Yale University, New Haven

Yale University Library is the 3rd largest university collection in the USA. Sterling Memorial Library is the largest library at Yale and a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture. It offers 4 million volumes of resources. There are a total of 14 libraries at Yale University: 

• Bass Library

• Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library 

• Classics Library

• Haas Family Arts Library

• Centre for British Art Library

• East Asia Library

• Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

• Divinity Library

• Gilmore Music Library

• Lewis Walpole Library

• Lillian Goldman Law Library

• Marx Science and Social Science Library

• Mathematics Library

• Sterling Memorial Library.

Cushing/Whitney Medical Library provides historical medical texts, including rare books, as well as historical medical instruments. Students can access 18th‑century British literary works at Lewis Walpole Library. Using QuickSearch, Digital Collections provides search for licensed e-resources, digitised works, the law library catalogue, special collections, archives or manuscripts, and millions of digitised works and images. Printers, scanners are available at all major libraries. Students can also borrow laptops, cameras, power backups, and other electronic accessories.

Yale highly encourages students participating in various competitive and recreational sports for the health and well-being of the student community. There are a range of indoor and outdoor facilities along with coaching and mentorship. Students can join in 30 men’s and women’s varsity teams, 40 club sports, intramural programs for recreation, gymnasium for fitness and well-being. 

Popular sports include Baseball, basketball, Crew (Heavyweight & Lightweight), Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Squash, swimming, Soccer, Tennis, Rowing, Gymnastics. 23 outdoor and indoor sports facilities include Reese Stadium, Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center, The Yale Golf Course, Kiphuth Exhibition Pool etc.

On campus transportation facilities are available with shuttle services that serve Yale University New Haven Campus and the West Campus. Shuttle maps are available on the official website. Shuttle facilities. Shuttle services are open Monday – Friday between 6:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m and Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. 

Yale’s Shuttle service allows carrying pets and collects zero fares from patrons. Motor bikes, bicycling are allowed to get around the campus with limited parking facilities that have fees. There is a car sharing program for students with discounted membership accessible on many campus locations and in city neighbourhoods through Zipcar. The university is well connected to all nearby rail and airport facilities.

There are around 15 cafeterias in the university. All the residential colleges have their own restaurants where students can enjoy all types of food including meals, snacks and drinks, fruit juices, bakery and pastries. Timings for various cafeterias can be checked at the official website. The cafeteria on the campus are

• Cafe 25 at Science Park
• Cafe Law
• Café Med
• Charley’s Place at SOM
• Coffee Loyalty Program
• Health Center Café
• McNay Café at SOM
• Ramen at Becton
• Schwarzman Center
• Slifka Center for Jewish Life
• Steep Café at YSB
• The Refectory at Divinity

Some cafe’s offer regular meal plans including breakfast, lunch and dinner while others offer eateries. Café Law offers morning coffee, sandwiches, salad, or soups for lunch, and snacks. Students can relish coffees and teas, freshly baked bagels and pastries, sandwiches and soups for lunch, fresh fruit, yoghourts, juices, and a variety of natural and organic snack.

Yale university has sufficient auditorium facilities for organising conferences, workshops, recreational shows and more. 

• Woolsey Hall is the major auditorium with 2,650-seat capacity and mostly music concerts are organised. 
• Davies Auditorium (Becton Center) is exclusively for lecture sessions and seminars. It has 2 Lecture Halls and 2 Seminar Rooms with a 265 seating capacity. 
• Kroon Hall has 1 Auditorium with seating capacity for 175 people, 2 Lecture Halls with 30 seating capacity, and 2 Seminar Rooms with seating capacities of 30 and 45 respectively. 
• Davenport Pierson Auditorium is used for stand-up comedy shows, dance shows, and music shows etc.
• In addition, Yale School of Management has Zhang Auditorium with a 350 seating capacity.