The City University of New York is the nation's largest urban public university with 23 institutions: eleven senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E. Macaulay Honors College, the Graduate School and University Center, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, the CUNY School of Law at Queens College , the CUNY School of Professional Studies and the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education. The University serves more than 226,000 degree-credit students and 230,000 adult, continuing and professional education students. College Now , the University's academic enrichment program for 32,500 high school students is offered at CUNY campuses and more than 280 high schools throughout the five boroughs of the City of New York. The University offers an on-line baccalaureate degree through the School of Professional Studies and a new Teacher Academy with free tuition for highly motivated mathematics and science majors who seek teaching careers in the city's public schools.

• City College of the City University of New York, Physics Department
• City University of New York, Hunter College
• City University of New York, The Graduate Center
• Kingsborough Community College
• Lehman College of The City University of New York, Mathematics and Computer Science Department
• Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
• Queens College of the City University of New York
• Queens College of the City University of New York, Department of Mathematics
• Queens College of the City University of New York, Department of Physics
• The City College of New York