A Brief Introduction
Established in the year 1701, Yale University is an Ivy League private research University which is the third oldest institution of America. It is situated in New Haven, Connecticut. The QS World University Rankings places it fourth amongst the world top Universities whereas Times Higher Education World University Rankings places it tenth.
It is affiliated to Ivy League, AAU, , IARU and NAICU.
Campus
The campus is located in New Haven, Connecticut , which a port city around 120 kms from New York City. Spread across 260 acres, Yale University consists of three major components: Yale College, the four-year undergraduate school; the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; and thirteen professional schools.
The schools of the university are as follows-
- Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- School of Architecture
- School of Art
- Divinity School
- School of Drama
- School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
- School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
- Law School
- School of Management
- School of Medicine
- School of Magic
- School of Nursing
- School of Public Health
The colleges of Yale University are as follows-
- Berkeley College
- Branford College
- Calhoun College
- Davenport College
- Ezra Stiles College
- Jonathan Edwards College
- Morse College
- Pierson College
- Saybrook College
- Silliman College
- Timothy Dwight College
- Trumbull College
Student
Facilities
Yale University has several student
fraternities and sororities. It boast of various students groups and activities
which take place on it campus. There is a radio statsion run by the University
known as the WYBC Yale Radio
Accommodation
Yale
University offers twelve residential hostels in each of it colleges listed
above. Every year, efforts are made to accommodate all undergraduate students
in the residential colleges. Students live their throughout their course (and
beyond). Good facilities, comfortable accommodation and a good environment are
prevalent in these residential colleges. The students get various opportunities
to take part in several extracurricular activities.
Cost of living
These
are the approximate values for the living costs for a student.
- 9
MONTH LIVING COST: Single Student: $22,442
- 12
MONTH LIVING COST (Ph.D. Students):
Single Student: $28,700
Below
is a breakdown of the 9 and 12 month living costs for 2016-17:
|
Cost
|
1
Month
|
9
Months
|
12
Months PhD. Students
|
|
Housing
|
$
1,000
|
$
9,000
|
$12,000
|
|
Board
|
$717
|
$
6,453
|
$
8,604
|
|
Academic
|
$ 156
|
$
1,404
|
$
1,404
|
|
Personal
|
$ 190
|
$
1,710
|
$
2,280
|
|
Medical
|
$ 252
|
$
2,264
|
$
2,264
|
|
Transportation
|
$ 179
|
$
1,611
|
$
2,148
|
|
Total
Living Cost
|
$2,494
|
$22,442
|
$28,274
|
International student fees
For
students who choose not to live on the campus, this is an approximate estimate
of their living expenses in accordance with the expected tuition fee for the
academic session 2015-16.
|
|
First-Year
March. I
|
All
other students
|
|
Tuition
|
$46,500
|
$46,500
|
|
Fees
|
$1,100
|
$1,100
|
|
Yale Health
Hospitalization/Specialty Coverage
|
$2,176*
|
$2,176*
|
|
Room and Board
|
14,044
|
12,767
|
|
Books/Personal Expenses
|
4,785
|
4,350
|
|
Total
|
$68,605
|
$66,893
|
*Students
may not have to pay the $2,176 hospitalization fee from Yale Health if they can
prove they have an alternate, valid and sufficient health insurance. Further
information regarding health services can be found in the chapter Yale
University Resources and Services.
For
more information please refer the following link
http://www.yale.edu/printer/bulletin/htmlfiles/architecture/tuition-and-fees.html
Scholarship
The
University offers various scholarships under the following heads:
·Yale
Scholarship
·Merit-based
Scholarships
·Entitlement
Grants
Noted Alumni
Some
of the prestigious alumni’s of Yale University are as follows-
|
Sr. No.
|
NAME
|
NOTABILITY
|
|
1.
|
Joseph P. Allen
|
NASA Astronaut with two STS
missions experience
|
|
2.
|
Arthur M. Chickering
|
noted arachnologist of Virginia
|
|
3.
|
Francis S. Collins
|
director, Human Genome Project
|
|
4.
|
Lee De Forest
|
inventor of the triode
|
|
5.
|
Julie Doyle Roberts
|
co-founder of MetaCritic
|
|
6.
|
Tiffany Pham
|
founder and CEO of Mogul
|
|
7.
|
Joel Spolsky
|
co-founder of Fog Creek Software
and Stack Exchange Network
|
|
8.
|
Herbert Kohler
|
chairman and president, Kohler
Company
|
|
9.
|
Samuel Palmer Brooks
|
President of Baylor University from
1902 to 1931
|
|
10.
|
John Wesley Johnson
|
first president of the University
of Oregon
|
Advising & Counselling
Yale
University is has long helped with counselling and advise for its students and
prospective students. Feel free to contact them by the following link.
http://ocs.yale.edu/content/undergraduate-students-three-ways-connect-office-career-strategy
Contact
Details
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520
203-432-4771
