Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
Incorporated as the Collegiate School, the institution traces its roots to 17th-century clergymen who sought to establish a college to train clergy and political leaders for the colony. In 1718, the College was renamed Yale College to honor a gift from Elihu Yale, a governor of the British East India Company. In 1861, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences became the first U.S. school to award the Ph.D.
Yale College was transformed beginning in the 1930s through the establishment of residential colleges, 12 of which now exist. All tenured professors teach undergraduate courses, more than 2,000 of which are offered annually.
Yale University comprises three major academic components: Yale College (the undergraduate program), the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the professional schools. In addition, Yale encompasses a wide array of centers and programs, libraries, museums, and administrative support offices. Approximately 11,250 students attend Yale.
Yale College expanded gradually, establishing the Yale School of Medicine (1810), Yale Divinity School (1822), Yale Law School (1843), Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1847), the Sheffield Scientific School (1847),[16] and the Yale School of Fine Arts (1869). (The divinity school was founded by Congregationalists who felt that the Harvard Divinity School had become too liberal). In 1887, as the college continued to grow under the presidency of Timothy Dwight V, Yale College was renamed Yale University. The university would later add the Yale School of Music (1894), Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (1901), Yale School of Public Health (1915), Yale School of Nursing (1923), Yale School of Drama (1955), Yale Physician Associate Program (1973), and Yale School of Management (1976). It would also reorganize its relationship with the Sheffield Scientific School.
| Established: | 1701 |
| Type: | Private |
| Faculty: | 3,619 |
| Students: | 11,398 |
| Undergraduates: | 5,316 |
| Location : | New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
| Campus: | Urban, 837 acres (339 ha) including Yale Golf Course |
| Website: | www.yale.edu |
Campus :
Yale's central campus in downtown New Haven covers 260 acres (1.1 km2). An additional 500 acres (2 km²) includes the Yale golf course and nature preserves in rural Connecticut and Horse Island.
The oldest building on campus, Connecticut Hall (built in 1750), is in the Georgian style. Georgian-style buildings erected from 1929 to 1933 include Timothy Dwight College, Pierson College, and Davenport College, except the latter's east, York Street façade, which was constructed in the Gothic style.
Admissions:
Half of all Yale undergraduates are women, more than 30% are minorities, and 8% are international students. 55% attended public schools and 45% attended independent, religious, or international schools.[57] In addition, Yale College admits a small group of nontraditional students each year, through the Eli Whitney Students Program.
Programs :
* Chemical Engineering
o Chemical Engineering - Full Time
* Electronic/Electrical Engineering
o Electrical Engineering - Full Time
* General Engineering/Other Engineering
o Applied Physics - Full Time
o Biomedical Engineering - Full Time
o Environmental Engineering - Full Time
* Mechanical Engineering
o Mechanical Engineering - Full Time
Departments:
Office of Graduate Admissions
Office of Institutional Research (OIR)
Office of Public Affairs
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences