哈佛创建初期是由教会主办的,但在头200年中,就逐渐地摆脱了宗教和政治的控制。1865年,该校校友开始选举学校管理委员会。19世纪初开设了神学院、法学院和医学院。19世纪中期,哈佛的劳伦斯科学学院为美国应用科学的发展作出了贡献。
Harvard created by the early church-sponsored, but in the first 200 years, to gradually shake off the religious and political control. 1865, the school alumni proceed to the election of the school management committee. The early 19th century opened a seminary, and the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine. The mid-19th century, the Harvard School of the Lawrence scientific application of science for the United States has contributed to the development.