Yale University is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. Yale has produced a long line of successful alumni, including five U.S. Presidents, 19 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and numerous living billionaires and foreign heads of state.
This University is an independent university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution; it was established to train clergy but became coeducational in 1969.
In 1887 Yale College became a private institution and renamed Yale University. The University’s graduate schools were also renamed and reorganized into a number of autonomous schools of arts, sciences, medicine and engineering that comprise what has been called “The Yale School,” which is known for its research efforts and teaching excellence.
The university is organized into fourteen constituent schools: the original undergraduate college, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and twelve professional schools. While the university is governed by the Yale Corporation, each school’s faculty oversees its curriculum and degree programs. In addition to a central campus in downtown New Haven, the University owns athletic facilities in western New Haven, a campus in Stamford, Connecticut, and forest and nature preserves throughout New York State.
In fact, The University’s assets include an endowment valued at
25 billion as of September 2018 which makes it among the largest endowments of any educational institution worldwide.
