Cornell University was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, New York. It describes itself as a privately endowed research university, a partner of the State University of New York and the federal land-grant institution in New York State. Besides the Ithaca campus it has locations in New York City, including Weill Cornell Medicine, and in Doha, Qatar, where Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar is based.
Its colleges and schools cover more than 100 fields of study. Cornell reports 16,138 undergraduates, 10,423 graduate and professional students and 3,025 faculty, without dating the figures. Michael I. Kotlikoff is the 15th president. The Board of Trustees appointed him on 21 March 2025, after eight months as interim president.