Yale University: Provost's Office

Yale University comprises three major academic components: Yale College (the undergraduate program) the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the professional schools. In addition, Yale encompasses a huge range of centers and programs, libraries, museums, and administrative support offices. Approximately 11, 250 students attend Yale. Yale's roots can be traced back to the 1640s, when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a college in New Haven to preserve the tradition of European liberal education in the New World.