Princeton University was chartered in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, founded in Elizabeth, New Jersey, by the Presbyterian Synod. The college moved to Princeton in 1756, when Nassau Hall was completed, and its name was officially changed to Princeton University in 1896. The Graduate School was established in 1900, the School of Engineering in 1921 and the School of Public and International Affairs in 1930.
The University lists 37 academic departments, 46 doctoral departments and programmes, and seven residential colleges. It reports 5,825 undergraduates, 3,365 graduate students and 1,366 faculty including full-time, part-time and visiting staff, without dating these figures. It owns 3,500 acres in Princeton and nearby New Jersey municipalities. The president is Christopher L. Eisgruber.