Completed in 2016, it hosts[1] a one-year master's degree leadership program designed to "cultivate the next generation of global leaders".

[2][3][4][5] The college was designed by the Driehaus Prize winner Robert A.M. Stern, former Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, and is the first academic building in China to have won a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification.

Students at the college study a one-year Master’s Degree in Global Affairs.

During this time, the scholars live inside the Schwarzman College building.

[7] Annually, 100-200 Schwarzman Scholars are chosen through a competitive selection process.