What research institute did Albert Einstein join in Princeton?

Albert Einstein joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, as a resident scholar in 1933. The independent research center became his academic home for the rest of his life.

Einstein’s move was closely connected to the political crisis in Europe. Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933, and Einstein, who was Jewish, chose not to return. The Institute for Advanced Study offered him a position devoted to research without regular teaching duties, allowing him to continue working on fundamental problems in physics.

The Institute was founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner and was not part of Princeton University, even though it was located nearby and initially used space in Princeton’s Fine Hall. That early arrangement caused lasting confusion between the two institutions. Einstein therefore worked in Princeton but was not a Princeton University professor.

At the Institute, Einstein continued investigating unified field theory and other questions in gravitation and physics. He remained associated with it until his death in 1955, helping establish Princeton as a major center for theoretical science.