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New Haven, CT 06520
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Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Bachelor degree, Certificates/Postbaccalaureate certificate, Master's degree, Certificates/Post-Master's certificate, Doctor's degree, First-Professional degree
Carnegie classification: Research Universities (very high research activity)
Number of students: 11,415 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$75.00

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$34,530$33,030$31,460
Out of State$34,530$33,030$31,460
Books and Supplies$2,950$2,800$2,700
On-Campus
Room and board$10,470$10,020$9,540
Other Expenses$2,400$2,400$2,400
Off Campus
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Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 8% $6,538
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 2% $4,539
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 44% $25,111
Loans to students 24% $5,472
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Master's degree
Anthropology
Yale University

The department covers three subfields: archeology; sociocultural and linguistic anthropology; and physical anthropology. Archeology focuses on ritual complexes and writing, ceramic analysis, warfare, ancient civilizations, origins of agriculture, and museum studies. Sociocultural anthropology provides a range of courses: classics in ethnography ...

Bachelor degree
Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies
Yale University

The program in Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies focuses on gender and sexuality as fundamental categories of social and cultural analysis. Drawing on history, literature, cultural studies, social science, and natural science, it offers interdisciplinary perspectives from which to study the diversity of human experience. Gender—the social m...

Bachelor degree
Spanish
Yale University

The major in Spanish is a liberal arts major that offers a wide range of courses in the language, literatures, and cultures of the twenty Spanish-speaking countries in Europe and Latin America. Today Spanish is the second language of the United States and one of the three most important and widely spoken languages in the world. The program in Sp...

Bachelor degree
Sociology
Yale University

The Sociology department offers two undergraduate programs leading to the B.A. degree. The central feature of each program is an encounter with social life. Any methodology can be used to accomplish this, including analysis of survey data, ethnographic field research, and historical analysis. The standard program provides a rigorous introduction...

Bachelor degree
Russian Studies
Yale University

The major in Russian and East European Studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of a broad region: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Caucasus, and Central Asia; Poland, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak Republics, and other regions in east central Europe; and the Balkans. The program is appropriate for students considering careers in in...

Bachelor degree
Russian
Yale University

The major in Russian offered by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures acquaints students with Russian literature and culture, develops students' appreciation of literary values and skill in literary analysis, and gives them a basic competence in Russian. Students majoring in Russian may concentrate exclusively on Russian language a...

Bachelor degree
Religious Studies
Yale University

The study of religion investigates religious traditions, institutions, cultural practices, texts, and ideas in many different ways. Courses in the Religious Studies department concentrate on the history of religious traditions (Western and Eastern, ancient and modern) and the role of religion in shaping past human cultures and current events; on...

Bachelor degree
Psychology
Yale University

Because psychology is so diverse a subject, every student is required to take at least two courses from the social science point of view in psychology and at least two from the natural science point of view. At least one course from each list must be a core course numbered from 120 to 199 and ending in zero. Students are expected to take those t...

Bachelor degree
Portuguese
Yale University

The major in Portuguese is a liberal arts major intended to develop competence in the Portuguese language and provide students with a comprehensive knowledge of the literatures and cultures of Portugal, Brazil, and African and Asian lands of Portuguese language or influence.

Bachelor degree
Political Science
Yale University

Yale has been home to some of the world's foremost political scientists, including Gabriel Almond, Robert Dahl, Karl Deutsch, Robert Lane, Harold Lasswell, and Charles Lindblom. The current faculty has been recruited from the best departments in the world. It includes practitioners of all the major methodologies of political science, scholars of...

Bachelor degree
Physics
Yale University

Physics forms a foundation for all other sciences. The various undergraduate courses and degree programs offered by the Physics department provide students with a thorough preparation in physics for any career. To satisfy the needs of science students and to provide the general background in physics that should be part of a liberal education, th...

Bachelor degree
Philosophy
Yale University

The department offers a wide range of courses in various traditions of philosophy, with strengths and a well-established reputation in the history of philosophy, in ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of art as well as other central topics. We also have affiliated faculty members in the Law School, the Political Science Department, and...

