Current student workers and interns for Undergraduate Admissions welcome your questions. To speak with a student directly, please email askastudent@columbia.edu. Get to know some of our Undergraduate Admissions Interns on the Meet Our Students page.
Tours and virtual information sessions, as well as other virtual events, are offered throughout the year on a varying schedule. All Columbia Undergraduate Admissions events require registration ahead of time. Please note that Columbia does not offer an in-person information session.
Campus tours and other programming are usually not available during University holidays, academic breaks or examination study days, according to the Columbia University Academic Calendar. Please consult our Campus Visit and Virtual Visit calendars to register for events and plan your visit experience, or check out our virtual tour if you are unable to visit campus during a tour time.
Columbia University is located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City. It is easily accessible by public transportation, including from regional airports. Please consult our Campus Visits page to learn how to get to campus through a variety of transit methods.
As of Friday, January 26, 2024, the Columbia University Visitors Center has temporarily relocated to Hepburn Lounge in Uris Hall. Guests should enter through the southeast corner terrace, across from Schermerhorn Hall. Read more about this relocation.
Guests should go to the Visitors Center for all questions regarding Columbia, including checking in for campus tours.
Undergraduate Admissions is located at Hamilton Hall 212. Hamilton Hall is on the southeast corner of College Walk at the heart of campus.
There are a number of hotels within an accessible distance from campus. For information on Columbia University deals with local hotels, as well as addresses and phone numbers to other budget accommodations, please see our Campus Visit page.
Columbia provides self-guided walking tours in three other languages to accommodate families. Copies of these self-guided walking tours—in Spanish, French and Chinese, as well as in English—are available on the Visitors Center website.
Undergraduate Admissions works closely with faculty, and we collaborate for both admissions review and in outreach to admitted students, but we are unable to facilitate conversations or meetings with faculty members or departments. As prospective students, we encourage you to direct specific academic questions to Undergraduate Admissions at ugrad-ask@columbia.edu.
Please visit the Columbia Athletics website, click on the "Recruiting" tab, and scroll down to select "Recruiting Questionnaire" to complete the form that will be sent to the team's coaches.