Overview
Introduction to Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is among our nation's elite public colleges. A part of the City University of New York (CUNY), the college enrolls on average 16,500 undergraduate and graduate students, who represent the ethnic and cultural diversity of the most populous and exciting borough in the city.
Brooklyn College's academic programs have been lauded by popular college guides as being on par with Ivy League institutions. In particular, the guides single out the many opportunities offered to students to participate in prestigious internships, to travel abroad, and to attain research positions. The excellence of its programs, the many rewarding opportunities, and an affordable tuition are what give Brooklyn College students the edge they need to succeed.
Situated on a twenty-six-acre landscaped, park-like campus that is close to all of New York City's cultural and social activities, the college has been cited as among the nation's most beautiful.
Transportation Options at Brooklyn College
The college, located near several popular Brooklyn thoroughfares, is conveniently close to subway and bus lines. Cycle-friendly, the campus features monitored bike racks at all its major entrances. Street parking and parking lots are also available.
Academics at Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is an innovative liberal arts institution, offering more than 130 programs in the humanities, education, the arts, business, and the sciences and social sciences, leading to bachelor's and master's degrees as well as advanced certificates.
The college is particularly noted for its Education, Film, TV and Radio, Theater, and Economics Departments, and its business program and science departments.
Faculty of Brooklyn College
In recent years, Brooklyn College has welcomed almost 300 new faculty members -- more than half of the full-time faculty -- with credentials from such universities as Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and Oxford. Among them are Fulbright, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Foundation fellows, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning authors, and an Obie Award-winning playwright, as well as award-winning scientists and musicians.
Faculty members often collaborate on interdisciplinary work, to the benefit of their students. In business, education, the arts, government, law, the sciences, medicine, and other fields, Brooklyn College graduates have reached the top tier of their professions.
Special Programs at Brooklyn College
Through its First College Year program, the college offers intense academic and social support for entering students to facilitate their transition to college. Beginning in the summer with Pre-Freshmen Immersion, incoming students are offered special workshops and seminars. Comprehensive and ongoing student orientation and advisement continue throughout the first semester. Priority registration and specialized counseling strengthen the opportunity for a successful academic start to the undergraduate experience.
One of Brooklyn College's most stellar programs is the Honors Academy. The Honors Academy is comprised of six units that offer academically talented students the opportunity to take enriched courses and seminars and to participate in research and internships. The programs are: the Brooklyn College Scholars Program, the Coordinated B.A.-M.D. Program, the William E. Macaulay Honors College, the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, and the Minority Access to Research Careers and Honors Engineering programs.
For students who wish to graduate as fast as possible, Brooklyn College has developed The On-Course Advantage (TOCA), which offers students priority registration and guaranteed availability of required courses.
Study Abroad - Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College has a rich array of study abroad opportunities. With more than $500,000 in travel stipends and grants available to pursue studies, our students can be found all over the world.
Student Life at Brooklyn College
The college sponsors fourteen NCAA Division III athletic teams and numerous intramural teams. Volleyball, tennis, and basketball are favorite sports. Last year, the men's basketball team won the division championship
Safety at Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is an oasis in a quiet urban neighborhood and its seasoned Peace Officers provide a safe and secure environment 24/7.
Facilities at Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College has outstanding science facilities, including dozens of on-campus laboratories that support academic work in such fields as biology, computer science, and health and nutrition sciences. Cutting-edge technology is also available for such programs as performance and interactive media arts.
Outside of the classroom, students are supported by the most technologically advanced library in CUNY, which houses more than 1.3 million volumes; by more than 1,300 public access computers; by widespread WIFI access; and by a Web portal that provides a wide variety of personalized services.
Brooklyn College also maintains state-of-the-art facilities to support instruction: technology-enhanced classrooms and lecture halls; large-scale, comfortable computer labs with college-wide access, open from sixteen to twenty-four hours each day, with free printing and more than one thousand Dell, Apple, and Sun workstations; more than fifty discipline-specific computer labs; and video-conferencing facilities. Additional special libraries are available for art, music, classics, and speech communication arts and sciences.
Housing at Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College does not provide on-campus housing but is associated with a residence hall that will start occupancy fall 2010, and the neighborhood around the college has a variety of affordable housing options.
