Columbia Video Network

Welcome to Columbia Video Network (CVN), the graduate distance learning program of Columbia University's School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS). CVN enables students globally to pursue residency-free, fully accredited engineering courses, certificates and degree programs completely via the Internet, allowing students to view their lectures anytime and anywhere.

"The CVN experience has been great. I download my lectures for the week and as I travel frequently for my work, I can view them easily in the airplane terminals of the world. It's surreal to be "sitting" in lecture at a yakitori stand in Osaka, faxing in a homework from San Francisco, or emailing the T.A. about the course from Atlanta. A great and wonderful way to learn in the modern era!" - Austin Lin, CVN Student


Spring Registration Open


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Upcoming Online Information Sessions for Prospective Students:
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Course Previews

Spring 2010 enrollment is open for one credit programming language courses. Check out some highlights below:


Programming Language: C
An Overview of the C Programming Language

Instructor Nalini Vasudevan

Programming Language: Matlab
An Introduction to the Matlab Programming Language

Instructor Dr. Paul Blaer

Programming Language: Perl
An Introduction to the Perl Programming Language

Instructor Malek Ben Salem

Programming Language: Python
An Overview of the Python Programming Language

Instructor Joshua Gordon

Programming Language: Java
An Introduction to the Java Programming Language

Instructor Omer Boyaci

High Resolution DVD Quality Downloads Available on CVN!!

Complete lectures of select courses will be available for download in this format. These lectures provide a high quality video and a wide range of playback options across different operating systems. Take a look at the sample preview through this link:

Course Previews


Graduate Degree Programs are fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Columbia Video Network (CVN) brings graduate engineering education to you through distance learning. Students earn the same credits and degrees as their on-campus counterparts without actually coming on campus. CVN was recently recognized as one of the best distance learning programs by Forbes magazine.