Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.
Former names: Collegiate School (1701–1718) · Yale College (1718–1887)
Motto: Lux et veritas (Latin) · אורים ותמים (Hebrew)