Bachelor degree
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Yale University

The major in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations is a liberal arts major that gives students a sound competence in a Near Eastern language and a broad knowledge of the literatures, civilizations, history, and archaeology of the Near East. The major also provides essential preparation for graduate or professional work in which a knowledge of...

Bachelor degree
Music
Yale University

The Department of Music in Yale College is the home of undergraduate music majors as well as the source of course work designed for the non-major with minimal preparation in music. For the music major, the Music Department offers a full-scale humanities-oriented program in the history, theory, and composition of music that is intended to provide...

Bachelor degree
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Yale University

The programs offered by the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry are planned for students interested in the molecular and chemical basis of biological processes and are well suited to students hoping to attend medical school or pursue graduate studies in biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics (prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and virus...

Bachelor degree
Mechanical Engineering
Yale University

The educational mission of the Department of Mechanical Engineering is to provide an excellent education that will prepare students to become members of the next generation of mechanical engineers. To implement this mission, the department adheres to the following set of educational goals: to provide a balanced technical and nontechnical educati...

Bachelor degree
Mathematics
Yale University

The Mathematics Faculty at Yale is actively engaged in leading research at advanced levels in algebra, mathematical physics, analysis, topology, and geometry, and applied mathematics. We enjoy our teaching and are strongly committed to providing each of you with a quality undergraduate experience and in assisting you to develop your professional...

Bachelor degree
Literature
Yale University

The Literature Major allows students to address fundamental questions about the nature, function, and value of literature in a broadly comparative context. Majors read and write about a wide variety of literary works across periods, genres, and national traditions. They investigate traditional and contemporary approaches to literary study, ancie...

Bachelor degree
Linguistics
Yale University

Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The major in Linguistics is an interdisciplinary program of studies leading toward an understanding of phonological, grammatical, and semantic structure and of various approaches to descriptive, historical, and experimental linguistics. It also includes course work leading to proficiency in one or...

Bachelor degree
Latin American Studies
Yale University

The major in Latin American Studies is designed to further understanding of the societies and cultures of Latin America as viewed from regional and global perspectives. The Latin American Studies major builds on a foundation of language and literature, history, history of art, theater studies, humanities, and the social sciences; its faculty is ...

Bachelor degree
Judaic Studies
Yale University

Judaic Studies enables students to develop a substantial knowledge of the history, religion, literature, languages, and culture of the Jews. Jewish society, texts, ideologies, and institutions are examined in comparative perspective in the context of the history and culture of nations in which Jews have lived and created throughout the ages.

Bachelor degree
Japanese
Yale University

The department of East Asian Languages and Literatures offers a major in Japanese, one of the world's great literary traditions. Language courses in Japanese range from the elementary to advanced level and beyond.

The department offers courses on Chinese and Japanese literature and Japanese and Korean film that are open to all undergr...

Bachelor degree
Italian
Yale University

The major in Italian is a liberal arts major designed to explore Italy's vital role in the development of the humanistic values and disciplines that have infused Western culture over several centuries. Central to the major in Italian is the conviction that study of another language yields the important benefit of enlightening students about thei...

Bachelor degree
International Studies
Yale University

The program in International Studies is designed for students who seek to combine the discipline-based requirements of a first major with an understanding drawn from several disciplines of the transformations occurring on this planet in their interconnected socioeconomic, environmental, political, and cultural dimensions. No student may major in...

Bachelor degree
Humanities
Yale University

The interdisciplinary program in Humanities is designed to contribute to an integrated understanding of the Western cultural tradition. Selected works of European literature, music, philosophy, and visual arts are studied in relation to each other and to the history of ideas and political institutions. The varied program of study offers a wide r...

Bachelor degree
History of Science, History of Medicine
Yale University

History of Science, History of Medicine is an interdisciplinary program of studies leading toward an understanding of the development of science and medicine and their impact on society. It explores intellectual and cultural traditions, institutions, techniques, and practices; the social uses of science and medicine; the creation of science-base...

Bachelor degree
History of Art
Yale University

Art history is the study of all forms of art, architecture, and visual culture in their social and historical contexts. For over sixty years, our department has introduced thousands of undergraduates to works of art from diverse cultures around the world, trained hundreds of graduate students who have contributed significantly to our discipline,...

