Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University is an Ivy League institution best known for its drama and music programs worldwide. It was founded as a Collegiate School in 1701. Yale is a global educational leader in the domains of Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences & Medicine and particularly, in Social Sciences & Management. It has graduated several well-known intellectual figures, including five U.S. Presidents, 19 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, 31 living billionaires, and multiple heads of state.
As a research university and a liberal arts college, it has produced distinguished alumni including award-winning actress Meryl Streep, Washington Post investigative journalist and editor Bob Woodward, and actor Edward Norton. Yale is famous for its secret societies, the most famous of which are the Scroll and Key Society, and most importantly, the Skull and Bones Society, with socially prominent members like George W. Bush.
Yale University offers a plethora of opportunities to lead innovation in business and technology, preparing students to enter a global workforce by providing them international exposure. Acceptance rate for masters is 13.6% and for PhD is 14.5% respectively.