College of New Jersey

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The College of New Jersey, known at the time as the College of New Jersey and later renamed Princeton University, is a historic American institution of higher education founded in the 18th century in New Jersey.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ivy League university
private research university
university
accreditationRegion Middle States region
associatedWithCity Princeton NERFINISHED
country United States of America
foundedIn 1746
foundingDate 1746-10-22
foundingPurpose higher education in the American colonies
training ministers
governedBy Board of Trustees
hasCampusType residential campus
hasEducationalLevel graduate
undergraduate
hasHistoricalSignificance major center of Presbyterian and later broader American intellectual life
one of the earliest institutions of higher education in the United States
hasMotto Dei Sub Numine Viget
hasNotableBuilding Nassau Hall
hasTypeOfInstitution liberal arts college (historical)
isOneOf nine colonial colleges
languageOfInstruction English
laterBecame major research university
laterLocation Newark, New Jersey NERFINISHED
locatedIn Princeton, New Jersey
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory New Jersey
locatedInTime 18th century
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation Under God’s Power She Flourishes
nameChangeDate 1896
NassauHallCompleted 1756
offersDegree bachelor’s degree
doctoral degree
master’s degree
originalLocation Elizabeth, New Jersey NERFINISHED
predecessorOf Princeton University
region Colonial America
religiousAffiliationAtFounding Presbyterian
relocatedTo Princeton, New Jersey
relocationDate 1756
renamedAs Princeton University
sector private, nonprofit
servedAs temporary capital of the United States
state New Jersey
temporaryUSCapitalYear 1783


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