Graduate Center Description

The Office of Public Affairs and Publications has provided the following brief description of the Graduate Center for use by academic departments, centers and institutes, faculty members, and administrative departments in recruitment publications, center and institute brochures, grant applications, events announcements, invitations, etc.

The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Established in 1961, the Graduate Center is the doctorate-granting institution of the City University of New York (CUNY). An internationally-recognized center for advanced studies and a national model for public doctoral education, the Graduate Center offers more than thirty doctoral programs in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and the natural sciences, as well as a number of master's programs. Many of its faculty members are among the world's leading scholars in their respective fields. A recent Academic Analytics Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index placed ten of the Graduate Center’s Ph.D. programs among the top ten in the country, and six were ranked in the top five. The school currently enrolls over 4000 students from throughout the United States, as well as from about eighty foreign countries, and its alumni hold major positions in industry and government, as well as in academia. The Graduate Center is also home to twenty-nine interdisciplinary research centers and institutes focused on areas of compelling social, civic, cultural, and scientific concerns. Located in a landmark Fifth Avenue building, the Graduate Center has become a vital part of New York City's intellectual and cultural life with its extensive array of public lectures, exhibitions, concerts, and theatrical events. Further information on the Graduate Center and its programs can be found at www.gc.cuny.edu.