About Us

Welcome to the Columbia University Facilities web site, which is designed to provide you with information about:

• How the division is organized (view our organizational chart)
• What services we provide
• Key policies and procedures
• How to contact us
• Find out what’s new at Columbia University Facilities by reading the Off the CUF newsletter

We hope that you will find both our web site and our organization to be easily navigable and helpful, and that we will have the opportunity to be of service in addressing your needs and questions.

Our Mission

Columbia University Facilities is dedicated to supporting the core educational and research missions of the University by maintaining a safe, beautiful, and functional campus environment that meets the varied needs of students, faculty, staff, and our guests. Our main responsibilities are to maintain the buildings, grounds, and physical plant of the main campus, Baker Field, and Nevis Laboratories; to design and build new facilities; to lead campus planning and space management efforts; to ensure public safety; to provide and manage apartment housing for faculty, students, and staff; to assist Columbia affiliates in finding off-campus housing; and to manage parking. We accomplish this work through our main service departments: Capital Project Management, Construction Business Services and Communications, Finance and Administration, Operations, Planning and Space Management, Public Safety, and Manhattanville.

Medical Center Facilities Management is responsible for all services at that campus, including housing and parking.