thought and action academically and through participation in a wide variety of clubs, performing arts opportunities, a thriving fraternity and sorority system, and Division I athletics.

We offer 52 majors and 13 additional minors to an internationally and culturally diverse student body of 2,900 students. Our Liberal Arts Core Curriculum, which has been in place since 1928,  has been recognized as one of the most ambitious and elegant general education programs in the country.

This strong liberal arts background proves incredibly powerful after graduation, with students launching start-ups, finding jobs with established industry leaders, or being accepted at highly ranked graduate schools.

Undergraduate Research

Professor Anthony Chianese and a student examine a sample in chemistry lab.
Ninety-eight percent of the university's full-time faculty has achieved the highest degree in their fields, typically the PhD. Students are often drawn to Colgate because of the many opportunities to pursue research with faculty members, either as part of their academic-year experience or through summer programs.

It is not unusual for a Colgate undergraduate to have co-authored a peer-reviewed journal article prior to graduation, or to be invited to present research findings at a national conference. LEARN MORE