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About

instance of	public university state university system urban university state agency of New York
inception	1961
founder	Townsend Harris · The Free Academy of the City of New York · nature of statement: refers to oldest predecessor
official name	City University of New York
native label	City University of New York
motto text	Eruditio populi liberi spes gentium (la) · literal translation: The education of free people is the hope of Mankind · literal translation: L’istruzione della gente libera è la speranza dell’umanità (it)

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	New York City
headquarters location	New York City · country: United States · postal code: 10017 · coordinate location: 40.7300, -73.9970 · street address: 205 E 42nd Street
location	New York City
street address	205 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017
postal code	10021
coordinate location	40.7510, -73.9735
official website	https://cuny.edu · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	275,000 · 2019
employees	45,408 · 2019
position held by head of the organization	Chancellor of the City University of New York
chairperson	Félix V. Matos Rodríguez · since 2019

Rankings and recognition

ranking	545 · QS World University Rankings · 2024

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Graduate Center, City University of New York CUNY Energy Institute Brooklyn College Baruch College 23 more Borough of Manhattan Community College CUNY Graduate School and University Center City College of New York College of Staten Island Hunter College John Jay College of Criminal Justice Lehman College New York City College of Technology Queens College Queensborough Community College York College Research Foundation of The City University of New York Professional Staff Congress Hostos Community College Medgar Evers College Bronx Community College LaGuardia Community College CUNY Advanced Science Research Center Kingsborough Community College CUNY School of Law William E. Macaulay Honors College CUNY TV American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning
member of	Northeast University Semiconductor Network · since 2023 NextGen Service Corp Open Education Network Association of Public and Land-grant Universities American Association of State Colleges and Universities 4 more Open Education Global Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition American Association of Community Colleges Council on Governmental Relations

child organization or unit

23 more

member of

4 more

Other facts

contact page URL	https://www.cuny.edu/contact-us/ · language of work or name: English
nickname	CUNY

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Harris Hall 1589 Amst Av jeh.jpg · media legend: The City College, the oldest of CUNY's 24 institutions of higher learning · media legend: Il City College, il più antico dei 24 istituti dell'università (it)
logo image	City University of New York wordmark.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (10)

Commons category	City University of New York
topic's main category	Category:City University of New York
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:City University of New York alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:City University of New York faculty
on focus list of Wikimedia project	WikiProject Govdirectory
described by source	Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921 · statement is subject of: Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/New York, College of the City of New International Encyclopedia · statement is subject of: The New International Encyclopædia/New York, College of the City of
different from	City College of New York State University of New York
maintained by WikiProject	WikiProject CUNY WikiProject New York City
social media followers	37,755 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 122059354 · 8 February 2023 10,300 · YouTube channel ID: UC9t20Xexjtp5FbbIF3vVAZw · 20 September 2025 Earlier figures (5) 36,523 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 122059354 · 27 January 2022 33,822 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 122059354 · 8 January 2021 30,351 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 122059354 · 19 April 2020 9,170 · YouTube channel ID: UC9t20Xexjtp5FbbIF3vVAZw · 10 March 2025 8,260 · YouTube channel ID: UC9t20Xexjtp5FbbIF3vVAZw · 24 April 2024
applies to jurisdiction	New York

Identifiers in other databases (63)

Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	118718984
BIBSYS ID	90403132
Bluesky handle	cuny.edu · has characteristic: verified account or profile · Bluesky DID: did:plc:effuh6qbrkdwp4rwyrlbyvyt · since 1 December 2023
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf11086697
CiNii Research ID	1140563741745330048
Dialnet author ID	1439529
domain name	cuny.edu
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/The-City-University-of-New-York · subject named as: City University of New York, The
Facebook username	CUNYedu
Flickr user ID	181977648@N07 · subject named as: City University of New York
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Gateway to Research organization ID	A17A8BB4-BE35-43F2-9980-CF4FE2809E62
GND ID	7642-9
Golden ID (archived)	City_University_of_New_York-3EDA
Goodreads author ID	6042331
Google Scholar organization ID	8114794062808693116
GRID ID	grid.212340.6
Harper's tag	city-university-of-new-york
IdRef ID	026477807
Instagram username	cunyedu
ISNI	0000000122985718
J9U entity ID	987007259599805171
JSTOR publisher ID	cuny
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KISTI ID	K000341168
Libraries Australia ID	35382506
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n79052227
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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	174216632
MusicBrainz place ID	bc40a6ce-e905-443d-b2b6-56656d8281a6 · subject named as: City University of New York
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New York Times topic ID	organization/city-university-of-new-york
NL CR AUT ID	ko2006341719 · subject named as: City University of New York ko2006341720 · subject named as: College of the City of New York (1926-1961)
NLA Trove people ID	932926
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NUKAT ID	n2010142694
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100006462
OpenAlex ID	I174216632 P4365331599 · subject named as: City University of New York
openMLOL author ID	31662
Publons publisher ID	481
QS World University ID	city-university-new-york
Quora topic ID	The-City-University-of-New-York City-University-of-New-York-CUNY
RERO ID (legacy)	A000191719
RILM ID	245037
Ringgold ID	2009
ROR ID	00453a208
SEVIS school ID	4786
SNARC ID	Q48756
subreddit	CUNY · language of work or name: English · subject named as: CUNY · since 16 May 2011
Threads username	cunyedu
Times Higher Education World University ID	city-university-new-york
Union List of Artist Names ID	500303890
Vatican Library VcBA ID	494/40983
VIAF cluster ID	154824151
Wellcome Collection concept ID	dbghenj8
X (Twitter) username	cuny · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 30,351 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 122059354 · 19 April 2020
YouTube channel ID	UC9t20Xexjtp5FbbIF3vVAZw · subject named as: The City University of New York · number of works: 1,381 · number of subscribers: 8,270 · number of viewers/listeners: 5,688,109 · 28 April 2024
Zhihu topic ID	19673968
‎Scilit organization ID	2115
‎Yale LUX ID	group/8bc9e2d3-4509-4392-844d-253a174928bb

Campuses and colleges

Queens College · University