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'''Columbia University''', officially '''Columbia University in the City of New York''',<ref name=macauhey-stand-columbia-177>{{citation|last=McCaughey|first=Robert A.|title=Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754–2004|location = New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=0-231-13008-2|year=2003|page=177|quote=Several developments at Columbia in the 1890s helped separate, or at least dramatze, the break with what had gone before and what would come later. The first was a formal change in name, giving the institution the fourth in its history. It began in 1754 as King's College and became in 1784 and remained for three thereafter Columbia College in the State of New York. From 1787 until 1896 Columbia was officially Columbia College in the City of New York, until, by trustee resolution on May 2, 1896, it became Columbia University in the City of New York.<Footnote 2: Columbia University Trustees Minutes, January 8, 1912. The change was formally accepted by the New York State Board of Regents in 1912. (page 609)>}}</ref> is a [[Private university|private]], [[Ivy League]], [[research university]] in [[New York City]]. Established in 1754 as '''King's College''' on the grounds of [[Trinity Church (Manhattan)|Trinity Church]] in [[Manhattan]], it is the oldest institution of higher education in [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[First university in the United States|the fifth-oldest in the United States]] and is considered one of the most prestigious universities in the world.