Columbia University is a private Ivy League research college situated in Morningside Heights, in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the most established foundation of higher adapting in New York state, the fifth most established in the United States, and one of the nation's nine Colonial Colleges established before the American Revolution. It was established in 1754 as King's College by regal contract of George II of Great Britain. After the American Revolutionary War, King's College quickly turned into a state element, and was renamed Columbia College in 1784. The University now works under a 1787 contract that places the foundation under a private leading body of trustees, and in 1896 it was further renamed Columbia University.
