TOP 10 UNIVERSITIES ON THE EARTH

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is aprivate research university located in Cambridge,Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research. MIT is one of two private land-grant universities^[b] and is also a sea-grant and space-grant university.

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is aprivate research university located in Stanford, California, United States. The university was founded in 1891 byLeland Stanford. Its alumni have founded the companiesHewlett-Packard, Electronic Arts, Sun Microsystems,Nvidia, Yahoo!, Cisco Systems, Silicon Graphics, andGoogle.

Harvard University

Harvard University (officially The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private universitylocated in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a member of the Ivy League. Established in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the firstcorporation chartered in the United States and oldestinstitution of higher learning in the United States.^[5]

During his 40-year tenure as Harvard president (1869–1909), Charles William Eliot radically transformed Harvard from a regional college into a modern research university with national scope. Eliot's reforms included elective courses, small classes, and entrance examinations. The Harvard model influenced American education nationally, at both college and secondary levels.

National Autonomous University of Mexico

The National Autonomous University of Mexico(Spanish: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) (UNAM) is a public university based primarily in Mexico City and generally considered to be the largest one-campus university in the Americas in terms of student population.^[9] Founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra^[1][2][3][4] as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico (founded on September 21, 1551 by a royal decree of Charles I of Spain and brought to a definitive closure in 1867 by the liberals),^[10] it is the only university in Mexico with Nobel Prize laureates among its alumni:Alfonso García Robles (Peace), Octavio Paz (Literature), and Mario Molina (Chemistry).

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, California, Berkeley, Cal-Berkeley, UCB, andUC Berkeley), is a public research university located inBerkeley, California, United States. The oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines. The university occupies 6,651 acres (2,692 ha) with the central campus resting on approximately 200 acres (80.9 ha).^[3] The University was founded in 1868 in a merger of the private College of California and the public Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College. Berkeley was a founding member of the Association of American Universities. Sixty-five Nobel Laureates have been university faculty, alumni or researchers. Berkeley alumni include founders and leaders of companies such as Apple Inc.,^[4] Intel,^[5] Google,^[6] MySpace,^[7] Adobe Systems,^[8] Electronic Arts,^[9] VMware,^[10] HTC Corporation,^[11] Qualcomm,^[12] and Sun Microsystems.^[13]

Peking University

Peking University (simplified Chinese: 北京大学;traditional Chinese: 北京大學; pinyin: Běijīng Dàxué), colloquially known in Chinese as Beida (北大, Běidà), is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first formally established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial Capital University in 1898 as a replacement of the ancient Guozijian (國子監 guózǐjiàn)^[1]. By 1920 it had become a center for progressive thought. Today, most national and international rankings frequently place Peking University as one of the best universities in China.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} In addition to its academics, Peking University is especially renowned for the beauty of its traditional Chinese architecture at its campus grounds.

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn) is a private research universitylocated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education^[4] in the United States, and is one of several institutions that claims to have been the first university in America. Penn is a member of the Ivy League and is one of the Colonial Colleges.

Benjamin Franklin, Penn's founder, advocated an educational program that focused as much on practical education for commerce and public service as on the classics and theology. Penn was one of the first academic institutions to follow a multidisciplinary model pioneered by several European universities, concentrating multiple "faculties" (e.g., theology, classics, medicine) into one institution.^[5] Penn is today one of the largest private universities in the nation, offering a broad range of academic departments, an extensive research enterprise and a number of community outreach and public service programs. Penn is particularly well known for its medical school, dental school, business school, law school, social sciences and humanities programs and its biomedical teaching and research capabilities. Its undergraduate programs are also among the most selective in the country.

Cornell University

Cornell University (pronounced /kɔrˈnɛl/, kor-nel) is a private university located in Ithaca, New York,USA, and a member of the Ivy League.

Cornell was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell andAndrew Dickson White as a coeducational, non-sectarian institution where admission was offered irrespective of religion or race. Its founders intended that the new university would teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge—from the classics to the sciences and from the theoretical to the applied. These ideals, unconventional for the time, are captured in Cornell's motto, an 1865 Ezra Cornell quotation: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study."^[1]

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (simplified Chinese: 上海交通大学; traditional Chinese: 上海交通大學; pinyin:Shànghǎi Jiāotōng Dàxué; abbreviated Jiao Da (交大) orSJTU), sometimes referred to as Shanghai Jiaotong University (no space), is a public research university located in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Jiao Tong University is known as one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China. It is also a member of the C9 League in China.

Yale University

Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher educationin the United States. Yale has produced many notable alumni, including five U.S. presidents, seventeen U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and several foreign heads of state.

Incorporated as the Collegiate School, the institution traces its roots to 17th-century clergymen who sought to establish a college to train clergy and political leaders for the colony. In 1718, the College was renamed Yale College to honor a gift from Elihu Yale, a governor of theBritish East India Company. In 1861, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences became the first U.S. school to award .^[7]