Bachelor degree
History
Yale University

The Department of History strongly urges each student to devise a program of study that, while it meets individual interests and needs, also achieves a balance between diversification and specialization. Exposure to a variety of areas of history is desirable first because only wide-ranging experience can give students confidence in having discov...

Bachelor degree
German Studies
Yale University

The major in German Studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the German cultural tradition in history, philosophy, the fine arts, music, film studies, politics, and culture, with a German-language requirement. The major draws on several departments and programs along with core courses in German Studies. It is particularly sui...

Bachelor degree
German
Yale University

The major in German is a liberal arts major whose aim is to provide solid training in a humanistic discipline by giving students an awareness of German literature and culture in the context of European civilization, a real competence in the German language, and a general understanding of German-language literature.

Bachelor degree
Geology and Geophysics
Yale University

The Geology and Geophysics program prepares students for the application of scientific principles and methods to the understanding of Earth and life as a system on a regional and a planetary scale. Subjects range from the history of Earth and life upon it to present-day environmental processes, integrating the study of Earth’s deep interior, t...

Bachelor degree
French
Yale University

Students who major in French become proficient in spoken and written French, gain firsthand access to the works of influential writers, philosophers, filmmakers, artists, and scientists, and acquire an extensive knowledge of French and francophone literatures, societies, and cultures.

French is spoken by nearly 200 million Francophones ...

Bachelor degree
Film Studies
Yale University

Film Studies is an interdisciplinary major that focuses on the history, theory, and criticism of film. Courses examine cinema's role as a unique modern art form and the contributions of moving image media as cultural practices of enduring social significance. Film Studies offers students latitude in defining their course of study within the fram...

Bachelor degree
Environmental Studies
Yale University

Environmental Studies provides an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and responding to environmental problems. From the natural sciences, students learn experimental techniques and methods of analysis needed to make accurate observations, to document change, to distinguish those changes resulting from human activity, and to understand w...

Bachelor degree
Environmental Engineering
Yale University

The B.S. degree program in Environmental Engineering is for students mainly interested in a career as a practicing environmental engineer. Environmental engineers must balance competing technical, social, and legal issues concerning the use of environmental resources. Because of the complexity of these challenges, environmental engineers need a...

Bachelor degree
English
Yale University

For undergraduates, the Department offers an array of introductory courses designed to develop fundamental writing skills, powers of argument and analysis, and a historical perspective on literature. The English Major introduces students to the many traditions of imaginative writing in English through courses focused on both familiar topics such...

Bachelor degree
Electrical Engineering
Yale University

The ABET-accredited B.S. in Electrical Engineering requires, beyond the prerequisites, four term courses in mathematics and science, fourteen term courses in topics in engineering, and one term course in professional ethics. In the language of the ABET guidelines, graduates from this program will (1) have gained an in-depth appreciation of elect...

Bachelor degree
Economics
Yale University

Economics concerns the wealth of nations, its origins in production and exchange, its allocation among competing uses, its distribution among individuals, and its accumulation or decline. Economics seeks to discern both the common features and the differences in the institutions by which societies throughout the world, today and in the past, hav...

Bachelor degree
East Asian Studies
Yale University

In the East Asian Studies major students concentrate on either China or Japan and organize their work in the humanities or the social sciences. Students also have the opportunity to take courses related to Korea, as the Council on East Asian Studies continues to expand the study of Korea in the undergraduate curriculum. The major offers a libera...

Bachelor degree
Computer Science
Yale University

The Department offers both a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts major in Computer Science and a combined B.S./M.S. program. It also offers joint majors with the Departments of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Psychology.

The Bachelor of Science program is designed for students who plan to continue in computing after gr...

Bachelor degree
Cognitive Science
Yale University

Cognitive science is concerned with the study of how organisms (especially humans) acquire, represent, manipulate, and use information. A common metaphor in cognitive science is the notion of the mind/brain as an abstract computing device: in those terms, the goal of the discipline is to provide explicit accounts of the mental computations that ...

Bachelor degree
Classics
Yale University

The major in Classics is primarily a liberal arts major, with enormous potential for the pursuit of interdisciplinary interests. Students attain proficiency in Greek and Latin, and are trained to develop powers of critical analysis in studying the important periods and major authors of Greek and Roman literature. Ancient art, history, and cultur...

