The University’s benefits include programs that provide medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, life insurance, and tax savings accounts to eligible faculty and staff.
Your Benefits
Employment Group
Every employee is part of an employment group. Find yours:
Officers include academic and non-academic personnel:
- Officers of Instruction (faculty)
- Officers of Research (includes Associate Research Scientists/Scholars and Postdoctoral Research Scientists/Scholars)*
- Officers of the Libraries
- Officers of Administration
* Learn more about Postdoctoral Research Scientists/Scholars
Clinical Providers are a group who provides clinical care, in partnership with New York Presbyterian and ColumbiaDoctors, and does not have teaching responsibilities.
Postdoctoral Fellows include full-time Postdoctoral Clinical Fellows and Postdoctoral Research Fellow (part-time Fellows and Residency Fellows do not qualify).*
Postdoctoral Research Scientists/Scholars are Officers.
Support Staff include includes administrative and other staff, as well as all union members. The acronyms for these groups are:
- NUSS: Non-Union Support Staff
- SSA: Support Staff Association members
- TWU: Transit Workers Union members
- LOCAL 2110: Technical, Office and Support Staff union members
- UNIONS: Members of Local 1199, Local 32B-32J, Local 100, MEBA and MM&P unions
All Officers and Support Staff who are currently retired should view the Retiree Benefits website. Officers and staff who are approaching retirement may want review the "Prospective Retirees" pages for information and planning resources.
Officers
Clinical Providers
Postdoc Fellows
NUSS
Local 2110
SSA
TWU
Unions
Local 1199, Local 32B-32J, Local 100, MEBA, and MM&P Unions
Retirees
The Retiree Benefits website covers all benefits information for prospective and currently-retired Officers and Support Staff.
News
Upcoming Dependent Verification
Columbia University is committed to offering quality, affordable healthcare plans to you and your eligible dependents. As part of this commitment, Columbia University will soon begin verifying the eligibility of spouses enrolled in Columbia University medical plans.
This Month from Your Employee Assistance Program: March 2025
March is a time to focus on your health. Join an exclusive EAP webinar to learn how to read nutrition labels for smarter food choices, and explore on-demand programs to balance self-care with professional or personal responsibilities, like caregiving.
Reminder: Healthcare FSA and Dependent Care FSA Deadlines of March 31
The deadline to submit 2024 Healthcare and Dependent Care claims to UnitedHealthcare is Monday, March 31, 2025.