University at Albany–SUNY

The University at Albany is a public research university in Albany, New York, and a State University of New York campus. It opened in 1844 as the New York State Normal School to train teachers and later became a SUNY university center. The Uptown Campus is a 1960s Edward Durell Stone podium complex; a Downtown Campus houses public affairs and social welfare, and a Health Sciences Campus supports public health.

Colleges include arts and sciences, engineering, business, education, and Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. Graduate students use the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, the RNA Institute, the Cancer Research Center, and the School of Public Health. Criminal justice, atmospheric science, public administration, and public health are established fields.

About 17,000 students enroll, including several thousand graduate students and international students from many countries. Faculty number about 1,000. Alumni include author Joseph E. Persico and a large group of New York public-service professionals trained at Rockefeller College.

Degrees include MA, MS, MPA, MPH, and PhD programs, with Rockefeller College known for public-policy research degrees. Study mixes coursework with a thesis or dissertation. The calendar is a US semester system; assistantships and grants, including projects with state agencies in the capital, support many doctoral students. Students move among the Uptown campus, downtown Albany, and the Health Sciences site.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University at Albany–SUNY lists 6 graduate programs across 5 subjects: 1 master's program and 5 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in social work & sociology, computer science and earth & environmental sciences.