Princeton University

                                                     
                                                


* Former names:- College of New Jersey (1746–1896)
* Established :-1746
* campus size :- 600 acres
* Type :-Private
* Setting :-suburban
*Students :-Undergraduates 5,336 ,Postgraduates 2,674
* Academic calendar :-Semester
* Tuition and fees:- $41,820 (2014-15)
* Application fee :- $65
* Location :-Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Princeton University is an independent research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, as well as one of the nine Colonial Colleges launched before the American Revolution.
Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest college in the United States. Princeton is an independent, coeducational, nondenominational institution that provides undergraduate and graduate schooling in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Princeton University's ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is transmission of National Universities
As a world-renowned research university, Princeton aims for to accomplish the optimum levels of distinction in the discovery and knowledge and understanding. Simultaneously, Princeton is distinctive among research universities in its dedication to undergraduate teaching.
Princeton has highly ranked graduate programs through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. One unique character of Princeton's academic program is that all undergraduate students are required to write a senior thesis.

Alumni 

Notable person who attended Princeton University include
The 28th U.S. president Woodrow Wilson who  served in office from 1913 to 1921 and led America through World War Ist (1914-1918).
John Forbes Nash who won the 1994 Nobel Memorial prize in economics.
Lawyer Michelle Obama, the 44 th first lady, and the wife of U.S. President Barack Obama .

Surprising  fact about the Princeton University 

 Alcohol is permitted for students of legal age at Princeton University.