Universities are not just education offering premises but places where careers are built and futures are polished. Listed below are ten of the top universities around the world that have supersede even the most hyped institutions with dedication, determination, focus and inspirational actions over the years.
Harvard University – Cambridge, MA, United States
Harvard University is regarded as the most revered, influential and prestigious university in the entire world. It is actually a private Ivy League research institute that was established in 1636 and has an extremely rich cultural, historic and academic milieu to offer. It is United States’ oldest higher education university and has the privilege to have the largest endowment of any school globally. For research purposes, an extremely varied range of disciplines is being offered at Harvard ranging from biological sciences to social sciences, history and maths.
California Institute of Technology – Pasadena, CA, United States
This University was established in 1891. Initially, it was named Throop University but later name was changed to the current one in 1920. It is also called Caltech. This institution lays emphasis on science and engineering and comprises of 6 academic divisions namely: biology/biological engineering, engineering and applied science, chemistry and chemical engineering, humanities and social sciences, mathematics/astronomy, geology/planetary services, and physics. Approx. 80% of the institutes’ undergraduate students have to take part in the research process.
University of Cambridge – Trinity Lane, Cambridge, UK
This academy is also counted amongst oldest education offering institutions in this part of the world with its history dating back to 1209. University of Cambridge can accommodate 19,000 students and 35% of them are graduate-level students. The university comprises of 6 schools namely clinical medicine, arts & humanities, technology, physical sciences, biological sciences and social sciences. There are approx. 31 residential colleges out of which three are for women only.
Stanford University – Stanford, CA, United States
This university was founded by former US governor, railroad tycoon and US Senator for California, Leland Stanford, in the memory of his 15year boy Leland Stanford, Jr., who died of typhoid. Stanford University is located in the Bay Area of California state and was established in 1885. It comprises of seven schools, a majority of which are greatly respected and preferred for graduate-level education. The university offered free tuition until 1920, but later on succumbed to financial crunches.
University of Oxford – Wellington Square, Oxford, UK
This University is amongst the oldest educational institutes in the United Kingdom with its roots tracing back to 1096. It is situated around 60miles away from northwest London and has a teaching capacity of 22,000 students. At least 45% of these students are graduate-level ones. At Oxford, research is given extreme importance and all five of its academic divisions’ namely medical sciences, social sciences, mathematics, humanities and physical/life sciences. The university, including its academic divisions, colleges, and countless external organizations offer above 900 scholarships for graduate-level students.
University of California — Berkeley, CA, United States
The academy is also known as UC Berkeley or simply Cal. It is a public institution, established in 1868 and can house around 37,000 students at a time. Cal has been divided into fourteen colleges and schools that include the much respected School of Public Health and School of Law, Haas School of Business and College of Chemistry, etc. UAC offers educational facilities in all disciplines from electrical engineering to computer science; economics to business administration and political science to psychology.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Cambridge, MA, United States
The MIT is a private research academy established in 1861 to address the United State’s rising industrialization. The university administration employed a European polytechnic model and emphasized upon laboratory training in disciplines like applied sciences and engineering. The university has proudly housed 84 Nobel laureates, 45 Rhodes Scholars, 52 National Medal of Science recipients, 34 astronauts, 38 MacArthur Fellows and 2 Fields Medalists as of 2015. The academy’s culture is entrepreneurial in nature.
