CHARACTER
An independent college of liberal arts and sciences for women, affiliated with Columbia University, founded in 1889. Barnard has its own campus, faculty, administration, trustees, operating budget, and endowment. Through the Barnard-Columbia partnership, students on both campuses choose from a wide array of courses and academic resources and take part in a great variety of student organizations. Barnard has a long tradition of graduating leaders in the arts, business, government, and science.

LOCATION
Manhattan, New York City. Barnard's neighborhood, Morningside Heights, is essentially a university town. Neighboring institutions include the Manhattan School of Music, Teachers College, Bank Street College of Education, Union Theological Seminary, and Jewish Theological Seminary.

HISTORY
In October 1889, the first Barnard class met in a rented brownstone at 343 Madison Avenue; there was a faculty of six and 14 students in the School of Arts. Nine years later, the college moved to its present site on Morningside Heights. In 1900 it was included in the educational system of Columbia University with provisions unique among women's colleges: it was governed by its own trustees, faculty, and dean, and was responsible for its own endowment and facilities, while sharing instruction, the library, and the degree of the university.

CAMPUS
Occupies four acres, academic facilities include Barnard Hall, with the world-famous Center for Research on Women, seminar rooms, classrooms, and faculty offices; Adele Lehman Hall, housing the undergraduate Wollman Library; Helen Goodhart Altschul Hall, dedicated primarily to mathematics and the sciences; and Milbank Hall, housing administrative and faculty offices, classrooms, a greenhouse, and the Minor Latham Playhouse, a small, modern theatre.