Weill Cornell Medical College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Weill Cornell Medical College, also known as Weill Medical College of Cornell University, was founded on April 14, 1898. Initially, the college operated a medical school, and a psychiatric clinic. These two institutions merged in 1932 when the college became affiliated with what is now known as the New York-Presbyterian Hospital. The campus of Weill Cornell Medical College is located in New York, New York.

Weill Cornell Medical College offers a number of master's, and doctorate degrees which are offered through more than 20 departments, and concentrate on neurology, biochemistry, genetic medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, anesthesiology, biochemistry, urology, and ophthalmology.

Weill Cornell Medical College publishes various magazines and newspapers like the "weillcornellmedicine", and "onTheMove". The students are involved in on-campus organizations including the Student National Medical Association Weill Cornell Chapter, the Minority Association for Pre-Health Students, the American Medical Association, the Brain Interest Group, Funny Bones, the Performing Art Clubs, the Sports Medicine Interest Group, and the Film Appreciation Society.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in science and medicine.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Medical schools and medical centers.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Weill Cornell Medical College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 965 in 2009-2010 (647 full-time equivalent).

graduate students are 100%.

Students under 25 years old represent 13% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Weill Cornell Medical College provides on-campus housing for 690 of its 647 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Graduate School Focus

Weill Cornell Medical College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include medical degrees.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (33 awarded)

• Physician Assistant

MEDICINE (108 awarded)

• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Medicine (MD)
• Neuroscience

SCIENCE (57 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• Cell Biology and Anatomy
• Epidemiology
• Immunology
• Molecular Biology
• Molecular Physiology
• Pharmacology
• Physiology