Harvard University is a private research university and a member of the Ivy League and the Global Alliance for Advanced Research. It is located in Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. ?

Harvard University was founded in 1636. It was first founded by the colonial legislature in Massachusetts, and was originally named "New Citizen College". To commemorate the generous support given by Pastor john harvard in the early days of the college's establishment, the school was renamed "Harvard College" in March of 1639, and Harvard College was officially renamed "Harvard University" in 1780.

The founding period

/kloc-at the end of 0/5, Columbus opened the Atlantic waterway from Europe to America, and Europeans crossed the ocean to America. /kloc-At the beginning of the 7th century, the first British immigrants arrived in North America, where they opened up their own "Garden of Eden"-New England.

Among the immigrants, there are more than 65,438+000 Puritans who received classical higher education at Oxford and Cambridge universities. In order to enable their descendants to receive such education in their new homes, they established Harvard College, the first institution in American history, on the Charles River in Massachusetts in 65,438+0636.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Harvard University.