康奈尔大学从一开始就兼具公立和私立双重性质，具有“公私合营”的特点，也是常春藤名校中唯一采用公私合营的办学模式。依靠州政府资助建立了4所公立学院（农业与生物学院、兽医学院、人类生态学院、工业与劳工关系学院），是在康奈尔与州政府合约下运作的州立合约学院（State Contract College），纽约州长同时也是这些学院理事会的成员之一。
在这一独特的合约运作下，州政府稳定为这些学院提供大批运营经费，同时康奈尔大学为纽约州履行公共教育服务和学术推广方面的使命。因此，这四所学院在纽约州内扩大招生，并且本州学生在学费上享有大幅优惠。
公立学院
1. 农业和生命科学学院
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is a pioneer of purpose-driven science and home to Cornell University’s second largest population of students, faculty and staff. We work across disciplines to tackle the challenges of our time through world-renowned research, education and outreach. The questions we probe and the answers we seek focus on three overlapping concerns: natural and human systems; food, energy and environmental resources; and social, physical and economic well-being.Twenty-two undergraduate majors and more than 40 minors. Research graduate degrees in more than 30 fields of study. Three professional degrees and countless certificate and non-degree courses. Our offerings in the agricultural, life, environmental and social sciences don't just rival the breadth and depth of similar colleges, but that of other universities.
农业和生命科学学院是目标驱动科学的先驱，是康奈尔大学第二大学生、教师和工作人员的家。通过世界知名的研究、教育和宣传，跨学科地工作，以应对时代的挑战。
探究的问题和寻求的答案集中在三个重叠的问题上：自然和人类系统；食物、能源和环境资源；以及社会、物质和经济福祉。提供22个本科专业和40多个辅修专业。30多个研究领域的研究性研究生学位。三个专业学位和无数的证书和非学位课程。在农业、生命、环境和社会科学方面的课程不仅可以与同类学院的广度和深度相媲美，而且可以与其他大学相媲美。
2. 兽医学院（研究生院）
The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine is a global leader in veterinary medical education, animal medicine, biomedical research, and public health. We offer premier training in DVM, PhD, master's, and combined degree programs, as well as a broad range of supplemental and continuing education offerings.
康奈尔大学兽医学院是兽医教育、动物医学、生物医学研究和公共卫生领域的全球领导者。提供一流的DVM、博士、硕士和综合学位课程培训，以及广泛的补充和继续教育课程。
3. 人类生态学院
The College of Human Ecology’s mission is to improve lives by exploring and shaping human connections to natural, social and built environments. High-quality education, research and public engagement are the cornerstones of the college and its departments, which include: human development, design and environmental analysis, nutritional sciences, policy analysis and management, and fiber science and apparel design. We prioritize innovative collaboration and are fueled by a powerful, interdisciplinary and applied (translational) approach. The College of Human Ecology is one of four contract colleges.
人类生态学学院的使命是通过探索和塑造人类与自然、社会和建筑环境的联系来改善生活。高质量的教育、研究和公众参与是学院及其部门的基石，其中包括：人类发展、设计和环境分析、营养科学、政策分析和管理以及纤维科学和服装设计。优先考虑创新合作，并以强大的跨学科和应用（转化）方法为动力。
4. 工业与劳工关系学院 School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR)
The ILR School is the leading college of the applied social sciences focusing on work, employment and labor. Its teaching, research and outreach advance the world of work by preparing leaders, informing national and international policy and practices, and improving lives globally. A land-grant college founded in 1945 as the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, ILR offers undergraduate and graduate education, as well as career-long learning for professionals. Study areas include human resource management, labor-management relations, labor economics, organizational behavior, international and comparative labor, labor relations, labor law and history, conflict resolution, management development, executive education, diversity and inclusion, employment and disability and social statistics. ILR is one of four contract colleges.
国际劳工组织学院是领先的应用社会科学学院，专注于工作、就业和劳动。它的教学、研究和外联活动通过培养领导者，为国家和国际政策和实践提供信息，以及在全球范围内改善生活来推进工作世界。作为一所建于1945年的赠地学院，ILR提供本科和研究生教育，以及专业人士的职业学习。研究领域包括人力资源管理、劳资关系、劳动经济学、组织行为、国际和比较劳动、劳动关系、劳动法和历史、冲突解决、管理发展、执行教育、多样性和包容性、就业和残疾以及社会统计。ILR是四个合同学院之一。
私立学院
1. 建筑、艺术和规划学院
The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning marks the Department of Architecture's 150th academic year and a century of art education with a broad slate of college-wide events from exhibitions and artist talks, to symposia, public lectures and special community gatherings.
建筑、艺术和规划学院为纪念建筑系的第150个学年和艺术教育的一个世纪，在全院范围内举办了广泛的活动，从展览和艺术家会谈，到专题讨论会、公共讲座和特别社区聚会。
2. 文理学院
The innovative undergraduate curriculum at A&S has distribution requirements that range from global citizenship to physical sciences to ethics and the mind. Classes build upon each other and cross the boundaries of traditional academic fields. Extensive work occurs outside of your major and minors, and there are no required core courses. Work closely with inspiring faculty to develop the hallmark skills of a liberal arts and sciences education – the ability to read critically, write persuasively and think broadly.
