The British publication Times Higher Education presented the results of the leading ranking of world universities - Times Higher Education - Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE). I learned about this from Aspects’ message.
The rankings use 13 performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparison, grouped into five areas: teaching (learning environment), research (volume, income and reputation), citations (research impact), international engagement (staff, students and research), income from production activities (knowledge transfer).
Below are the 10 best universities in the world in 2019:
1. Oxford University, UK
It is included in the group of "old universities" of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as in the elite Russell group of the best 24 universities in the UK.
Training is paid. Oxford University occupies a leading position in prestigious rankings of world universities.
2. University of Cambridge, UK
The University of Cambridge is a UK university, one of the oldest (second after Oxford) and largest in the country.
The educational and scientific work of undergraduate and graduate students is organized in six so-called “schools” of the university.
Each “school” is an administratively thematic (problem) group of several faculties (a set of departments), research institutes, laboratories, and the like.
Among the people connected in one way or another with the University of Cambridge, there are 88 Nobel laureates - according to this indicator, it ranks one of the first places among higher educational institutions in the world.
3. Stanford University, USA
Stanford University is a private university in the USA, one of the most authoritative and rated in the USA and in the world. Located near the city of Palo Alto (60 km south of San Francisco).
Teaching is carried out in many faculties, including law, medicine, technology, music and others.
The structure also includes various schools (like Stanford Graduate School of Business) and research centers (like CCRMA).
The university is located in Silicon Valley. Its graduates have founded companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Electronic Arts, Sun Microsystems, Nvidia, Yahoo!, Cisco Systems, Silicon Graphics and Google.
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) moved up one position to fourth place in the rankings.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a university and research center located in Cambridge (a suburb of Boston), Massachusetts, USA.
MIT occupies a leading position in prestigious rankings of world universities, is an innovator in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence, and its educational programs in engineering, information technology, economics, physics, chemistry and mathematics are rated by the U.S. publication. Known for its system of ranking national universities, News & World Report recognizes them as the best in the country year after year.
The institute is also renowned in many other fields, including management, economics, linguistics, political science and philosophy.
5. Caltech
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, one of the leading universities in the United States and one of the two most important, along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in the exact sciences and engineering.
It also owns the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which launches most of NASA's robotic spacecraft.
There are 31 Nobel Prize laureates associated with the institute in one way or another. Of these, 17 are graduates and 18 are professors.
6. Harvard University
Harvard University is one of the most famous universities in the USA and around the world, the oldest university in the USA. Located in the city of Cambridge (part of the Boston metropolitan area), Massachusetts.
75 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university as students, faculty or staff.
Harvard University ranks first in the country for the number of billionaire alumni, and its library is the largest academic library in the United States and the third largest in the country.
Harvard is part of the group of elite American universities - the Ivy League.
7. Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university and one of the oldest and most famous universities in the United States. It is one of the most prestigious universities in the country.
The university is one of eight Ivy League universities and one of nine colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution.
Princeton University provides bachelor's and master's degrees in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, and engineering.
The university does not have schools of medicine, law, business, or theology, but does offer professional degrees in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the School of Architecture.
8. Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in the United States, the third of nine colonial colleges founded before the Revolutionary War.
It is part of the Ivy League, a community of eight most prestigious private American universities.
Together with Harvard and Princeton universities, it makes up the so-called “Big Three”.
The university consists of twelve divisions: Yale College, where four-year education culminates in a bachelor's degree; postgraduate studies in various specialties, including exact, natural and human sciences, as well as 10 professional faculties that train specialists in the fields of law, medicine, business, and environmental protection.
9. Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a higher education institution in South Kensington specializing in science, engineering, medicine and business.
Imperial College is part of the Golden Triangle, a group of the most elite British universities that also includes the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Traditionally included in the lists of the most prestigious higher educational institutions.
10. University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA, founded in 1890.
The university is one of the most famous and prestigious institutions of higher education due to its influence in the fields of science, society and politics.
The university includes a college, various graduate schools, interdisciplinary committees, 6 vocational training institutes and an institute of continuing education.
In addition to the humanities and sciences, the university is well known for its institutes of professional education, including the Medical School. Pritzker School of Business Booth Institute of Law, School of Social Services Administration, School of Public Policy. Harris and Theological Seminary.
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The Center for World University Ranking has published its annual ranking of world universities.
It includes a thousand leading scientific and educational institutions in the world, which are selected based on several key criteria, from the quality of education to the number of patents received by university employees and graduates.
This year, the top 1000 universities in the world included 224 US universities, 90 from China, 74 from Japan and 65 from the UK.
Below is a list of the top 10 universities in the world.
10. Yale University
Overall rating: 85.83
Yale University is a private research university in the United States, the third of nine colonial colleges founded before the Revolutionary War.
It is part of the Ivy League, a community of eight most prestigious private American universities. Together with Harvard and Princeton universities, it makes up the so-called “Big Three”.
