General situation of Yale university

Yale University, founded in 170 1, is a famous comprehensive private research university. It is the third university established in American history and is now a member of the Ivy League. It is as famous as Harvard and Princeton University. For many years, * * * has been competing for the top three positions in American universities and graduate schools. 20 1 1 American news American universities ranked third.

Yale University has about 3,200 faculty members, 5,200 undergraduates and more than 6,000 graduate students. The students of Yale College include students from 50 states in the United States and 73 countries in the world. More than 30% of them are ethnic minorities, 65,438+00% are international students, 54.4% graduated from public middle schools, and the rest graduated from independent, private, religious or international schools. Students can arrange their holidays flexibly. As long as students get excellent grades, they can leave the college for a semester or a school year at any time, and take advantage of this opportunity to work, engage in scientific research that interests them or travel to relax.

Yale University attaches great importance to undergraduate education, and many excellent professors have been teaching basic courses. Yale College is the core of Yale University, with 70 majors focusing on general education. Only a few undergraduate departments focus on professional preparation, and even the engineering department of Yale University encourages and requires students to explore and study fields other than engineering disciplines. Yale University requires all professors to teach undergraduate courses. The study plan (or blue book) of Yale University has more than 2,000 courses to choose from every year.