A&S的创新本科课程的分配要求从全球公民权到物理科学到道德和思想。各类课程相互促进，并跨越了传统学术领域的界限。广泛的工作发生在学生的主修和辅修课程之外，而且没有必修的核心课程。与鼓舞人心的教师密切合作，发展文理教育的标志技能 - 批判性阅读、有说服力的写作和广泛思考的能力。
3. 商学院
The Cornell SC Johnson College of Business is comprised of the university's three accredited business schools: the Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. Bringing together the excellence and breadth of Cornell's leading undergraduate, graduate and professional business programs, the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business is a collaborative and comprehensive business management program.
商学院由该大学的三所认证的商学院组成：彼得和斯蒂芬妮-诺兰酒店管理学院、查尔斯-H-戴森应用经济和管理学院以及塞缪尔-柯蒂斯-约翰逊管理研究生院。康奈尔商学院汇集了康奈尔大学领先的本科、研究生和专业商业课程的卓越性和广泛性，是一个合作性的综合商业管理课程。
4. 计算机与信息科学学院
One of Cornell’s newest and fastest growing units, the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science houses the departments of Computer Science, Information Science and Statistics. Our mission is to integrate computing, information and data science into every aspect of Cornell’s undergraduate education, research, scholarly programs and activities. Our award-winning faculty will put you at the forefront of 21st century science and technology and how best to meet society’s needs.
作为康奈尔大学最新和发展最快的单位之一，康奈尔大学计算机与信息科学学院设有计算机科学、信息科学和统计学系。学院的使命是将计算、信息和数据科学融入康奈尔大学本科教育、研究、学术项目和活动的各个方面。获奖的教师将使学生处于21世纪科学和技术的最前沿，以及如何最好地满足社会的需求。
5. 工程学院
We are a surprising, eclectic and visionary group with a broad range of experiences and interests that compel us to tackle pressing problems from many angles. Cornell Engineering students think their way over, under, around and through problems, with a tenacious and entrepreneurial spirit, to make the world a better place.
US News专业排名全美第九的康奈尔工学院以优秀的院系设置和多元的学生群体著称，工学院也是康奈尔大学毕业生人数占比最多的学院。工程学院的学生的前两年本科学习中大部分时间都在学习必修的基础课程，经过advisor的建议，在第三学期结束时，会明确自己的具体细分专业。不同专业对应的学分要求不同。
6. 公共政策学院
The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy harnesses the university’s wide-ranging expertise in public policy teaching, research and engagement into a shared academic home, further elevating Cornell’s excellence and prominence in the social sciences. The school’s core areas of study are data science and technology policy; environmental and sustainability policy; health policy; human security; inequality and social policy; the politics and economics of development; and race, racism and public policy.
公共政策学院将该大学在公共政策教学、研究和参与方面的广泛专业知识纳入一个共同的学术家园，进一步提升了康奈尔大学在社会科学领域的卓越和突出地位。该学院的核心研究领域是数据科学和技术政策；环境和可持续性政策；卫生政策；人类安全；不平等和社会政策；发展的政治和经济；以及种族、种族主义和公共政策。
7. 法学院
Cornell Law School is a small, top-tier law school that combines inspired teaching with cutting-edge scholarship in a close-knit and collegial intellectual community. Through robust experience and practical learning, we develop broad-minded and technically sophisticated future lawyers and leaders.
康奈尔大学法学院是一所小型的顶级法学院，在一个亲密无间的知识社区中，将富有灵感的教学与前沿的学术研究相结合。通过丰富的经验和实践学习，培养出思想开阔、技术精湛的未来律师和领导人。
8. 研究生院
With nearly 100 fields of study, Cornell’s unique system of cross-disciplinary and integrative graduate study is independent of traditional departments, colleges or campuses. Our students translate discovery into meaningful and measurable advances in knowledge, new technologies and deep scholarship as they prepare for careers as leaders in academia, industry, government and non-profit organizations.
康奈尔大学拥有近100个研究领域，其独特的跨学科和综合研究生学习系统独立于传统的部门、学院或校园。学生将发现转化为有意义和可衡量的知识进步、新技术和深入的学术研究，为成为学术界、工业界、政府和非营利组织的领导者做准备。
纽约校区
康奈尔大学纽约校区坐落在纽约市最繁华的曼哈顿及临近地区，某些机构离华尔街、时代广场等非常近。纽约校区除了校友会、康奈尔俱乐部、康奈尔协作扩展计划等机构之外，主要学术研究和教学机构有医学院、医学科学研究院、康奈尔科技学院、工业与劳资关系以及2006年成立的建筑设计与规划计划等专业方向的招生项目。
卡塔尔校区
威尔康奈尔医学院卡塔尔分校位于卡塔尔首都多哈的大学城（Education City），于2001年由康奈尔大学以及卡塔尔基金会（Qatar Foundation）共同创立，颁授医学博士学位，旨在为卡塔尔青年开启一面通往世界顶尖医学领域的大门。
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