A 1787 charter placed the institution under a private board of trustees before it was renamed Columbia University in 1896 when the campus was moved from Madison Avenue to its current location in Morningside Heights occupying of land.
A 1787 charter placed the institution under a private board of trustees. It was upgraded to university status in 1896 when the campus was moved from Madison Avenue to its current location in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan, occupying of land.