The university consists of twelve divisions: Yale College, where four-year education culminates in a bachelor's degree; graduate school in various specialties, including the exact sciences, natural sciences and humanities, as well as 10 professional faculties training specialists in the fields of law, medicine, business, environmental protection, as well as theologians, architects, musicians, artists and actors.
9. Princeton University
Overall rating: 88.72
Princeton University is a private research university and one of the oldest and most renowned universities in the United States. It is one of the most prestigious universities in the country. Located in Princeton, New Jersey.
The university is one of eight Ivy League universities and one of nine colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution.
Princeton University provides bachelor's and master's degrees in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, and engineering.
The university does not have schools of medicine, law, business, or theology, but does offer professional degrees in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the School of Architecture.
The university has the largest endowment per student in the world.
8. University of Chicago
Overall Score: 90.72
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA, founded in 1890.
The university is one of the most famous and prestigious institutions of higher education due to its influence in the fields of science, society and politics.
The University includes a College, various graduate schools, interdisciplinary committees, 6 professional training institutes and an institute of continuing education.
In addition to the humanities and sciences, the university is well known for its institutes of professional education, including: the Medical School. Pritzker School of Business Booth Institute of Law, School of Social Services Administration, School of Public Policy. Harris and Theological Seminary.
About 15 thousand people study at the university - 5 thousand undergraduate students and 10 thousand master's and doctoral students.
7. University of California at Berkeley
Overall rating: 91.35
The University of California, Berkeley is a US public research university located in Berkeley, California. The oldest of the ten campuses of the University of California.
The university is world famous as one of the best centers for training specialists in computer and IT technologies, economics, and physics.
Berkeley physicists played a key role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and the hydrogen bomb after it.
Berkeley scientists invented the cyclotron, investigated the antiproton, played a key role in the development of the laser, explained the processes underlying photosynthesis, and discovered many chemical elements, including seaborgium, plutonium, berkelium, lawrencium, and californium.
6. Columbia University
Overall rating: 94.12
Columbia University is one of the most famous and prestigious universities in the United States, part of the elite Ivy League.
The Columbia University School of Journalism awards one of the most prestigious awards in the field of journalism, the Pulitzer Prize.
Notable alumni and individuals associated with the university include: five so-called Founding Fathers, four US Presidents, including the current Barack Obama, nine Supreme Court Justices, 97 Nobel laureates, 101 Pulitzer Prize laureates, 25 Academy Award (also known as Oscar), 26 foreign heads of state.
5. Oxford University
Overall rating: 95.39
Oxford University is the oldest English-speaking university in the world, as well as the first university in the UK.
It is included in the group of "old universities" of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as in the elite Russell group of the best 24 universities in the UK.
The university consists of 38 colleges, as well as 6 dormitories - closed educational institutions owned by religious orders without college status.
Examinations, most lectures and laboratory classes are organized centrally, and colleges conduct individual tutoring and seminars for students.
The staff of Oxford teachers is huge - almost 4 thousand people, of which 70 are members of the Royal Society, more than 100 are members of the British Academy.
Oxford uses a unique tutoring system in teaching - each student is assigned personal care by a specialist in the chosen specialty.
The main areas of student training are the humanities, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine, life and environmental sciences.
4. Cambridge University
Overall rating: 96.13
The University of Cambridge is a UK university, one of the oldest (second after Oxford) and largest in the country.
Administratively, the University of Cambridge is a confederation of colleges (31 in total).
Each college has its own property, library, student dormitory, (Protestant) church with a mandatory choir and organ, and so on. The life and work of colleges is governed by their own statutes and rules.
The educational and scientific work of undergraduate and graduate students is organized in six so-called “schools” of the university.
Each “school” is administratively a thematic (problem) group of several faculties (a set of departments), research institutes, laboratories, and the like.
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Overall rating: 97.12
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a university and research center located in Cambridge (a suburb of Boston), Massachusetts, USA.
MIT occupies a leading position in prestigious rankings of universities around the world, is an innovator in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence, and its educational programs in engineering, information technology, economics, physics, chemistry and mathematics are recognized year after year as the best in the country.
The institute is also renowned in many other fields, including management, economics, linguistics, political science and philosophy.
2. Stanford University
Overall rating: 98.25
Stanford University is a private university in the USA, one of the most authoritative and rated in the USA and in the world.
Stanford annually admits approximately 6,700 undergraduate and 8,000 graduate students from the United States and around the world. Teaching is carried out in many faculties, including law, medicine, technology, music and others.
The structure also includes various schools (such as the Stanford Graduate School of Business) and research centers.
The university is located in Silicon Valley. Its graduates have founded companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Electronic Arts, Sun Microsystems, Nvidia, Yahoo!, Cisco Systems, Silicon Graphics and Google.