Bachelor degree
Classical Civilization
Yale University

The major in Classical Civilization is designed to offer students an opportunity to study an entire civilization from a wide range of perspectives. It is a flexible program which allows students to take a range of courses in a number of departments, and thus tailor their degree to their own specific interests. Areas of specialization include the...

Bachelor degree
Chinese
Yale University

The major in Chinese is designed to give the student a broad understanding of the chief forms and themes of Chinese literature through reading in the original language. By the senior year, the student majoring in Chinese can acquire advanced skills in speaking and reading Chinese and in interpreting Chinese literature.

Bachelor degree
Chemistry
Yale University

Students with B.A. or B.S. degrees in chemistry go on to a variety of professional callings. In addition to graduate work in chemistry, biochemistry, medicine, or other health-related disciplines, the department's graduates find their broad scientific training useful in fields such as business management and law. As contemporary society's proble...

Bachelor degree
Chemical Engineering
Yale University

Chemical engineering has made significant contributions to a diverse range of scientific and technological developments such as drug delivery devices, microfluidic devices, environmental remediation, fuel cells, semiconductor processing, and enzyme design using biomimetics. The far-reaching impact of chemical engineering can be attributed to its...

Bachelor degree
Biomedical Engineering
Yale University

Biomedical Engineering combines the knowledge of several fields and develops solutions to important biomedical problems. For example, Biomedical Engineering has developed imaging of physiological functions, artificial organs, and new biomaterials.

The Biomedical Engineering major teaches the student to understand common methods that und...

Bachelor degree
Biology
Yale University

The science of biology is extremely broad, ranging across the domains of molecules, cells, organisms, and ecosystems. Moreover, biology explores questions of evolutionary history and the processes of evolutionary change as well as the mechanisms by which cells, organisms, and ecosystems function. Students majoring in Biology receive a thorough y...

Bachelor degree
Astronomy and Physics
Yale University

This program is designed to provide a strong background in astronomy and in the relevant physics for students interested in graduate study or a career in astronomy, physics, or a related science. Prerequisite to the B.S. degree program is work in fundamental physics and mathematics. A student planning to major in Astronomy and Physics should co...

Bachelor degree
Astronomy
Yale University

The Department of Astronomy offers courses both for the nonscientist interested in learning about modern astronomy and for the student wishing to prepare for graduate work in astronomy or a related science. The department offers two degree programs: the B.A. degree program in Astronomy and the B.S. degree program in Astronomy and Physics.
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Bachelor degree
Art
Yale University

The program in art offers courses that, through work in a variety of media, provide an experience in the visual arts as part of a liberal education as well as preparation for graduate study and professional work. Courses at the 100 level stress the fundamental aspects of visual formulation and articulation. Courses numbered 200 through 499 offer...

Bachelor degree
Architecture
Yale University

The standard major. The purpose of the undergraduate major is to include the study of architecture within the broader context of a liberal arts education. The curriculum includes work in design, in history, theory, and criticism of architecture, and in urban studies, and leads to a bachelor of arts degree. Students are prepared for advanced stud...

Bachelor degree
Applied Physics
Yale University

Physics is the study of the fundamental laws of nature. Applied physics uses these laws to understand phenomena that may have practical applications. Engineering in turn makes use of these phenomena for human purposes, forming a link between the fundamental laws of nature and their applications. Students majoring in Applied Physics take courses ...

Bachelor degree
Applied Mathematics
Yale University

Mathematical models are widely used throughout science and engineering in fields as diverse as physics, bioinformatics, robotics, image processing, and economics. Despite the broad range of applications, there are a few essential techniques used in addressing most problems. The Applied Mathematics major provides a foundation in these mathematica...

Bachelor degree
Anthropology
Yale University

The major in Anthropology gives a firm grounding in this comparative discipline concerned with the diverse cultural, social, and biological patterns of human societies. Anthropology deals not only with that small proportion of humankind in Europe and North America but with societies of the entire world, from the remotest past to the present day....

