Templates

Templates provide a fast, reliable way to create on-brand materials. As templated materials are created, they will be added to this portal.

Official university stationery including printed or electronic letterhead, envelopes, and business cards, must be ordered through <a href=" https:="" ypps.yale.edu="" "="">

Official university stationery including printed or electronic letterhead, envelopes, and business cards, must be ordered through Yale Printing & Publishing Services.

Branded presentation templates ensure that materials created across Yale School of Medicine are consistent, professional, and clearly connected to the Yale identity. They provide a shared structure for typography, color, and layout, helping presenters focus on content while maintaining visual quality and alignment with institutional standards. Using approved templates reinforces credibility, strengthens recognition, and helps audiences immediately understand that the work represents YSM.

Downloads:

• YSM template (16x9 widescreen)
• Departmental template (customizable, 16x9 widescreen)
• Co-branded YSM-Yale New Haven Health (16x9 widescreen or 4:3 standard): for enterprise use (i.e., ACE, ambulatory, etc.)

PowerPoint templates require you to install the Yale typeface prior to use. Instructions on how to do so are supplied on the first slide of each template. If you have any issues installing the font or need a version of the template without the Yale font for sharing with people outside the university, please contact ysm.brand@yale.edu.

For Yale Medicine-related marketing materials, please contact ysm.brand@yale.edu.

Branded virtual backgrounds provide a simple way to present a consistent and professional Yale School of Medicine presence in online meetings. Using approved backgrounds helps reinforce our visual identity, reduce distractions, and ensure a polished appearance across Teams, Zoom, and other platforms.

Explore the backgrounds

With digital communications such as email, we have little control over how it appears to the recipient. To format your email signature to comply with Yale School of Medicine branding, we ask that email signatures stay as simple as possible, following these guidelines:

• Font:
  Use one of these fonts for your email message and your email signature. They are widely accessible.
  • Arial or Helvetica
  • Times New Roman
• Color:
  Your email message and signature should be black type (for accessibility/legibility).
• Type Size:
  Your email signature should be all in one type size. Your message text size is the same or slightly larger than your signature text size.
• Graphics:
  Do not use graphics or logos in your email signature. Email clients display them differently, display them as broken links or security risks, or they come across as attachments. Forwarded messages with embedded graphics become messy and difficult to read.
• Layout:
  Bold your name, and set your name and titles apart from the rest of the signature with a line break.
• Limited Information:
  Include your name, title, and only one or two ways that you prefer to be contacted. Do not include your email address and do not include contact information for ways that are difficult to reach you. If email is your preferred way to be contacted, your signature will be just your name, title(s), and organization. Include a website url if you prefer.

A properly formatted Yale School of Medicine email signature should follow one of these templates: