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Separation of Sheffield Scientific School

When: 1854
Where: New Haven, Connecticut
Part of: Yale establishes the Department of Philosophy and the Arts, the first graduate school in the United States

The Sheffield Scientific School was cleaved from the Department of Philosophy and the Arts in 1854.

The department was also the precursor of the Sheffield Scientific School, which was cleaved from the department in 1854.

Sources

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-01

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