Institution

Princeton University

1746 · 18th century · Also known as College of New Jersey

Princeton University is a private university in Princeton, New Jersey, chartered in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, the fourth college founded in British North America. It moved to Princeton in 1756, where its Nassau Hall briefly housed the Congress of the Confederation in 1783. It took its present name in 1896.

Princeton University — Image: Original author unknown. The shield was described in an 1896 minutes of the meeting · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Princeton University. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/princeton-university
MLA: “Princeton University.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/princeton-university. Accessed .
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