The Ivy League originated in the 1950s. The above schools had social and sports competitions as early as the end of 19 th century, and 1956 had the idea of an alliance school. When formulating the rules of sports competition, each school further formulated the rules of an Ivy League school, elected the president, sports director and some administrative directors of the league school, and held regular meetings to discuss issues of common concern among schools such as enrollment, finance, funding and administration. There were only four universities in the early Ivy League: Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Princeton. The Roman numeral 4 is "IV", and the suffix Y becomes "IVY", which means Ivy in English, so it is also called an Ivy League school. Later, the alliance of these four universities expanded to eight and became a famous Ivy League school.

The Ivy League is an alliance of seven universities and a college in the United States. They are Harvard University in Massachusetts, Yale University in Connecticut, Columbia University in new york, Princeton University in New Jersey, Brown University in Rhode Island, Cornell University in new york, Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and University of Pennsylvania. These eight universities are the leading universities in the United States, with a long history and rigorous scholarship. Many famous scientists, politicians and businessmen have graduated here. In the United States, Ivy League schools are synonymous with top universities.