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Yale College’s goal is to stand as a beacon of opportunity—from admissions to post-graduation, and at every point between—for talented students from a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
Yale College is committed to:
- Educating talented students of diverse backgrounds to lead and serve in a complex and changing society.
- Supporting a residential community of learning in which social experience and the free exchange of ideas underpin the pursuit of knowledge.
- Cultivating both the broad intellectual, moral, civic, and creative capacities and the more specialized skills that will allow students to thrive beyond the college gates.
- Drawing on the distinctive strengths and traditions of Yale University as a globally recognized leader across the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, engineering, and the professions.
Dean Pericles Lewis
" … the community you are now joining learns through dialogue. Thoughtful conversation can allow each of us to develop our own sensibilities and fulfill our humanity."
Pericles Lewis, "On Conversation," August 22, 2022
Fall-term classes begin, 8:20 a.m.
Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead
Labor Day; classes do not meet
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Family Weekend
Family Weekend
Yale College opens its doors to families and friends and invites everyone to attend the dozens of events planned around campus and throughout New Haven.
Whether you plan to visit the newly renovated art gallery, cheer one of our teams to victory, or sit in on a discussion of Yale College life, you will find the details to those and all other events here. And as you plan your stay, you will also find everything you need to know about navigating the city, dining, and lodging.
October recess begins, after last academic obligation.
About Yale College
Yale College, the undergraduate branch of Yale University, offers instruction in more than 80 subjects spanning the liberal arts, sciences, and engineering. Its signature residential college system and expansive extracurricular programs sustain a supportive community of students, staff, and scholars.
