The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, founded in 1847, is the oldest graduate school in North America. It conferred the first Ph.D. degrees in North America in 1861.
Today, the Graduate School is one of twelve schools composing Yale University and the only one that awards the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Philosophy, Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Engineering. The work of the Graduate School is carried on in the divisions of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Biological and Physical Sciences. Fifty-three departments and programs offer courses of study leading to the Ph.D. degree. There are twenty-four programs that terminate with the master’s degree.
The Graduate School comprises approximately 2,300 students, about one-third of whom come from outside the United States. Admission is highly competitive with each entering class making up about 500 students.
About 900 faculty are involved with the graduate students as teachers, mentors, and advisors.
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