School of General Studies

Columbia University
School of General Studies

Motto	Lux in Tenebris Lucet
Motto in English	The light that shines in the darkness
Type	Private
Established	1947
Dean	Peter J. Awn
Students	2,394
Address	408 Lewisohn Hall New York, New York, U.S.
Campus	Morningside Heights Campus, urban, 36 acres (0.15 km2; 0.056 sq mi)
Affiliations	Juilliard School, Sciences Po, City University of Hong Kong, Trinity College Dublin, and Albert A. List College (Jewish Theological Seminary of America)
Website	gs.columbia.edu

The School of General Studies (GS) is a liberal arts college and one of three official undergraduate colleges at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights, New York City. GS is known primarily for its traditional B.A. degree program for non-traditional students (those who have had an academic break of one year or more, or are pursuing dual-degrees). GS is notable for being the only Ivy League college to offer dual B.A. programs with leading universities around the world. GS students make up almost 30% of the Columbia undergraduate population.

GS is fully integrated into the traditional undergraduate curriculum at Columbia and shares the same courses, Core Curriculum, and faculty as Columbia College.

GS offers dual degree programs with Sciences Po in France, the City University of Hong Kong, Trinity College Dublin (University of Dublin) in Ireland, and List College of the Jewish Theological Seminary. GS is the historical home to dual-degree programs at Columbia University. GS is also home to the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program.

Numerous GS students have gone on to win prestigious fellowships, including the Rhodes Scholarship, the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, and the Fulbright Scholarship. Notable alumni include Nobel Prize winners Simon Kuznets and Baruj Benacerraf, as well as Isaac Asimov, J.D. Salinger, Amelia Earhart, and Princess Firyal of Jordan.