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'''Princeton University''' is a private [[university]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]] in the [[United States]]. It opened in [[1746]] with the name "The College of New Jersey". It was eventually named "Princeton University" in 1896. In conversation, it is simply called, "Princeton".<ref>http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/ph/05/03.htm "Princeton's History" — Parent's Handbook, 2005-06</ref>

Princeton is one of the 8 [[Ivy League]] colleges. It was the fourth official college in the United States.<ref>Princeton, [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]], and [[Columbia University|Columbia]] were founded within a few years of each other. Princeton was the fourth recognized "degree-granting institution" to conduct classes. Several other colleges and universities are considered colonial-era "schools", but not considered Colonial Colleges, because they were not formally chartered as colleges with degree-granting powers, until after the formation of the United States of America in 1776</ref>

Princeton's main library, [[Firestone Library]], is one of the biggest university libraries in the world.

In 2013 Forbes put Princeton at number three in their list of "America's Top Colleges".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/|title=America's Top Colleges 2018|website=Forbes}}</ref>

Princeton works with [[Coursera]].

== References ==
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[[Category:Association of American Universities]]
[[Category:Colleges and universities in New Jersey]]
[[Category:Collegiate Water Polo Association]]
[[Category:ECAC Hockey]]
[[Category:Ivy League]]
[[Category:1746 establishments]]
[[Category:1740s establishments in the Thirteen Colonies]]
[[Category:18th-century establishments in New Jersey]]
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