Editing CUNY Graduate Center (section)

{{Short description|Public research institution and postgraduate university}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
 | image                  = GC LOGO STACKED WEB 005DAA.svg
 | image_size             = 260px
 | motto                  = We Believe That Knowledge Is a Public Good
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[post-graduate university]]
 | established            = {{start date|1961}}
 | budget                 = >$114 million (2025)
 | president              = Joshua Brumberg
 | provost                = Norman Carey (Interim)
 | city                   = [[New York City]]
 | state                  = [[New York (state)|New York]]
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{coord|40.7485|-73.9836|type:edu_region:US-NY|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Urban, {{cvt|570,000|sqft}}<ref name=altmancunydeal>{{cite news |last=Statin |first=Peter |date=December 4, 1995 |title=CUNY, Altman Owners' Deal to House Graduate Center |url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/19951204/SUB/512040739/cuny-altman-owners-deal-to-house-graduate-center |work=[[Crain's New York Business]] |location=New York |access-date=December 19, 2017 }}</ref>
 | free_label             = Newspaper
 | free                   = ''The Advocate''
 | students               = 3,100+
 | postgrad               = 
 | doctoral               = 2,621 (2024)
 | academic_staff         = 1,840 (2015)
 | colors                 = {{color box|#005daa}}{{color box|black}} Blue and white<ref name=colors>{{cite web |url=https://www.gc.cuny.edu/CUNY_GC/media/CUNY-Graduate-Center/PDF/GCLogoGraphicGuidelines/CUNY_Graduate_Center_Identity_Guidelines_Online.pdf |title=The Graduate Center - Graphic Standards Guidelines |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=The Graduate Center, Cuny |publisher=City University of New York |access-date=November 25, 2016 |quote=The CUNY Blue or black are the primary colors for the wordmark.}}</ref>
 | academic_affiliations  = [[City University of New York]]
 | website                = {{Official URL}}
 | logo                   = GC LOGO HORIZ WEB 005DAA.svg
 | logo_size              = 260px
}}

The '''Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York''' ('''CUNY Graduate Center''') is a [[public university|public]] [[research institution]] and [[post-graduate university|postgraduate university]] in [[New York City]]. Formed in 1961 as Division of Graduate Studies at City University of New York, it was renamed to Graduate School and University Center in 1969. Serving as the principal doctorate-granting institution of the [[City University of New York]] (CUNY) system, CUNY Graduate Center is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "[[List of research universities in the United States#Universities classified as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity"|R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity"]].<ref>{{cite web |date=February 13, 2025 |title=Carnegie Classifications - Institution Profile |url=https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/cuny-graduate-school-and-university-center/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124111757/https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/cuny-graduate-school-and-university-center/ |archive-date=January 24, 2025 |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education |publisher=American Council on Education}}</ref>

CUNY Graduate Center is located at the [[B. Altman and Company Building]] at 365 [[Fifth Avenue]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]]. It offers 32 doctoral programs, 18 master's programs, and operates over 30 research centers and institutes. The Graduate Center employs a core faculty of approximately 130, in addition to over 1,700 faculty members appointed from other CUNY campuses throughout New York City. As of fall 2025, the Graduate Center enrolls over 3,100 students, of which 2,600 are doctoral students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trends in Enrollment |url=https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/cuny.gc.edu.oire.2018/viz/TrendsinEnrollment/Enrollment |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=CUNY Graduate Center, Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness}}</ref> For the fall 2024 semester, the average acceptance rate across all doctoral programs at the CUNY Graduate Center was 16.3%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Admission Rates and Yield Rates by CUNY Graduate Center, Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness |url=https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/cuny.gc.edu.oire.2018/viz/AdmissionRatesandYieldRates/DoctoralAdmissionatCUNYGraduateCenterFall2014-Fall2018 |access-date=13 February 2025 |website=The Graduate Center, City University of New York}}</ref>

The Graduate Center's primary library, named after the American mathematician [[Mina Rees]], is part of the CUNY library network of 31 colleges that collectively holds over 6.2 million volumes. Since 1968, the CUNY Graduate Center has maintained an agreement with the [[New York Public Library]], which gives faculty and students increased borrowing privileges at NYPL's research collections at the [[New York Public Library Main Branch|Stephen A. Schwarzman Building]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Research Borrowing Programs |url=https://www.nypl.org/research/services/marli-research-borrowing-programs |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=The New York Public Library}}</ref> The Graduate Center building also houses the James Gallery, which is an independent exhibition space open to the public, and television studios for [[NYC Media]] and [[CUNY TV]].

The faculty of the CUNY Graduate Center include recipients of the [[Nobel Prize]], the [[Abel Prize]], [[Pulitzer Prize]], the [[National Humanities Medal]], the [[National Medal of Science]], the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]], the [[Rockefeller Fellowship]], the [[Schock Prize]], the [[Bancroft Prize]], the [[Wolf Prize]], [[Grammy Awards]], the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]s, the New York City Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, the [[Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers]], [[Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring]], and memberships in the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]], and the [[National Academy of Education]].