SUNY University at Albany

The State University of New York at Albany, also known as University at Albany, State University of New York, SUNY Albany or simply UAlbany, is an internationally recognized public research institution located in Albany (the state capital), Guilderland, and East Greenbush, New York.

With an enrollment of over 17,000 students in nine schools and colleges, SUNY Albany carries out a broad mission of undergraduate and graduate education (111 undergraduate and 120 graduate programs), research, and service. Many of these programs are nationally ranked, among them criminal justice, information technology, public administration, social welfare and sociology. UAlbany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ranks number one in the world. Moreover, the University’s academic choices include a range of new and emerging fields such as public administration, globalization, documentary studies, biotechnology and informatics.

10 Colleges and Schools :

• - The College of Arts & Sciences [CAS] is the University at Albany’s largest academic unit and the core of its intellectual activity. It provides the general education foundation of the undergraduate curriculum and is the intellectual base for study in a wide variety of disciplines at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• - College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering: CNSE’s Albany NanoTech Complex has attracted over 250 global corporate partners – and is the most advanced research complex at any university in the world.
• - The UAlbany School of Business has recently received several national and global accolades. European CEO magazine has named the UAlbany School of Business the Most Innovative Business School in the Northeast Region of the U.S. The Princeton Review ranks our MBA #2 in the U.S. for Opportunities for Women, and named us #13 for General Management.
• Please Note that restrictions may apply to the School of Business.
• - School of Education: The School’s renowned research faculty challenges and motivates as it explores profound change in educational theory, learning and human development. Students are also nourished by the University’s strategic location in New York’s Capital Region and Tech Valley. It offers valuable opportunities for internships as well as inquiry into and implementation of researched-based solutions for schools and communities.
• - The College of Computing & Information (CCI) at the University at Albany, State University of New York is one of the first academic units in the country to combine strong technical education and research with an application-oriented perspective that ensures that information systems effectively serve the needs of individuals and organizations.
• - Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy: Rockefeller College prepares students to make lasting contributions to public service – as citizens, professionals, and future educators. The College is among the top public affairs schools in the country with nationally-recognized faculty experts in politics, governance, policy, and public management.
• - The School of Criminal Justice is concerned with the study of all aspects of crime and societal reactions to crime. We examine political, economic and cultural patterns that shape definitions of crime and influence the policy choices about how to respond to certain categories of crime. We also study social and personal forces that lead to criminal conduct, and we analyze the organization and operation of crime control systems.
• - The School of Social Welfare ranks near the top, not only among schools of social work in New York State colleges and universities, but nationwide.
• - The School of Public Health is a unique partnership between the New York State Dept. of Health and the University at Albany. The school is also affiliated with Albany Medical Center and Bassett Healthcare.
• - Honors College: The foundation of the experience in the Honors College comprises coursework, research, internships, and field-placements. All involve intense collaborations among students and professors.

In every area of study, students are instructed by faculty who are world-class scholars and teachers – many actively engaged in life-enhancing research that contributes profoundly to the public good.

The University at Albany, State University of New York Libraries provide more than two million volumes, and rank among the top 100 research libraries in the U.S., according to the Association of Research Libraries. Users from around the world access services and collections through the libraries’ online systems and Web site. The University’s libraries offer a program of information literacy and user education with instruction that ranges from a focus on traditional bibliographic access to collaborative classes integrated into the curriculum.

The UAlbany Student Association, or SA, is a student run, non-profit, corporation which organizes and funds much of the student oriented activities on campus. The SA funds and recognizes more than 200 student groups, plans many concerts, speaking engagements, and comedy shows. The SA impacts students in the classroom as well, through funding of general education courses. Modeled after the U.S. government, SA consists of 3 branches: executive, legislative (unicameral Student Association Senate), and judicial (Supreme Court). The SA is funded directly by the entire undergraduate student body of the University at Albany, State University of New York.

The Student Association owns an 850 acre (3.4 km²) wilderness retreat facility in the Adirondack Mountains (see SUNY Plattsburgh) called Camp Dippikill. The cabins and campsites at Dippikill are open to reservations from the University’s undergraduates, graduate students, alumni, faculty and staff.

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Website: www.albany.edu
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Start: 27/08/2012