About the Beijing Center

Columbia Global Center Beijing is part of a network of 11 Global Centers of Columbia University in the City of New York, one of the world's leading academic institutions. For over a decade, the Beijing Global Center has served as a regional hub in East Asia, creating spaces for dialogue, collaboration, and knowledge exchange between Columbia and China’s top academics and leaders, contributing to solutions for global challenges and fostering cross-cultural understanding.

Through research projects, academic collaborations, and immersive learning opportunities, the Center supports more than 1,000 Columbia faculty, students, scholars, and alumni each year in promoting intellectual engagement, fostering collaboration, and contributing to the advancement of knowledge and networks in diverse fields.

We are part of Columbia Global, which brings together major initiatives from across the university to advance knowledge and foster global engagement to address complex global challenges. As of July 2023, Columbia Global comprises the Columbia Global Centers, Columbia World Projects, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination.

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