
Yale University
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Founded Since 1850
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Yale Institution is a New Haven, Connecticut-based private Ivy League research university. It is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the most prominent in the world, having been founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School.
The Collegiate School, one of nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution, was renamed Yale College in 1718 to honor Elihu Yale, the school’s major private supporter throughout the first century of its existence.
The Collegiate School, chartered by Connecticut Colony, was founded in 1701 by clergy to educate Congregational preachers before transferring to New Haven in 1716. Read more
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