Yale University

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Yale University
Coat of arms
Latin: Universitas Yalensis[1][2][3]
Former names
Collegiate School (1701–1718)
Yale College (1718–1887)
MottoLux et veritas (Latin)
אורים ותמים (Hebrew)
Motto in English
"Light and truth"
TypePrivate research university
EstablishedOctober 9, 1701; 323 years ago (1701-10-09)
AccreditationNECHE
Academic affiliations
Endowment$41.4 billion (2024)[4]
PresidentMaurie McInnis[5]
ProvostScott Strobel[6]
Academic staff
5,499 (fall 2023)[7]
Students12,093 (fall 2023)[8]
Undergraduates6,749 (fall 2023)[8]
Postgraduates5,344 (fall 2023)[8]
Location
New Haven
,
Connecticut
,
United States

41°18′59″N 72°55′20″W / 41.31639°N 72.92222°W / 41.31639; -72.92222
CampusMidsize city, 1,015 acres (411 ha)
NewspaperYale Daily News
Colors  Yale blue[9]
NicknameBulldogs
Sporting affiliations
MascotHandsome Dan
Websiteyale.edu Edit this at Wikidata
Official seal used by the college and the university

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.[10]

Yale was established as the Collegiate School in 1701 by Congregationalist clergy of the Connecticut Colony. Originally restricted to instructing ministers in theology and sacred languages, the school's curriculum expanded, incorporating humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution. In the 19th century, the college expanded into graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first PhD 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 fourteen constituent schools, including the original undergraduate college, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Yale Law School.[11] 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 West Haven, and forests and nature preserves throughout New England. As of 2023, the university's endowment was valued at $40.7 billion, the third largest of any educational institution.[4] The Yale University Library, serving all constituent schools, holds more than 15 million volumes and is the third-largest academic library in the United States.[12][13] Student athletes compete in intercollegiate sports as the Yale Bulldogs in the NCAA Division I Ivy League conference.

As of October 2020, 65 Nobel laureates, 5 Fields medalists, 4 Abel Prize laureates, and 3 Turing Award winners have been affiliated with Yale University. In addition, Yale has graduated many notable alumni, including 5 U.S. presidents, 10 Founding Fathers, 19 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, 31 living billionaires,[14] 54 college founders and presidents, many heads of state, cabinet members and governors. Hundreds of members of Congress and many U.S. diplomats, 96 MacArthur Fellows,[15] 263 Rhodes Scholars,[16] 123 Marshall Scholars, 81 Gates Cambridge Scholars, 102 Guggenheim Fellows and 9 Mitchell Scholars have been affiliated with the university. Yale's current faculty include 67 members of the National Academy of Sciences,[17] 55 members of the National Academy of Medicine,[18] 8 members of the National Academy of Engineering,[19] and 193 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[20]

  1. ^ This is established usage, although John Sandys argued that Universitas Yaleana would be the correct form, see: John Sandys (1910). Orationes et epistolae cantabrigienses (1876-1909). p. viii.; Gilbert Campbell Scoggis (1920). "General Comment". The Classical Journal. 15: 505.
  2. ^ Records of The Tercentenary Festival of Dublin University. Dublin, Ireland: Hodges, Figgis & Co. 1894. ISBN 9781355361602.
  3. ^ Actes du Jubilé de 1909 (in Swiss French). Geneva, Switzerland: Georg Keck & Cie. 1910. ISBN 9781360078335.
  4. ^ a b "Yale reports investment return for fiscal 2024". news.yale.edu. October 25, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  5. ^ "Maurie McInnis, B.A., '90 M.A., '96 Ph.D." www.yale.edu. July 1, 2024. Archived from the original on July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  6. ^ "Scott Strobel named Yale provost". YaleNews. Yale University. November 6, 2019. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  7. ^ "Yale Facts "By the Numbers"". yale.edu. Yale University. August 3, 2015. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c University, Yale (2024). "Yale Facts". Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  9. ^ "Web". yaleidentity.yale.edu. Yale University. Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  10. ^ "COLLEGES IN THE COLONIAL TIMES". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  11. ^ "Graduate & Professional Schools | Yale 2021". yale2021.yale.edu. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  12. ^ Gibbons, Susan (2013). Yale University Library Annual Report 2012–2013 (Report). Yale University Library. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  13. ^ "ALA Library Fact Sheet 22 – The Nation's Largest Libraries: A Listing by Volumes Held". www.ala.org. American Library Association. July 2010. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  14. ^ Elkins, Kathleen (May 18, 2018). "More billionaires went to Harvard than to Stanford, MIT and Yale combined". CNBC.com. CNBC. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  15. ^ "All Fellows - MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  16. ^ "U.S. Rhodes Scholarships Number of Winners by Institution U.S. Rhodes Scholars 1904 – 2023" (PDF). 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference National Academy of Sciences was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ "Directory Search Form". National Academy of Medicine. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference NAE Website was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  20. ^ "Member Directory". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved November 12, 2024.