Research & Innovation | Columbia Engineering

Research at Columbia Engineering leverages our world-class talent and facilities to create solutions to humanity’s most pressing challenges.

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Engineering for Humanity

Read about our vision for creating a more sustainable, healthy, secure, connected, and creative future through the art and science of engineering.

Strategic Areas

Learn about the key areas in which we’re leveraging our resources for maximum impact.

Research Institutes, Centers & Initiatives

Our centers and institutes bring together experts from across Columbia to tackle today’s toughest technological challenges.

Information For Partners

Discover how to partner with Columbia Engineering to advance your goals and contribute to a better future.

Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship

Discover how we’re fostering a rich entrepreneurial ecosystem, translating the results of research into innovative solutions.

Two Columbia Engineering students work on a research project.

Student & Postdoctoral Research Opportunities

Find a place to engage in vital research, whether you’re just beginning your studies as an engineer or have recently completed an advanced degree.

Office for Research

Find resources for partnering with Columbia Engineering to develop your research.

Research News

Read about the latest discoveries and innovations being pioneered by Columbia engineers.

Video: Faculty Research Q&A

Hear from our faculty on lab life and the big picture implications beyond. Whether building predictive climate models, thin-film electronics, or sustainable concrete, our engineers are not only making an impact in their fields — they are changing the world at large. The driving question for all, we discovered, is one from Professor Helen Lu: “How do we use our creativity to apply engineering principles to improve the lives around us?”

Research By The Numbers

$100M+

Average annual research expenditure

As the largest engineering school in the Ivy League and New York City, we are a major source of innovation and discovery.

55+

Startups launched in past 10 years

Our faculty and alumni are renowned for catalyzing entrepreneurial collaboration across multiple fields and industries.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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Research institutes and centers

Our cross-disciplinary centers and institutes advance the university's strategic goals in cutting-edge research areas.

Institutes, Centers & Initiatives

Student & Postdoc Research

At Columbia Engineering, students at every level take an active role in discovery and innovation. They join in faculty research, explore their own ideas, and translate new discoveries into solutions.

Student & Postdoc Research Opportunities

Partnering With Columbia Engineering

Partnerships are a way for your organization to benefit from the unique resources of Columbia Engineering. Access talent, innovation, expertise and more as a partner.

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