Columbia College Chicago, USA

Columbia College Chicago is an undergraduate and graduate institution whose principal commitment is to provide a comprehensive educational opportunity in the arts, media, communication, and public information within a context of enlightened liberal arts education. Columbia’s intent is to educate students who will communicate creatively and shape the public’s perceptions of issues and events and who will author the culture of their times. Columbia is an urban institution whose students reflect the economic, racial, cultural, and educational diversity of contemporary America. Columbia conducts education in close relationship to a vital urban reality and serves an important civic purpose by actively engaging in the life and culture of the city of Chicago.

As an active GALA participant, Columbia contributes its disciplinary investments in the arts, media, and communication to an international research network, leverages the disciplinary strengths of its peer institutions, and works collaboratively to develop more socially responsive applied work across these fields.