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Welcome to the official website for JE, Yale’s oldest residential college. Below is information about college history, college activities, and the people who work to make JE the unique, exciting place that it is.
Jonathan Edwards College (informally JE) is a residential college at Yale University. It is named for theologian and minister Jonathan Edwards, a 1720 graduate of Yale College. JE's residential quadrangle was the first to be completed in Yale's residential college system, and was opened to undergraduates in 1933.
JE has the proud distinction of being the first of Yale’s residential colleges to open in 1933. Built in traditional Gothic style, our college features a breathtaking Great Hall, two picturesque libraries, and elaborate masonry that will thrill the most hardcore Harry Potter fan.
Yale’s first and foremost child prodigy, Jonathan Edwards matriculated at Yale (then Collegiate School of Connecticut) in 1716 just before reaching 13. At this time, entrance into college required fluency in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew.
Jonathan Edwards (* 5. Oktober 1703 in East Windsor, Kolonie Connecticut; † 22. März 1758 in Princeton, Provinz New Jersey) war ein britischer kongregationalistischer Prediger, Missionar und eine wichtige Persönlichkeit in der Erweckungsbewegung des First Great Awakening .
The Jonathan Edwards Center Germany advances research and teaching on Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), the tradition of New England Puritanism from which he came, and his legacies in contemporary global Christianity.
Jonathan Edwards is one of fourteen residential colleges at Yale University. The Jonathan Edwards Trust promotes educational and community projects in the College, and communication in the wider JE community.
