Princeton University - Athletics

Princeton University Athletics Princeton supports organized athletics at three levels: varsity intercollegiate, club intercollegiate, and intramural. It also provides "a variety of physical education and recreational programs" for members of the Princeton community. According to the athletics program's mission statement, Princeton aims for its students who participate in athletics to be "'student athletes' in the fullest sense of the phrase."[133] Most ...

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Princeton University - Academics

Princeton University Academics Undergraduates fulfill general education requirements, choose among a wide variety of elective courses, and pursue departmental concentrations and interdisciplinary certificate programs. Required independent work is a hallmark of undergraduate education at Princeton. Students graduate with either the Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) or the Bachelor of Science in engineering (B.S.E.). The graduate school offers ...

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Princeton University - Campus

Princeton University Nassau Hall Nassau Hall is the oldest building on campus. Begun in 1754 and completed in 1756,[16] it was the first seat of the New Jersey Legislature in 1776,[45] was involved in the battle of Princeton in 1777,[16] and was the seat of the Congress of the Confederation (and thus capitol of the United States) from June 30, 1783 to November 4, 1783.[46] It now houses the office ...

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Princeton University - History

Princeton University History  New Light Presbyterians founded the College of New Jersey, later Princeton University, in 1746 in order to train ministers.[13] The college was the educational and religious capital of Scots-Irish America. In 1756, the college moved to Princeton, New Jersey. Its home in Princeton was Nassau Hall, named for the royal house ofWilliam III of England. Following the untimely ...

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Princeton University

Princeton university Princeton University is a private, Ivy League, research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and ...

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