The Graduate Center

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism operates under the umbrella of The Graduate School and University Center (also known as The Graduate Center) and its degrees are granted through The Graduate Center (www.gc.cuny.edu). Founded in 1961, The Graduate Center is the principal doctorate-granting institution of CUNY, with more than 4,200 students. Its professors pursue a shared enterprise of expanding the boundaries of knowledge in more than 30 doctoral programs and six master's programs in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Augmenting this enterprise are 28 research centers and institutes focused on areas of compelling social, civic, cultural, and scientific concerns.

Also affiliated with The Graduate Center is the CUNY Baccalaureate Program, through which undergraduates can earn bachelor's degrees by taking courses at any of the CUNY colleges, the Macaulay Honors College, the School of Professional Studies, and the associated Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies.

Since 1999, The Graduate Center's campus has been housed in a nine-story landmark building at 365 Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. Formerly home to the B. Altman Department Store, the building has been redesigned as a new, state-of-the-art facility to meet the specific needs of a 21st-century institution of advanced learning. School of Journalism students have access to many of the services at The Graduate Center, including the Mina Rees Library, the Wellness Center, the Financial Aid office, and the Office of International Students.