Founded in 1847, The City College of New York (CCNY) is the oldest of the City University's institutions of higher learning. The campus is on 35 acres of grass and tree land in Manhattan. In Fall 2016, it had 16,151 students in graduate, masters, PhD & undergraduate programs in Liberal Arts and Science, Architecture, Engineering, Education and Biomedical Education. CCNY has made a major investment in two new Science buildings. It created and opened a new Architecture building. The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership was opened in 2012. CCNY has one of the most diverse student bodies in America, representing some countries. In Fall 2016, 576 languages other than English were spoken at CCNY. There are 193 in the world - CCNY has students from 89.6% of them. In Fall 2016 CCNY opened the CUNY Medical School. The College is ranked among the top 12 nationally in graduates who have gone on to earn doctorates and is internationally known for the research activities of its faculty, which received grant support totaling over in 2015-2016 $58,542,502

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