Yale University, referred to as Yale for short, is a top private research university located in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. It was first established by the Congregation of Connecticut at 170 1 and moved to New Haven, Connecticut at 17 16. It is recognized as one of the best private universities in the United States and even the world; It is one of the eight members of the Ivy League, an old school in the northeastern United States; It is one of the eight Ivy League universities that attach great importance to undergraduate education. It is also one of the most influential top private universities in the United States; It is also the third university established in the United States. It is as famous as Harvard University and Princeton University. For many years, * * * has been competing for the top three positions of undergraduate and graduate schools in American universities.
Yale University has 3,200 faculty members and recruits about 1250 students every year, who come from 50 states in the United States and 108 countries around the world. At present, international students account for about 9% of Yale undergraduates and 16% of the whole university. Yale University's faculty, curriculum and teaching facilities are world-class. Yale University Library has a collection of150,000 volumes, ranking third in the American university library system. The 260 buildings on the Yale campus cover the design styles of various historical periods, and were once praised as "the most beautiful urban campus in America" by an architectural critic.