Yale University, referred to as Yale for short, is a world-famous 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. Yale University is a member of the Ivy League of prestigious universities in the Northeast of the United States, and it is also one of the eight Ivy League universities that attach the most importance to undergraduate education. As one of the most influential private universities in the United States, Yale University is the third university established in American history. Its undergraduate colleges are as famous as Harvard University and Princeton University. Over the years, * * * has been vying for the top three positions in the United States, ranking 365,438+0 in the US News from 2065,438 to 16. Yale University has trained five American presidents, 19 US Supreme Court justices, 16 billionaires and so on. Yale University's faculty, curriculum and teaching facilities are world-class. As of 20 15, 52 professors and alumni of Yale University have won the Nobel Prize, ranking 9th in the world. 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. In 20 15- 16, Yale University ranked 1 1 in the world academic ranking of world universities, four times higher education world university ranking 12, 5usnews ranking 146, and QS world university ranking 65438+.