Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1746. It is among the oldest institutions of higher education in the United States.

College of New Jersey: The name used by Princeton University from its founding in 1746 until 1896. The university began under this name before adopting its current title.
Residential college: A university organization that combines student housing with shared academic and social life. Princeton organizes undergraduates into residential communities that shape campus life.
Woodrow Wilson: An American political scientist and politician who served as Princeton University president before becoming U.S. president. His university presidency reshaped Princeton’s academic organization and campus plans.
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: A U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory managed by Princeton University, focused on plasma physics and fusion energy. It is a major example of Princeton’s role in federally funded scientific research.
Princeton University in the American Civil War: The history of Princeton University and its students during the American Civil War. The conflict affected the college’s enrollment and linked its community to national divisions.
Nassau Hall: A historic building at Princeton University, completed in 1756 and once the largest academic building in the American colonies. It became the College of New Jersey’s central building after the college moved to Princeton.
Princeton undergraduate education: The undergraduate program at Princeton University, centered on liberal arts study and culminating in a senior thesis or independent project. Its required independent work gives Princeton undergraduates a distinctive research component.
Albert Einstein: A German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theories of special and general relativity. He joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and became closely associated with the town’s intellectual life.
Princeton Institute for Advanced Study: An independent research institution in Princeton, New Jersey, devoted to theoretical scholarship. It shares the town and intellectual ties with Princeton University but is institutionally separate.
Princeton University desegregation: The process by which Princeton University admitted Black undergraduate students beginning in 1945. Desegregation changed access to an institution that had long excluded Black undergraduates.

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