Bachelor degree
Ancient and Modern Greek
Yale University

The major in Ancient and Modern Greek is designed to offer students an opportunity to integrate the study of post-classical Greek language, history, and culture into the departmental program in Ancient Greek and Classical Civilization. The program covers Hellenic civilization from the Bronze Age to the modern day, and traces the development of ...

Bachelor degree
American Studies
Yale University

The American Studies program encourages the interdisciplinary study of the cultures and politics of the United States, the changing representations of national identity, and the construction of borderland and diasporic cultures over time. Each student in the major combines foundation lecture courses, core seminars, other American Studies courses...

Bachelor degree
African-American Studies
Yale University

The African American Studies major examines, from numerous disciplinary perspectives, the experiences of people of African descent in Black Atlantic societies, including the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Students in the department explore the historical, cultural, political, economic, and social development of Black Atlantic s...

Bachelor degree
African Studies
Yale University

The program in African Studies enables students to undertake interdisciplinary study of the arts, history, cultures, politics, and development of Africa. As a foundation, students in the program gain a cross-disciplinary exposure to Africa. In the junior and senior years, students develop analytical ability and focus their studies on research in...

Bachelor degree
Archaeological Studies
Yale University

The major in Archaeological Studies provides a program of interdepartmental offerings covering prehistoric, early historic, and medieval cultures and cultural developments in the Old and New Worlds, and introduces students to the analytic tools that facilitate archaeological studies. The major is designed to expose students to a variety of archa...

Certificates/Postbaccalaureate certificate
Physician Assistant
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Postbaccalaureate certificate Physician Assistant: A program that prepares individuals to practice medicine, including diagnoses and treatment therapies, under the supervision of a physician. Includes instruction in the basic medical and clinical sciences and specialized preparation in fields such as ...

Master's degree
Urban Education Studies
Yale University

The Urban Education Studies Program is a one-year terminal master’s that integrates advanced graduate work with preparation for teaching in an urban setting. Candidates complete an intensive twelve course of study program over a fourteen-month period and gain both a Master of Arts in Urban Education Studies and a State of Connecticut Initial E...

Master's degree
Statistics
Yale University

We have active research programs in statistical information theory, statistical genetics and bioinformatics, bayesian methods, statistical computing, graphical methods, model selection, asymptotics, and other topics. Our faculty and students are also active in collaborative research with other departments throughout the university, including com...

Master's degree
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Yale University

Fields of Study include Russian literature, medieval Slavic literature and philology (by special arrangement), Polish literature (by special arrangement).

Master's degree
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Yale University

The graduate program of the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations has emphasized reflective scholarship based on sound knowledge of the languages, civilizations, and material cultures of the Near East. The Department's main faculty strength today is in the areas of Arabic and Islamic Studies and Graeco-Arabic Studies; Assyriology,...

Master's degree
Musical Arts
Yale University

The Master of Musical Arts degree is awarded to candidates who successfully complete the three-year program (normally 18 hours per term) of predoctoral studies required for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree. The program provides intensive training in the student’s major field, either performance or composition, supported by studies in theoret...

Master's degree
Music
Yale University

Students holding a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent are qualified to apply for admission to this degree program in the Yale School of Music. Qualifying examinations in comprehensive musicianship (rhythm and pitch discrimination, score reading, minimum keyboard and vocal skills) and music history are given to all students upon admission to...

Master's degree
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Yale University

The principal objective of members of the department is to understand living systems at the molecular level. Laboratories in MB&B focus on a diverse collection of problems in biology. Some specialize in the study of DNA dynamics, including replication, recombination, transposition, and/or functional genomics. Others focus on transcriptional regu...

Master's degree
Medieval Studies
Yale University

Medieval Studies is not a department but an autonomous interdisciplinary program, or, as some of us like to call it, a conspiracy, or coniuratio of the same kind that gave origin to the medieval communes. It has a budget for graduate student fellowships and an account for indispensable administrative expenses but no budget for faculty. It derive...

Master's degree
Mathematics
Yale University

Fields of Study include real analysis, complex analysis, functional analysis, classical and modern harmonic analysis; linear and nonlinear partial differential equations; dynamical systems and ergodic theory; kleinian groups, low dimensional topology and geometry; finite and infinite groups; finite and infinite dimensional Lie algebras, Lie grou...

