Yale University

Yale University is a <a href="/facts/Private_university/KHHzGNID">private</a> <a href="/facts/Ivy_League/BJchlDEN">Ivy League</a> <a href="/facts/Research_university/Joe4e6SF">research university</a> in <a href="/facts/New_Haven%2c_Connecticut/dRanslgz">New Haven, Connecticut</a>, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the <a href="/facts/List_of_Colonial_Colleges/c36Gb39u">third-oldest institution</a> of <a href="/facts/Higher_education_in_the_United_States/X8LdW6KC">higher education in the United States</a>, and one of the nine <a href="/facts/Colonial_colleges/c36Gb39u">colonial colleges</a> chartered before the <a href="/facts/American_Revolution/zy1F0LxK">American Revolution</a>.
Yale was established as the Collegiate School in 1701 by <a href="/facts/Congregationalism_in_the_United_States/8ahCWrkj">Congregationalist</a> clergy of the <a href="/facts/Connecticut_Colony/GEnYlmK6">Connecticut Colony</a>. Originally restricted to instructing ministers in theology and <a href="/facts/Sacred_language/557K2NXD">sacred languages</a>, the school's curriculum expanded, incorporating humanities and sciences by the time of the <a href="/facts/American_Revolution/zy1F0LxK">American Revolution</a>. In the 19th century, the college expanded into graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first <a href="/facts/Doctor_of_Philosophy/paJumdN8">PhD</a> in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Yale's faculty and student populations grew rapidly after 1890 due to the expansion of the physical campus and its scientific research programs.
Yale is organized into fifteen constituent schools, including the original <a href="/facts/Yale_College/03WN6t69">undergraduate college</a>, the <a href="/facts/Yale_Graduate_School_of_Arts_and_Sciences/5X54QQR3">Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences</a>, and <a href="/facts/Yale_Law_School/N3Etmhrn">Yale Law School</a>. While the university is governed by the <a href="/facts/Yale_Corporation/AV9okyVa">Yale Corporation</a>, each school's <a href="/facts/Academic_personnel/PbvduYTQ">faculty</a> oversees its curriculum and degree programs. In addition to a central campus in <a href="/facts/Downtown_New_Haven/vSRXVfqV">downtown New Haven</a>, the university owns athletic facilities in western New Haven, a campus in <a href="/facts/West_Haven%2c_Connecticut/jINBR79F">West Haven</a>, and forests and nature preserves throughout <a href="/facts/New_England/ufw2BmSl">New England</a>. As of 2023<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yale_University&action=edit">[update]</a>, <a href="/facts/Yale_University_endowment/F4Akzwc5">the university's endowment</a> was valued at $40.7 billion, the <a href="/facts/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment/TCRtaawM">third largest of any educational institution</a>. The <a href="/facts/Yale_University_Library/xBvACdNt">Yale University Library</a>, serving all constituent schools, holds more than 15 million volumes and is the third-largest academic library in the United States. Student athletes compete in intercollegiate sports as the <a href="/facts/Yale_Bulldogs/p7ywNcTh">Yale Bulldogs</a> in the <a href="/facts/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association/nLkY4pm1">NCAA</a> <a href="/facts/NCAA_Division_I/fJv6wUW1">Division I</a> <a href="/facts/Ivy_League/BJchlDEN">Ivy League</a> conference.
As of October 2024<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yale_University&action=edit">[update]</a>, 68 <a href="/facts/Nobel_Prize/3z1Y3oFL">Nobel</a> laureates, 5 <a href="/facts/Fields_Medal/khFmkEnm">Fields medalists</a>, 4 <a href="/facts/Abel_Prize/j5XVqwKd">Abel Prize</a> laureates, and 3 <a href="/facts/Turing_Award/HbEEp0GF">Turing Award</a> winners have been affiliated with Yale University. In addition, Yale has graduated many <a href="/facts/List_of_Yale_University_people/7pxqtKyu">notable alumni</a>, including 5 <a href="/facts/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_education/3hp7bBje">U.S. presidents</a>, 10 <a href="/facts/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States/2QxuFllb">Founding Fathers</a>, 19 <a href="/facts/List_of_Justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States/czbB3DFA">U.S. Supreme Court Justices</a>, 31 <a href="/facts/List_of_universities_by_number_of_billionaire_alumni/FprxTfVV">living billionaires</a>, 54 <a href="/facts/List_of_Yale_University_people/7pxqtKyu">college founders and presidents</a>, many <a href="/facts/List_of_Yale_University_people/7pxqtKyu">heads of state</a>, <a href="/facts/List_of_Yale_University_people/7pxqtKyu">cabinet</a> members and <a href="/facts/List_of_Yale_University_people/7pxqtKyu">governors</a>. Hundreds of <a href="/facts/List_of_Yale_University_people/7pxqtKyu">members of Congress</a> and many <a href="/facts/List_of_Yale_University_people/7pxqtKyu">U.S. diplomats</a>, 96 <a href="/facts/MacArthur_Fellows_Program/2nF5hIJh">MacArthur Fellows</a>, 263 <a href="/facts/Rhodes_Scholars/aVf26dt3">Rhodes Scholars</a>, 123 <a href="/facts/Marshall_Scholarship/MRQ8TNua">Marshall Scholars</a>, 81 <a href="/facts/Gates_Cambridge_Scholars/yRot9EK4">Gates Cambridge Scholars</a>, 102 <a href="/facts/Guggenheim_Fellowship/SuatTbVK">Guggenheim Fellows</a> and 9 <a href="/facts/Mitchell_Scholarship/3RdrkHI5">Mitchell Scholars</a> have been affiliated with the university. Yale's current faculty include 67 members of the <a href="/facts/National_Academy_of_Sciences/M3oePVeG">National Academy of Sciences</a>, 55 members of the <a href="/facts/National_Academy_of_Medicine/FdIo0Nd4">National Academy of Medicine</a>, 8 members of the <a href="/facts/National_Academy_of_Engineering/6RCqfvXM">National Academy of Engineering</a>, and 193 members of the <a href="/facts/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences/KptWYgz4">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>.

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