For accurate mail delivery, the address must be complete, legible and formatted correctly. Use the department P. O. Box for the return address. The P. O. Box number should always be directly above the town, as the US Postal Service requests, so that their sorting machines are able to read it.
Please use the following format when sending mail to/from Yale University.
Sending Via U.S. Mail
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Sending Via Campus Mail
Interoffice Envelope
To insure delivery:
- Recipient’s Name
- Department Name
- Building and/or Street Address
To insure prompt delivery, please include department name. If you are unsure of the correct campus address, please check Online Phonebook.
Incoming Mail and Packages – Proper Addressing
Use your P. O. Box for all first class mail, both letters and packages. Use your street address when an item is being sent to you by private carrier such as United Parcel Service or Federal Express. If you have any questions, please call Yale Campus Mail at 203-436-4592 or email campus.mail@yale.edu.
Personal Mail Policy
Yale’s mail system is designated for official University business only, and is not available for delivery of personal letters and packages.
Yale Policy & Procedures
604.3 Personal Mail and Packages
The University is not responsible for loss or damage to personal packages or mail addressed to any of its employees at a Yale facility. In order to avoid a possible financial loss, it is strongly recommended that such items be mailed or shipped to the employee’s home or to a friend or relative.
604.4 Use of Campus Mail
Employees may not use the Campus Mail services for personal mail or mail of non-Yale organizations. This service is staffed to handle only official University correspondence; its use for other purposes slows down delivery of official mail. While the Campus Mail staff does not ordinarily inspect individual letters and packages for conformance to this policy, they are required to call to the attention of proper authorities for any apparent violations.
Student Packages
According to the Student Handbook: In order to receive mail on campus, all students are required by postal regulations to have and use a post office box for all mail coming to them at Yale.
What is Yale’s Mailing Address?
There is no universal mailing address for Yale University departments. Yale’s central campus consists of many buildings and residential halls located through the City of New Haven. All departmental U. S. mail (received from the US Postal Service by box number) is distributed by Yale Mail Service. (Student mail is handled through Yale Station by the USPS.)
Every department has a unique post office box number and corresponding ZIP Code. The purpose of these box numbers is to speed your mail through both the U. S. Postal Service and Yale mail systems. Your mail is sorted by the U. S. Postal Service directly into your box. Each morning the mail is delivered to Yale Mail Service and put directly on our trucks for delivery that morning to your department.
Yale Mail Service recommends that all mail and packages be sent via the US Postal Service to the box number, not the street address. Failure to use your box number will result in your mail being hand sorted (1) by the U. S. Postal Service into large hampers simply marked “Yale” and (2) by Yale Mail Service. This adds several days to the receipt of your mail. If there are several departments in your building, your name will be looked up to determine the correct delivery address.
Access a complete listing of all Yale departments and their box numbers. If you still are not certain, call the Campus Mail office at 203-436-4592 and we will be glad to assist.