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Yale University

Private university in New Haven, Connecticut

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academic calendar type	semester
admission rate	0.07 point in time: 2020
admission yield rate	0.55 point in time: 2020
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athletics program	Yale Bulldogs
authority	Yale Corporation
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral universities: very high research activity majority graduate research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school four-year, large, highly residential arts & sciences focus, high graduate coexistence four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Yale University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Yale University faculty
category for maps or plans	Category:Maps of Yale University
category of associated people	Category:Yale University people
chairperson	Maurie McInnis start time: 2024 Rick Levin start time: 1993; end time: July 2013
child organization or unit	Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute for Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Yale University Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Institute for Biospheric Studies, Yale University Yale School of Medicine Yale Quantum Institute Yale School of Public Health Yale Center for British Art
Commons category	Yale University
Commons gallery	Yale University
coordinate location	41.3111, -72.9267
count of students	14,429 applies to part: full-time equivalent; point in time: 1 September 2021 12,336 point in time: September 2014 5,477 applies to part: undergraduate student; point in time: September 2014 6,859 applies to part: graduate student; point in time: September 2014
country	United States
described by source	Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) statement is subject of: Q112821321 The Nuttall Encyclopædia subject named as: Yale University 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica statement is subject of: 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Yale University Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition statement is subject of: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Yale University The New Student's Reference Work statement is subject of: The New Student's Reference Work/Yale University New International Encyclopedia statement is subject of: The New International Encyclopædia/Yale University Meyer’s Universum, Erster Band publication date: 1833; statement is subject of: New-Haven, Connektikut, in den Vereinigten Staaten
donations	1,239,645,403 United States dollar point in time: 2011 863,987,731 United States dollar point in time: 2012 846,509,395 United States dollar point in time: 2013 878,354,797 United States dollar point in time: 2014 910,761,374 United States dollar point in time: 2015 963,188,552 United States dollar point in time: 2016 1,080,694,163 United States dollar point in time: 2017 1,024,899,090 United States dollar point in time: 2018 1,312,238,680 United States dollar point in time: 2019 1,356,612,031 United States dollar point in time: 2020 1,680,260,285 United States dollar point in time: 2021 1,427,195,501 United States dollar point in time: 2022 1,328,427,356 United States dollar point in time: 2023 1,419,967,393 United States dollar point in time: 2024
employees	3,619
endowment	31,201,686,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020 41,383,300,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2022 42,282,900,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2021
funder	Open Society Foundations point in time: 2023; prize money: 199,998 United States dollar; award rationale: to provide analysis of extensive open source and commercial satellite imagery of Russia's atrocities in Ukraine to civil society organizations working to ensure accountability for these crimes Open Society Foundations point in time: 2023; prize money: 44,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Grantee's work in undertaking research towards the development of the UN CESCR General Comment on drugs policies Open Society Foundations point in time: 2023; prize money: 400,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy in developing a collaborative, multi-stakeholder process of workshops and advocacy that aims to develop consensus around reforms to the trade ecosystem that is better suited to address contemporary challenges, including the promotion of greater global equity, sustainable development, and climate justice Open Society Foundations point in time: 2022; prize money: 450,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the MacMillan Center to host two scholars from Southeast Asia for a research fellowship Open Society Foundations point in time: 2022; prize money: 150,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Yale Law School - Information Society Project's Majority World Initiative to create and support an academic community of practice of Global South scholars to enable them contribute to social media global platform accountability debates Open Society Foundations point in time: 2021; prize money: 100,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Open Society Foundations point in time: 2021; prize money: 125,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to provide support to the Yale Law School - Information Society Project to protect internet users rights Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 200,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to document, examine, and influence in real-time, the policy decisions and actions related to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic (COVID–19) and their effect on the most vulnerable and marginalized populations Open Society Foundations point in time: 2019; prize money: 149,091 United States dollar; award rationale: to support policy advocacy on diversion programs and decriminalization of sex work Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 24,954 United States dollar; award rationale: to provide a space for a multi-disciplinary dialogue meeting that can clarify a human rights evidence-base for gestational surrogacy, which would promote and protect the rights, needs and well-being of all parties involved in gestational surrogacy Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 150,512 United States dollar; award rationale: to host a conference with high level experts around a post-UNGASS and post-prohibition era drug policy agenda to chart a path forward for reform Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 19,960 United States dollar; award rationale: to conduct a policy and legal analysis that outlines the legal strategies that Native American tribes in the United States could utilize, on the basis of tribal sovereignty claims, to gain greater access to affordable hepatitis C treatment
has part(s)	Yale Center for British Art Yale University Art Gallery Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Yale Law School Yale University Press Yale School of Medicine Yale College Yale Divinity School Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Yale School of Art Yale School of Music Yale School of the Environment Yale School of Nursing Yale School of Drama Yale School of Management Yale Divinity Library Yale University Observatory Yale Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments Old Campus
