Heard about the Center for Career Education of Colombia University? Well, this institution is known throughout the continent of America and the world as one of the best centers for education and career advancement. Students from all walks of life gather here to study, earn a degree and pursue a career that will help them become responsible and productive citizens of the world. So if you happen to be one of them, then start discovering what you want in life as early as now and be ready to make a big difference in the world through the guidance of the Center for Career Education.
The Center for Career Education is in the first place built for several missions. All of their missions are centered to helping the undergraduate and graduate students, including the alumni in knowing exactly about the relationship between what they do at the Columbia University and the life after graduation. They also aim to help their students develop the career competencies needed in the environment that is beyond the classroom knowledge, as well as to teach people to understand what lies ahead and beyond the global market and today’s new economy. All of these are given to the students to let them know the effect of all the existing forces in the global market to the workplace and to the lives and careers of the individuals.
It is further worth noting that the Center for Career Education was established to make the people aware about the right decisions to make in their own career and life, to help them find career opportunities that meet their specific needs, and for them to make a big difference in the world through the roles they play in the working industry.
The Center for Career Education is now composed of different departments that make the institution complete. There are actually six departments maintained by the Center for Career Education and these include the undergraduate career development, graduate student career development, experiential education, employer and alumni relations, alumni career development, and planning and administration. Each of these departments has its own rules, requirements and standards, but all are formed to support the institution as a whole.
Today, the Center for Career Education serves thousands of students from different schools and the institution’s affiliates. Included in the list of schools served by the Center for Career Education are the Columbia College, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, The School of General Studies, The School of Continuing Education (Degree Programs and Post-Baccalaureate Program), The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The School of the Arts, and The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Aside from these schools, the Center for Career Education also collaborates with the career centers of other institutions at the Columbia University, and even to its affiliated foundations.
The Center for Career Education is now located at the Lower Level 116th and Amsterdam of East Campus Building.
