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The Yale Admissions Office is responding to COVID-19 with updated policies. Yale has extended a test-optional policy for first-year and transfer applicants in the 2021-2022 admissions cycle. Rest assured that your community’s response to the outbreak—and your personal circumstances associated with it—will not negatively affect your chances of admission. Learn More
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Yale is best defined by the word and. Yale is a research university and a liberal arts college. Its scholars are driven by innovation and more than 300 years of tradition. Yale students excel in the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, and engineering at the highest levels. Students of all backgrounds, beliefs, identities, and interests join a global community that values a multifaceted approach to undergraduate education.
All Yale undergraduates enroll in a single liberal arts college with 2,000 courses and 80 majors. Students are randomly assigned to Residential Colleges: close-knit communities housed in stunning buildings centered on courtyards. Each is a microcosm of Yale’s diverse student body, while preserving the intimacy of a small college.
Yale is committed to affordability and meets 100% of financial need - for all students, without loans. Yale’s policies mean that no student will ever need to decline a place in the class for financial reasons.
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- Economics198 Graduates
- Political Science and Government159 Graduates
- History108 Graduates
- Cellular Biology93 Graduates
- Liberal Arts and Humanities90 Graduates
- Information Science83 Graduates
- Research and Experimental Psychology70 Graduates
- Mathematics62 Graduates
- English59 Graduates
- Statistics53 Graduates
Yale's Neuroscience Major
Neuroscience aims to understand how the brain produces the mind and behavior, with the goal of advancing human understanding, improving physical and mental health, and optimizing performance. This entails a broad, interdisciplinary effort that spans molecules to minds. Yale’s undergraduate Neuroscience major provides a rigorous but flexible course of study, spanning this broad field