headquarters location	New Haven
image	Yale Law School in the Sterling Law Building.jpg
inception	1701
industry	higher education
instance of	private university research university colonial colleges private not-for-profit educational institution academic publisher production company
IPv4 routing prefix	128.36.0.0/16 start time: 15 August 1983
language used	English
legal form	Q130265038
located in the administrative territorial entity	New Haven
logo image	Yale University Shield 1.svg
member of	Ivy League New England Association of Schools and Colleges Association of American Universities start time: 1900 ORCID, Inc. point in time: October 2023 Association of Research Libraries IIIF Consortium International Alliance of Research Universities Linux Foundation Consortium of Social Science Associations Dryad arXiv point in time: 2021 Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations American Council on Education National Humanities Alliance Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship start time: 2022 Coalition for Networked Information Center for Research Libraries Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Council on Governmental Relations
motto	Urim and Thummim Lux et veritas
motto text	Lux et Veritas (la) reason for preferred rank: editorial choice Light and Truth אור ואמת (he) Свет и Правда (ru)
named after	Elihu Yale
native label	Yale University
official color	Yale Blue sRGB color hex triplet: 00356b
official name	Yale University
official website	https://yale.edu language of work or name: English
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4 point in time: 31 October 2022 Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
owner of	Yale University Press Yale Bowl Harkness Tower Sterling Memorial Library Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks Yale Field Betts House Gilder Boathouse Steinbach Hall Edward P. Evans Hall Horchow Hall
position held by head of the organization	President of Yale University
postal code	06520
ranking	11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2024 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2020 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2021 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2022 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2023 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2019 12 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2018 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2017 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2016 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2015 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2014 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2013 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2012 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2010 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2011 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2008 8 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2003 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2004 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2005 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2006 11 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2007 14 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2022 16 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2024 18 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2023 7 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2012 8 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2014 10 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2015 15 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2016 15 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2017 16 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2018 15 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2019 17 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2020 17 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2021 23 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2025 16 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 9 determination method or standard: Times Higher Education World University Rankings; point in time: 2026 14 determination method or standard: Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities; point in time: 2025
significant event	mixed-sex education start time: 1969
social media followers	550,552 point in time: 5 January 2021; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 5695032 234,000 point in time: 2 July 2021; YouTube channel ID: UCSh-dNnqe1agUSzPM01LgBA 610,179 point in time: 21 February 2022; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 5695032 299,000 point in time: 17 March 2022; YouTube channel ID: UCSh-dNnqe1agUSzPM01LgBA 698,500 point in time: 9 February 2023; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 5695032 338,000 point in time: 17 February 2023; YouTube channel ID: UCSh-dNnqe1agUSzPM01LgBA 361,000 point in time: 23 March 2024; YouTube channel ID: UCSh-dNnqe1agUSzPM01LgBA 398,000 point in time: 15 March 2025; YouTube channel ID: UCSh-dNnqe1agUSzPM01LgBA
street address	Woodbridge Hall, New Haven, CT, 06520
topic has template	Template:Yale object of statement has role: Wikimedia navigational template
topic's main category	Category:Yale University
total assets	44,696,382,000 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020 27,801,734,697 United States dollar point in time: 2011 28,321,347,357 United States dollar point in time: 2012 28,911,175,542 United States dollar point in time: 2013 32,031,841,267 United States dollar point in time: 2014 34,133,509,535 United States dollar point in time: 2015 34,103,002,387 United States dollar point in time: 2016 36,620,475,385 United States dollar point in time: 2017 39,065,768,707 United States dollar point in time: 2018 40,533,606,066 United States dollar point in time: 2019 56,104,600,801 United States dollar point in time: 2021 54,599,818,948 United States dollar point in time: 2022 54,308,947,172 United States dollar point in time: 2023 55,210,972,740 United States dollar point in time: 2024
total revenue	3,488,705,694 United States dollar point in time: 2011 3,627,023,737 United States dollar point in time: 2012 3,688,471,185 United States dollar point in time: 2013 4,477,633,568 United States dollar point in time: 2014 5,461,672,525 United States dollar point in time: 2015 4,807,997,730 United States dollar point in time: 2016 4,678,330,813 United States dollar point in time: 2017 5,089,937,007 United States dollar point in time: 2018 5,551,534,852 United States dollar point in time: 2019 5,595,177,145 United States dollar point in time: 2020 7,616,500,018 United States dollar point in time: 2021 7,410,414,729 United States dollar point in time: 2022 6,315,023,788 United States dollar point in time: 2023 6,841,256,079 United States dollar point in time: 2024

Identifiers in other databases

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