The SPS Student Experience
Whether pursuing one of 18 master’s degrees, returning for post-baccalaureate credentials, or visiting from another university to accelerate undergraduate or graduate studies, every student at the School of Professional Studies (SPS) benefits from intentionally designed resources and services that make SPS the place to study no matter your path.
Benefit from Flexible Programs
Study full-time, part-time, on campus, or online. Whether you are a seasoned professional, just starting or restarting your career, or a visiting student from another university, SPS is intentionally designed to meet you where you are.
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Experience Belonging with Student Accessibility and Inclusion
SPS welcomes students from all over the globe and creates greater access to the School through fellowships, scholarships and community programs. Within the school, SPS works towards greater equity and a deeper sense of belonging through its DEIA committee composed of faculty, staff, and students.
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Study with Scholar-Practitioner Faculty
SPS students are taught by scholar-practitioners who bring their industry directly into the classroom, providing students with opportunities to solve real-time problems and connect with senior industry leaders.
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The Pedagogical Lab: Training Practitioners to Translate Their Industry Knowledge
Recruiting C-suite executives to become faculty requires SPS to invest in intensive training. The Pedagogical Lab—a unique and immersive instructional development program for faculty at the School—trains industry leaders to translate their experience into classroom curriculum and instruction.
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Make the Most of Student Life and Services
SPS ensures that students have access to a wide array of services aimed at supporting their well-being and success. From housing to student health, advising to academic resources, 30+ student organizations to more than 200 organized events per year, SPS supports its students every step of the way.
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Live and Learn in New York City
Studying at Columbia means being at the center of a major global city with unparalleled access to industry resources, professional networking, NYC’s world renown arts, culture, and nightlife, and a travel springboard to the wider U.S.
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Leverage Summer Opportunities with SPS
Summer at Columbia offers many opportunities for students to call the campus their home. Students make the most of their summer by accelerating their studies alongside Columbia's matriculated students and experiencing campus life and NYC's museums, restaurants, parks, beaches, and sports teams.
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Demonstrate Your Degree with Capstones and Culminating Projects
Many SPS programs require students to undertake a capstone course or similar final project. Such courses provide SPS students with a unique opportunity to demonstrate mastery of the skills and knowledge acquired through their studies by addressing a challenge being faced by an industry client.
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Get Ahead with the Career Design Lab
SPS students sculpt meaningful careers that resonate with personal purpose and industry demands. To accomplish this, CDL offers individualized coaching and career assessment, résumé guidance, agile internship and job-search strategies, personal branding, interview skills, advice on career transition
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Form a Lifelong Connection to the Columbia University Alumni Community
Graduate from SPS and become a member of the Columbia University alumni community, including more than 15,000 SPS graduates in nearly 100 countries. Alumni Relations at SPS helps forge lifelong connections through in person and online networking opportunities organized around the world.
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