“At Columbia, students are provided with the best environment to support their ASEP needs and the opportunities to make lifelong friendship with students from diverse backgrounds”

When a young person studies abroad, the change in environment is both an excitement and a stress. Adjustments are needed in many ways – nutritional (new foods), social (new friends), physical (new environment), and emotional (new way of life).

At Columbia, we make sure that international students will adjust to their new environment safely, smoothly and successfully through our Total Living^® component.

This starts with assessments, right from the admission stage, of the boarding students' characteristics and their academic, social, emotional and physical (ASEP) needs. Guided by the assessment results, our guidance and residence staff tailor the students' room placement, residence services and residence programs to their needs. Regular follow-ups are done by our staff to ensure that students are adjusting successfully, and modifications are made as required.

Through our boarding programs, our students of all ages are guided into successful independent living, and learn to understand and accept each other, while living with their peers from other nationalities.

Pine Hall (all boys boarding residence)

• Double, Triple or Quad rooms with private or shared bathrooms

Linden Hall (all girls boarding residence)

• Double and Triple rooms with private bathrooms

Oak Hall (Co-ed/boys and girls boarding residence)

• For students over 18 years and short-term study groups
• Genders are separated by residence floors