Yale University
耶鲁大学

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the “Collegiate School” by a group of Congregationalist ministers and chartered by the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. In 1718, the school was renamed “Yale College” in recognition of a gift from Elihu Yale, a governor of the British East India Company. Established to train Connecticut ministers in theology and sacred languages, by 1777 the school's curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences. During the 19th century Yale gradually incorporated graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Ph.D. in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Its law school is of great fame, and it is really hard for students to attend law school of Yale in the United States.
耶鲁大学是坐落于美国康涅狄格州纽黑文市的一所私立研究型大学，为常青藤盟校成员之一。耶鲁由一些公理制牧师始创于1701年，最初被称为“大学学院”，为康涅狄格州殖民地准许设立，旨在为殖民地培养新一代的神职人员及领导者，为全美第三古老的高等教育学府。该学院后来为了感谢不列颠东印度公司总裁伊利胡·耶鲁的捐助，而改名为“耶鲁学院”。学院建立之初的目的是培养康涅狄格州牧师在神学和仪式语言方面的能力。1777年学校纳入人文学科和科学学科，19世纪渐渐纳入研究生和专业指导项目，并在1861年颁发了美国的第一个博士研究生学位，1887年成为一所综合性大学。耶鲁尤其以法学见长，其法学院长期以来也是全美最难考取的学院。

Yale has graduated many notable alumni, including five U. S. Presidents, nineteen U. S. Supreme Court Justices, thirteen living billionaires, and many foreign heads of state. Fifty-two Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the University as students, faculty, or staff, and 230 Rhodes Scholars (the second most in the United States) graduated from the University.
迄今为止，耶鲁大学有众多优秀毕业生，包括5名美国总统及19名美国联邦最高法院大法官，13位在世的百万富翁和大量外国首脑人物。另外还有52名诺贝尔奖得主现在或曾经在耶鲁学习、授课或工作。它也是全美诞生罗德奖学金得主第二多的大学，人数总共为230位。