Master's degree
International Relations
Yale University

Working closely with the Director of Graduate Studies, each master's candidate pursues an individualized course of study while establishing a strong foundation in theoretical and analytical approaches of international relations. Students have access to an extraordinary range of resources throughout Yale University. Courses may be taken in the Gr...

Master's degree
History
History of Science and Medicine
Yale University

The History of Science and Medicine Program is a semi-autonomous graduate track within the Department of History.The Program's students are awarded degrees in History, with a concentration in the History of Science and Medicine. Graduate students in the Program are fully fledged members of the Department. As with the rest of the Department, Prog...

Master's degree
History of Art
Yale University

Art history is the study of all forms of art, architecture, and visual culture in their social and historical contexts. Fields include Greek and Roman; Medieval and Byzantine; Renaissance; Baroque; eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century European; Modern Architecture; African; African American; American; British; Pre-Columbian; Chinese;...

Master's degree
History
Yale University

The purpose of the history program is to develop historians who possess both intellectual range and specialized competence. Instruction is in small classes by the seminar method or some appropriate modification of this approach. Faculty advisers for individual guidance and direction are available throughout the entire period of enrollment. The d...

Master's degree
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Yale University

The department at Yale has long been considered one of the strongest departments of German in the United States. While keeping to a tradition that allows students to emphasize a rigorous study of canonical, and now also non-canonical, texts of German literature, the department also encompasses and encourages within its own framework the intensiv...

Master's degree
Fine Art
Yale University

Since the mid-twentieth century, Yale has been a leader in the integration of the practice of painting, sculpture, photography, design, and new media. The graduate student’s primary educational experience at Yale is centered on his or her own studio activity. Supporting this enterprise are the experience, knowledge, and skills gained from rig...

Master's degree
European and Russian Studies
Yale University

The European Studies Council formulates and implements new curricular and research programs reflective of current developments in Europe. The geographical scope of the council’s activities extends from Ireland to the lands of the former Soviet Union. Its definition represents a concept of Europe that embraces the conventional divisions into We...

Master's degree
Epidemiology and Public Health
Biostatistics
Yale University

Programs of study are offered in the areas of biostatistics, chronic disease epidemiology, environmental health sciences, genetic epidemiology, health policy and administration, and epidemiology of microbial diseases (infectious disease epidemiology, vector-borne diseases, immunology, parasitology, and virology). The Social and Behavioral Progra...

Master's degree
English
Yale University

The Yale English Department offers a broad-ranging program of graduate education, with courses that engage all the traditional chronological periods of British literature, American literature since its inception, and many of the contemporary interdisciplines (feminism, cultural studies, post-colonialism, gay studies).

The Department aim...

Master's degree
Engineering and Applied Science
Yale University

Programs of study are offered in the areas of applied mechanics and mechanical engineering, applied physics, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, and environmental engineering.

Fields of Study include areas of theoretical and experimental condensed-matter physics, optical and laser physics, and material ...

Master's degree
East Asian Studies
Yale University

The Master of Arts program in East Asian Studies offers a concentrated course of study designed to provide a broad understanding of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean history, culture, contemporary society, politics, and economy. This program is designed for students wishing to go on to the doctorate in one of the disciplines listed above, as well as ...

Master's degree
Computer Science
Yale University

The Master of Science (MS) program is intended for students planning to pursue a professional career directly after finishing the MS program, rather than continuing on in a PhD program. The MS program is also suitable for students interested in undertaking a research project but who are not sure yet whether they want to make the multi-year comm...

Master's degree
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Yale University

Computational biology and bioinformatics (CB&B) is a rapidly developing multidisciplinary field. The systematic acquisition of data made possible by genomics and proteomics technologies has created a tremendous gap between available data and their biological interpretation. Given the rate of data generation, it is well recognized that this gap w...

Master's degree
Archaeological Studies
Yale University

The aims of the program are to give students the academic background needed for careers in the conservation of archaeological resources, to prepare students to teach in community colleges and secondary schools, and to provide the opportunity for teachers, curators, and administrators to refresh themselves on recent developments in archeology. Th...

