Yale University Divinity School

YDS is one of twelve schools within Yale University. Yale began in 1701. The original charter provided for instruction “in the Arts and Sciences” and stipulated that students, formed “through the blessing of Almighty God, may be fitted for Publick employment both in Church and Civil State.” We are still doing this. Our students serve as leaders in ministry, the academy, and society. We have produced more presidents and deans of colleges, universities, and seminaries, as well as heads of denominations, than any other divinity school or seminary in the U.S