Free access to FT.com for Columbia University students and professors

Complete the form to access FT.com

Did you know that Columbia University has paid for an FT.com subscription? Current students and faculty can sign up for free, premium accounts with the form below. For a limited time, new Columbia subscribers will also be entered into a back-to-school raffle. Click here for details.

Contact us for more information

Need help setting up your account or have questions about how to get the most out of your FT.com subscription? Contact us at higher.education@ft.com and a dedicated customer success manager will be in touch to help.

Featured articles for Columbia University
Work & Careers

Trick your brain to see work as play

Plus, Thursdays are the new Fridays and why companies are taking nature retreats

Trick your brain to see work as play image
War in Ukraine

Rebuilding one street in Ukraine

Drone footage reveals just how scarring Russia’s invasion has been — and the enormous task the reconstruction will involve.

Rebuilding one street in Ukraine image
Energy sector

Crypto and climate change: can web3 help get us to net zero?

New tech ventures want to use blockchain to clean up a messy carbon market — but critics fear more greenwashing

Crypto and climate change: can web3 help get us to net zero? image
Women in business

How female investors are challenging the funding gap

A new network aims to plug the shortfall in venture capital for women-led businesses and give backers better access to founding teams from diverse backgrounds

How female investors are challenging the funding gap image
Water scarcity

Water: too precious to be just another commodity?

The FT’s Gill Plimmer explores whether water really is just another commodity, or an essential human right

Water: too precious to be just another commodity? image
Mergers & Acquisitions

How to split a Big Four firm — and keep 13,000 partners happy

The historic break up of EY’s audit and advisory business will require the rare alignment of competing interests

How to split a Big Four firm — and keep 13,000 partners happy image
Meet the journalists
Photo of Gillian Tett
Gillian Tett
CHAIR OF EDITORIAL BOARD AND EDITOR-AT-LARGE, US
Gillian Tett is chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, US of the Financial Times. She writes weekly columns, covering a range of economic, financial, political and social issues.
Photo of John Thornhill
John Thornhill
INNOVATION EDITOR
John Thornhill is the Innovation Editor at the Financial Times writing a weekly column on the impact of technology. He is also the founder and editorial director of Sifted, the FT-backed site for European startups, and founder of FT Forums, which hosts monthly meetings for senior executives.
Photo of Taylor Nicole Rogers
Taylor Nicole Rogers
US LABOUR & EQUALITY CORRESPONDENT
Taylor Nicole Rogers is the US labour and equality correspondent. She reports on the financial, social and policy barriers limiting equal market participation in minority communities from the New York bureau. Taylor is also a frequent guest on FT podcasts including Working It and FT News Briefing.
Photo of Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
US FINANCIAL COMMENTATOR
Robert Armstrong is the FT’s US financial commentator and writes the Unhedged newsletter. Previously, he was US financial editor, chief editorial writer and has also edited the FT’s Lex Column.
Recommended newsletters

Due Diligence

Due Diligence is the FT's must-read newsletter on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity

Due Diligence image

Moral Money

Your trusted destination for insight into socially responsible business, sustainable finance, and impact investing.

Moral Money image

Swamp Notes

FT's senior US columnists Rana Foroohar and Edward Luce discuss the biggest themes driving US politics, business and markets from Washington, New York and beyond.

Swamp Notes image

Future of Money

Your guide to what’s driving the fintech sector, including expert reporting and analysis on the convergence of technology and banking. 

Future of Money image

Contact us for more information

Need help setting up your account or have questions about how to get the most out of your FT.com subscription? Contact us at higher.education@ft.com and a dedicated customer success manager will be in touch to help.

Back-to-school raffle for new subscribers

Students and professors that create an account on FT.com by November 30, 2022 will be entered into a raffle to win one of three prizes:

Contact us for more information

Need help setting up your account or have questions about how to get the most out of your FT.com subscription? Contact us at higher.education@ft.com and a dedicated customer success manager will be in touch to help.