Master's degree
Applied Mathematics
Yale University

The graduate program in Applied Mathematics comprises mathematics and its applications to a range of areas, to the mathematical sciences (including computer science and statistics), and to the other sciences and engineering. Topics covered by the program include classical and modern applied harmonic analysis, linear and nonlinear partial differe...

Master's degree
American Studies
Yale University

Fields include American literature, history, the arts and material culture, philosophy, cultural theory, and the social sciences.The M.A. is granted upon the completion of six term courses (two grades must be Honors and the other four grades must average High Pass), and the successful completion of the language requirement. It can be petitioned ...

Master's degree
African-American Studies
Yale University

African American Studies offers a combined PH.D. in conjunction with several other departments and programs. Departments and programs which currently offer a combined PH.D. with African American Studies are: American Studies, Anthropology, English, Film Studies, French, History, History of Art, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, S...

Master's degree
African Studies
Yale University

African Studies considers the arts, history, cultures, languages, literatures, politics, religions, and societies of Africa as well as issues concerning development, health, and the environment. Considerable flexibility and choice of areas of concentration are offered because students entering the program may have differing academic backgrounds ...

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
Systems Science and Theory
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Systems Science and Theory: A program with a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis and solution of complex problems, requiring a combined approach using data and models from the natural, social, technological, behavioral and life sciences, and other specialized fields.

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
Statistics
General
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Statistics, General: A general program that focuses on the relationships between groups of measurements, and similarities and differences, using probability theory and techniques derived from it. Includes instruction in the principles in probability theory, binomial distribut...

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
Spanish Language and Literature
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Spanish Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and...

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General: A general program that focuses on one or more of the languages, literatures, and linguistics of the peoples speaking the Indo-Aryan (Indic), Dravidian, and other languages of the Indian subcontinent and associated b...

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
Sociology
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Sociology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social ...

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General: A general program that focuses on one or more of the Slavic languages of Central and Eastern Europe. Includes instruction in philology, linguistics, dialects and pidgins, literature, and applications to business, scienc...

Certificates/Post-Master's certificate
Religion + Religious Studies
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Religion + Religious Studies: A program that focuses on the nature of religious belief and specific religious and quasi-religious systems. Includes instruction in phenomenology; the sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, literature and art of religion; mythology; sc...

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Public Health, General (MPH, DPH).
Yale University

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Yale University Post-Master's certificate Public Health, General (MPH, DPH): A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and evaluate public health care services and to function as public health officers. Includes instruction in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health principles, preventive medi...

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Psychology
General
Yale University

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Yale University Post-Master's certificate Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of th...

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Political Science and Government
General
Yale University

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Yale University Post-Master's certificate Political Science and Government, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest group...

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Physiology
Human and Animal
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Physiology, Human and Animal: A program that focuses on the scientific study of function, morphology, regulation, and intercellular communications and dynamics within vertebrate and invertebrate in animal species, with comparative applications to homo sapiens and its relatives...

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Physics
General
Yale University

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Yale University Post-Master's certificate Physics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, t...

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Philosophy
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Philosophy: A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applicati...

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Pharmacology
Yale University

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Yale University Post-Master's certificate Pharmacology: A program that focuses on the scientific study of drug interactions on biological systems and organisms and the sources, chemical properties, biological effects, and therapeutic uses of drugs. Includes instruction in pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, toxicolog...

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Pathology + Experimental Pathology
Yale University

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Yale University Post-Master's certificate Pathology + Experimental Pathology: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the expression, initiation, maintenance and progression of tissue injury and disease, including death, and the relationship of pathogenesis to fundamental molecular and cellular mechanisms. ...

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Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN).
Yale University

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Yale University Post-Master's certificate Nursing + Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN): A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, informed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administrat...

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Neuroscience
Yale University

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Yale University Post-Master's certificate Neuroscience: A program that focuses on the interdisciplinary scientific study of the molecular, structural, physiologic, cognitive, and behavioral aspects of the brain and nervous system. Includes instruction in molecular and cellular neuroscience, brain science, anatomy and...

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Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Neurobiology and Neurophysiology: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the cellular and molecular basis of the lower and higher neural functions in animals and human beings, organ system behavior and the immune response, and the control of physiological systems. ...

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Music
Other
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Music, Other: Any instructional program in music not listed in the Music, General category.

