Timothy Dwight College

Timothy Dwight College, Yale’s ninth residential college, opened in 1935 and was designed by James Gamble Rogers in a distinctive Federal style meant to evoke an early New England town hall—an homage to its namesakes, Yale presidents Timothy Dwight IV and Timothy Dwight V. Built at a cost of $2 million, it was praised at the time as one of Yale’s most architecturally pleasing colleges and remained the farthest residential college from Old Campus until the opening of Franklin and Murray in 2017.  Through the mid-20th century, it became known for attracting students focused on STEM fields under Yale’s former student-choice system for residential colleges, in no small part given the college’s proximity to Science Hill.  Moreover, as freshmen students live within the college rather than on Old Campus, it contributes to an especially close-knit community within the college.