Emabhange oMfula i-Hudson, umzila ohlukanisa amadolobha aseNew York kanye I-New Jersey, yiwona ohlonishwayo IColumbia University yaseNew York, ehlala kumabhulokhi ayisithupha esiqhingini saseManhattan, cishe ngamamitha-skwele ayizinkulungwane eziyi-130 phakathi kwe-Upper West Side neHarlem, endaweni eyaziwa njenge Ukuphakama kwaseMorningside.
Lesi sikhungo semfundo Yasungulwa yiKing George II yase-England e-1754, okuyenza ibe endala kunawo wonke amadolobha futhi ibe eyesithupha kulo lonke elase-United States. Igama lakhe lokuqala kwakunguKing's College. Ngo-1784, yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi iColumbia's College, futhi kwaze kwaba ngo-1896 lapho yathathwa yaqanjwa ngegama layo lamanje.
Kuzofanele ubheke kuphela uhlu lwabanye babafundi abadumile ukuze uthole udumo lwalesi sikhungo. Omongameli abathathu base-United States badlule emakilasini ayo, UTheodore Roosevelt, uFranklin Delano Roosevelt, noBarack Obama, kanye nabangu-79 abathola izindondo zeNobel. Kungakho minyaka yonke, kunabaningi abafuna ukuba yingxenye yeqembu elikhethiwe labafundi abangaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-25, abavela kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba.
Columbia University Ungavakashela ngokukhululeka kusukela ngoMsombuluko kuze kube uLwesihlanu. Inesikhungo sezivakashi, esisegumbini lenombolo 213 lalesi sakhiwo Umtapo Wezincwadi Ophansi weSikhumbuzo. Lesi sikhungo sisebenza phakathi kuka-9: 00 ekuseni no-17: 00 ntambama, ngoMsombuluko kuze kube uLwesihlanu.
Nsuku zonke uhambo lwamahhala yiYunivesithi, nomhlahlandlela, futhi ukuze ukubhaliswa noma ukubhuka kungadingeki. Kumele sizethule nje ngaphambi nje kuka-13: 00 ntambama esikhungweni sezivakashi.