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Music
General
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Music, General: A general program that focuses on the introductory study and appreciation of music and the performing arts. Includes instruction in music, dance, and other performing arts media.

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Music Performance
General
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Music Performance, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to master musical instruments and performing art as solo and/or ensemble performers. Includes instruction on one or more specific instruments from various instrumental groupings.

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Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies
Other
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Multi- + Interdisciplinary Studies, Other: Any instructional program in multi/interdisciplinary studies not listed in the Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General category.

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Molecular Biology
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Molecular Biology: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the structure and function of biological macromolecules and the role of molecular constituents and mechanisms in supramolecular assemblies and cells. Includes instruction in such topics as molecular signalli...

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Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology: A program that focuses on the scientific study of pathogenic bacteria that are significant factors in causing or facilitating human disease. Includes instruction in the pathogenesis of bacterial diseases, bacterial genetics and physiolog...

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Mechanical Engineering
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Mechanical Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of physical systems used in manufacturing and end-product systems used for specific uses, including machine tools, ...

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Mathematics
General
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Mathematics, General: A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and othe...

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Linguistics
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Linguistics: A program that focuses on language, language development, and relationships among languages and language groups from a humanistic and/or scientific perspective. Includes instruction in subjects such as psycholinguistics, behavioral linguistics, language acquisiti...

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Italian Language and Literature
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Italian Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the Italian language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Italian philology, Modern Italian, Italian regional dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings.

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Immunology
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Immunology: A program that focuses on scientific study of the biological mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of disease, host-pathogen interactions, and host response to disease. Includes instruction in antigen and antibody structure and function, effector mechanisms, rec...

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Humanities + Humanistic Studies
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Humanities + Humanistic Studies: A program that focuses on combined studies and research in the humanities subjects as distinguished from the social and physical sciences, emphasizing languages, literatures, art, music, philosophy and religion.

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Human + Medical Genetics
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Human + Medical Genetics: A program that focuses on the scientific study of human genetics from the standpoint of medical applications such as clinical diagnosis, genetic engineering and therapy, transplantation, and the study of genetic diseases and disabilities and their def...

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History
General
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate History, General: A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; stud...

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Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General: A general program that focuses on one or more of the Germanic languages of Western, Central, and Northern Europe. Includes instruction in philology, linguistics, dialects and pidgins, literature, and applications to b...

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German Language and Literature
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate German Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the German language and related dialects as used in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, neighboring European countries containing German-speaking minorities, and elsewhere. Includes instruction in German philology; Old, Mid...

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Geological and Earth Sciences + Geosciences
Other
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Geological and Earth Sciences + Geosciences, Other: Any instructional program in geological and related sciences not listed in the Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, General category.

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Genetics
Plant and Animal
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Genetics, Plant and Animal: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the genetics of multicellular animal life forms from the experimental, comparative, and clinical (veterinary and medical) viewpoints. Includes instruction in molecular genetics, gene expression, gen...

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Genetics
General
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Genetics, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the organization, recombination, function, regulation, and transmission of heritable information in biological organisms at all levels of complexity. Includes instruction in Mendelian genetics, mecha...

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French Language and Literature
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate French Language and Literature: A program that focuses on the French language and related dialects and creoles. Includes instruction in French philology, Metropolitan French, Canadian French, African and Caribbean Creoles, French regional dialects, and applications in busines...

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Forestry
General
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Forestry, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to manage and develop forest areas for economic, recreational, and ecological purposes. Includes instruction in forest-related sciences, mapping, statistics, harvesting and production technology, natural resourc...

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Environmental + Environmental Health Engineering
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Environmental + Environmental Health Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems for controlling contained living environments and for monitoring and controlli...

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English Language and Literature
General
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

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Engineering
General
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Engineering, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to solve a wide variety of practical problems in industry, social organization, public works, and commerce.

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Engineering Physics
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Engineering Physics: A program with a general focus on the general application of mathematical and scientific principles of physics to the analysis and evaluation of engineering problems. Includes instruction in high- and low-temperature phenomena, computational physics, supe...

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Electrical
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of electrical, electronic and related communications systems and their components, ...

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Economics
General
Yale University

General Description for:
Yale University Post-Master's certificate Economics, General: A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, m...