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Princeton University

Private university in Princeton, New Jersey, US

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1746Founded1

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The story

Founded by John Witherspoon in 1746.1

Leadership

Who has led Princeton University, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. Carol J. Greenhouse2001–2013
  2. Antoine Kahn2013–2016

President

  1. John Grier Hibben1912–1932
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Board members and other officers (2)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Trustees of Princeton University

Subsidiaries

  • Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
  • DIMACS
  • High Meadows Environmental Institute
  • Office of Population Research
  • Office of the Dean for Research, Princeton University
  • Princeton Art Museum
  • Princeton Neuroscience Institute
  • Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
  • Princeton University Department of History
  • Princeton University Department of Physics
  • Princeton University Humanities Council
  • Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, Princeton University
  • The Center for Digital Humanities at Princeton

Also owns

  • Bill Clarke Field
  • Frist Campus Center
  • Hobey Baker Memorial Rink
  • John C. Green School of Science
  • Osborne Field
  • President's House
  • Princeton University Library
  • Princeton station
  • Roberts Stadium

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1936Office of Population Research became a subsidiary1

Timeline

  1. 1746Founded Founded1

Sources

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