<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> yale.edu </Td> </Tr> <P> Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut . Founded in 1701, 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 . </P> <P> Chartered by Connecticut Colony, the "Collegiate School" was established by clergy in Saybrook Colony to educate Congregational ministers . It moved to New Haven in 1716 and shortly after was renamed Yale College in recognition of a gift from British East India Company governor Elihu Yale . Originally restricted to theology and sacred languages, the curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution . In the 19th century, the school introduced graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Ph. D. in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887 . Its faculty and student populations grew rapidly after 1890 with rapid expansion of the physical campus and scientific research . </P> <P> Yale 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 West Haven, Connecticut and forest and nature preserves throughout New England . The university's assets include an endowment valued at $25.4 billion as of June 2016, the second largest of any U.S. educational institution . 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 . </P>

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