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BEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD

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1.   Harvard University

 

Founded in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest higher

education institution in the U.S. Harvard is located in

Cambridge, Massachusetts, but also has facilities such

as the Harvard Medical School based in the nearby city

of Boston. The university has the largest endowment of

any school in the world. Harvard research takes place

across a range of disciplines in more than 100 centers.

For Harvard undergraduates, the most popular majors

include social sciences, biology/biological sciences,

history, math and psychology. The university’s academic

calendar is semester-based and English is the language

of instruction. Most undergraduate students live on

campus for all four years, first residing around the

Harvard Yard at the center of campus as freshmen and

then in one of 12 undergraduate houses for the duration

of their studies. Some university housing is available for

graduate students. The Harvard Library is the largest

academic library in the world, boasting around 19 million

volumes at its more than 70 libraries.

 

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2.  Stanford University

imageStanford University was founded in 1885 and is located in California’s Bay Area, around 30 miles south of San Francisco. Seven schools comprise the university, many of which are highly ranked for graduate-level studies. Three of the schools offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees: humanities and sciences; earth sciences; and engineering. The business, law, education and medical schools offer only graduate-level degrees. Stanford’s academic calendar is based on a quarter system and the language of instruction is English.

3.  University of California Berkeley

 

The University of California—Berkeley is situated

roughly 15 miles from San Francisco in what is known

as the Bay Area. The public university, also commonly

known as Berkeley or Cal, was founded in 1868. More

than 70 percent of Berkeley students study at the

undergraduate level. The university is divided into 14

colleges and schools, including the highly ranked Haas

School of Business, College of Chemistry, College of

Engineering, School of Public Health and School of

Law. The academic calendar is semester-based and

English is the language of instruction. Berkeley

research is conducted not just within academic

department labs and research centers but also in

some         of         the         school’s          museums         and

university-managed biological field stations. Research

in botany, zoology, ecosystems and forestry is

undertaken at the remote field station sites. Berkeley

researchers discovered several of the elements on the

periodic table, including californium and berkelium.

 

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4.  Columbia University

imageColumbia University is a private institution that was founded in 1754. It is located in the Upper West Side of New York City’s Manhattan borough.

Originally called King’s College, the school received its current name in 1896. Around 30 percent of students at Columbia study at the undergraduate level and almost 30 percent of the total student body is international. The university is made up of three schools that enroll undergraduates – Columbia College, the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the School of General Studies – and numerous graduate and professional schools. Among Columbia University’s highly ranked graduate programs are the Business School, the Law School, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

5. University of Cambridge

imageThe University of Cambridge, located around 60 miles north of London, traces its history back to 1209. Around 19,000 students attend the university and more than 35 percent of them study at the graduate level. There are six schools: arts and humanities; biological sciences; clinical medicine; humanities and social sciences; physical sciences; and technology. Cambridge has more than 100 libraries, including college and department libraries. The university has around 140 centers and institutes that contribute to different areas of research, such as the Centre of African Studies; the Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy; and the Institute of Theoretical Geophysics. In a recent year, the university received around $415 million in research grants and contracts.

6.  University College London

universities around the world, such as the University of

Montreal in Canada and Zhejiang University in China.

imageUniversity College London, or UCL, is a public institution that was founded in 1826. It was the third university established in England, following the

University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Additionally, UCL has exchange and research agreements as well as other types of partnerships with

University housing is guaranteed for first-year undergraduates. UCL has 11 academic divisions: arts and humanities; brain sciences; engineering; education; laws; life sciences; mathematical and physical sciences; medical sciences; population health sciences; social and historical sciences; and the Bartlett, a division focused on architecture and planning. The university is affiliated with several hospitals and medical centers, such as the University College Hospital and the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital.

7.  Yale University

imageYale University was founded in 1701, making it one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the U.S. The private university is located in New Haven,

Connecticut, around 80 miles northeast of New York City. The university comprises the undergraduate college, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and numerous professional schools. Economics, political science and history are among the most popular majors for undergraduates. One of the major research innovations associated with Yale is chemotherapy treatment, which was developed at the university in the early 1940s.

8.  Imperial College London

 

Imperial College London is a public institution that

was      founded     in        1907. The        university      was

previously a college of the University of London

and became an independent institution in 2007.

The university comprises four academic divisions

focused       on       engineering,       medicine,       natural

sciences       and      business.       Imperial's       academic

calendar contains three terms – autumn, spring

and summer – and the primary language of

instruction is English. Imperial also has a history

of research pioneers, including Alexander Fleming,

who in 1945 discovered penicillin, an antibiotic

that is now commonly used to treat bacterial

infections.

 

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9.  University of California Los Angeles

imageThe     University     of        California—Los        Angeles, commonly referred to as UCLA, is a public institution that was founded in 1919. It is one of the most      applied-to             universities   in         the      U.S. Undergraduate studies take place across five academic divisions at UCLA: letters and science; arts and architecture; engineering and applied science; nursing and theater, film and television. Some of the most popular majors for undergraduate students are political science, business economics and biology. UCLA has more than 350 research labs, centers and institutes, and nearly 300 of these facilities are dedicated to medical research.

10.  University of Pennsylvania

 

The University of Pennsylvania, also known as Penn,

was founded in 1740. The private, Ivy League institution

is located in West Philadelphia, and nearly half of its

full-time students study at the undergraduate level. The

university uses a semester-based academic calendar

and the language of instruction is English. Penn

comprises a dozen schools that focus on arts and

sciences; business; communication; dental medicine;

design; education; engineering and applied science;

law; medicine; nursing; social policy and practice; and

veterinary medicine. The medical school is affiliated

with       the        Hospitals        of       the        University       of

Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian, which are highly

ranked in several specialties. Penn’s research budget

was more than $875 million in a recent year.

 

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