    yale college is the undergraduate college of yale university. founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university and the third-oldest institution of higher education in the united states. although other yale schools were founded as early as 1810, yale was known legally as yale college until 1887, when its schools were confederated and the institution was renamed yale university. ==history==  the collegiate school was founded in 1701 by a charter drawn by ten congregationalist ministers led by james pierpont and approved by the general court of the colony of connecticut. originally situated in abraham pierson's home in killingworth, connecticut, the college moved to new haven in 1718 and was renamed for elihu yale, an early benefactor. founded as a school to train ministers, original curriculum included only coursework in theology and sacred languages. although early faculty, including jonathan edwards and elisha williams, maintained strict congregational orthodoxy, by the time of the american revolution subsequent rectors, especially ezra stiles, relaxed the curri
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