museums once housed the artifacts brought to the United States from Peru by Yale history professor Hiram Bingham in his Yale-financed expedition to Machu Picchu in 1912—when the removal of such artifacts was legal. The artifacts were restored to Peru in 2012.
=== Rankings and reputation ===
The U.S. News & World Report ranked Yale fifth among U.S. national universities for 2025. Yale University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
Internationally, Yale was ranked 11th in the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities.
The university was ranked 21st in the QS World University Rankings 2026.
=== Faculty, research, and intellectual traditions ===
Yale is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities—Very high research activity". The National Science Foundation ranked Yale 15th among American universities for research and development expenditures in 2021 with $1.16 billion.
Yale's current faculty include 67 members of …
