| Location | New York, United States | Funding Type | Private |
|---|---|---|---|
| No of Students | 15197 | Establishment | University |
| Founded In | 1926 | Estimated Cost of Living | 9232 USD |
| Address | 1 University Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11201 |
Long Island University (LIU) was founded in 1926. The university is committed to providing a high quality education through teaching excellence and impactful research opportunities. LIU offers over 275 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs, educating nearly 15,000 students each year across multiple campuses. The University cultivates academic, professional, artistic, and co-curricular opportunities.
LIU Brooklyn enables students to realize their full potential as ethically grounded, intellectually vigorous, and socially responsible global citizens. The campus offers more professional programs in health care than any other campus in the New York metropolitan area, including the Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy & Health Science, and The Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing. LIU Brooklyn is home to Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, a dynamic performance venue designed to nourish students’ artistic exploration, and Division I sports teams.
LIU Post is a scenic, historic, and scholarly campus that offers a small-school environment with the access and resources of a major metropolitan university. The University's 330-acre campus is located on the estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 27 miles east of New York City on Long Island's Gold Coast. The campus houses the College of Veterinary Medicine, the first professional School of Accountancy, an AACSB-accredited Business School, and an award-winning theater program. LIU is home to the world-renowned Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and the Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium, where supporters gather to cheer on the Sharks’ Division I athletic program.
LIU Global offers a one-of-a-kind bachelor’s degree around the globe. It spans eight countries on five continents, preparing students for careers as global leaders in business, policy, humanitarian relief, social entrepreneurship, economic development, and environmental sustainability.
From the shores of Long Island to the epicenter of business and tech innovation in Brooklyn, to the far corners of the world, LIU offers a unique college experience for every student seeking academic enrichment and professional opportunity. Upon graduation, our students join a community of more than 270,000 alumni to become global leaders in fields that include the arts, health sciences, media, education, pharmacy, business, technology, public service, and professional sports.
Mission
Long Island University's mission is to provide excellence and access in private higher education to those who seek to expand their knowledge and prepare themselves for meaningful, educated lives and for service to their communities and the world.
Vision
To become a nationally recognized, globally engaged, teaching and research university.
Facts and Figures
A Capsule History
LIU Pharmacy (The Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences), the oldest unit of LIU, was founded in 1886 (under its original name, The Brooklyn College of Pharmacy) by a group of pharmacists and physicians who had organized themselves as the Kings County Pharmaceutical Society.
In 1929 the College first affiliated with the relatively young LIU (1926) for the purpose of awarding degrees. This affiliation eventually led to a full corporate merger of the College of Pharmacy and the University along with the relocation of the College to the Brooklyn campus of LIU in 1976.
LIU Pharmacy Firsts
Programs of Study Offered by LIU Pharmacy
Research Institutes at LIU Pharmacy
Service Units at LIU Pharmacy
Enrollments
771 Doctor of Pharmacy students
(60.7% women, 39.3% men)
277 Graduate Students (M.S. and Ph.D.)
(54.2% women, 45.8% men)
Involved Students
LIU Pharmacy students are actively involved in more than 20 professional and service organizations, fraternities and societies housed in the College.
Do you know…
For many years, LIU’s basketball team played their games in the gymnasium on the sixth floor of the former pharmacy building. The gym, known as the “Druggist’s Den,” was painted white while LIU wore black uniforms. This led Tom Meany, then a sportswriter for the New York Telegram, to write that the LIU players moved around the court like “a pack of blackbirds.” Legendary LIU basketball coach Clair Bee loved the allusion and the name stuck. The Blackbirds were nearly invincible in the “Druggist’s Den,” amassing 222 wins to just three losses on the pharmacy court in 20 seasons under Coach Bee. The LIU Brooklyn athletic teams were known as the Blackbirds until 2019, when Long Island University merged its athletic programs across all campuses into one unified NCAA Division I program – the Sharks.
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