1. Harvard University
Overall score: 100
Harvard University is one of the most famous universities in the United States and around the world, located in the city of Cambridge (part of the Boston metropolitan area), Massachusetts. The oldest university in the USA.
Harvard has approximately 2,100 faculty members and approximately 6,700 undergraduate and 14,500 graduate students.
Eight US presidents have graduated from Harvard University, and 75 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university as students, faculty or staff.
Harvard University ranks first in the country for the number of billionaire alumni, and its library is the largest academic library in the United States and the third largest in the country.
Harvard is part of the group of elite American universities - the Ivy League.
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No. 10. National University of Singapore
Singapore has created a world-leading university in the medical and social sciences. Bright minds from all over the world study here. Of course, high demands are placed on applicants in terms of knowledge, talent and potential.
No. 9. Tsinghua University
The most developed technical university in China. The structure includes faculties covering almost all spheres of life. The university provides a number of international scholarships for foreign students; need I say that the competition reaches 100 people per place? Ninth place in the Top 10.
No. 8. Johns Hopkins University
This title prestigious university took from the Johns Hopkins Research Institute, which existed in Europe. Today, research plays a large role in education, which is appreciated by students from Southeast Asia.
No. 7. University of Georgia
Located in a small area of America known as Athens. Many graduates have become world-renowned professors of medicine and veterinary medicine.
No. 6. University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private institution in America, which includes 6 faculties - professional areas and 4 interdisciplinary departments. In addition to this, there is a department for foreign students and a department of interethnic relations. Traditions are highly valued at this university.
No. 5. Yale University
Yale University was founded in 1701 in the state of Connecticut, where education plays a vital role in the development of human behavior and feelings. Today the university is known throughout the world. The oldest university today carries the latest knowledge. Fifth place in the Top 10 The best and most prestigious universities in the world.
No. 4. Oxford University
Oxford University in any era remains among best universities in the world. Today it is one of the most advanced institutes in the world, with thousands of students studying there. The quality of education is always excellent. To enter here you need careful preparation, because... The competitive selection is quite tough. It also contains one of the.
No. 3. Princeton University
Princeton University is an ancient university of the United States of America, which was built in 1764. It is already inscribed in history, because many famous minds came from it. Humanities, social sciences, technical disciplines and business, which, by the way, today is one of the most prestigious faculties of the university.
No. 2. Caltech
The California Institute of Technology is in second place. He created an excellent technical base for researchers and gathered the best professors and doctors of science as teachers. Modern technologies appear here in the hands of students!
No. 1. Harvard University
The best and most prestigious university in the world. His name should have popped into your memory as soon as you read the title of the rating. Its advent brought Great Britain to new heights of education. Students' creative thinking and potential are an integral condition for admission. The structure includes more than 100 faculties, 100 laboratories in which students, using their knowledge, discover something new. It also contains one of the.
Now higher education is available to everyone. Moreover, higher education shapes one’s worldview and opens roads up the career ladder. But, unfortunately, in Russia, things are not so rosy with higher education and having a diploma does not guarantee practically anything. The same cannot be said about Europe and America. There, higher education can serve as a good start in a career. Especially if you were lucky enough to get into one of the most prestigious universities in the world. But the workload in such universities is colossal.
Once you enter one of the world's universities, you have to work constantly. Moreover, if education is not cheap, and you can only get a scholarship if you excel in your studies. And some universities are not only considered the most prestigious, but also the largest in the world.
Johns Hopkins University
The ranking of the largest universities in the world opens with Johns Hopkins University. The educational institution was built by John Hopkins in 1876 in Baltimore, USA. In addition, branches of the university are located in Italy and China. The university not only educates students, but also conducts scientific research. One of the areas in which the university conducts research is military development. In terms of the volume of projects in this industry, Johns Hopkins University ranks second.
University of Georgia
Another largest university in the USA is the University of Georgia, whose campus is located in the city of Atense. The total territory occupied by the educational institution is 161.7 square meters. m. Thanks to this territory, the University of Georgia is considered the largest among many educational institutions in the world. The university was built in 1785. According to the Carnegie classification, the university is among the universities with high quality education. In addition to teaching students, the educational institution conducts research work.
University of Chicago
Many people know about the University of Chicago, and many applicants from all over the world dream of getting there. The university was built back in 1890. The university is located in Chicago. The University of Chicago campus, built within the city, occupies 215 acres. The educational institution is in 4th place in the number of graduates and employees who have received the Nobel Prize. The university conducts research in the fields of economic theory, sociology and philology. For a long time, the university was funded by John Rockefeller. Thanks to the foundation opened by the billionaire, the University of Chicago was able to survive the Great Depression. In 2011, the university's campus was named one of the most beautiful in the United States.
Yale university
Many future students want to get into the famous Yale. Yale University is one of eight universities that is part of the world-famous Ivy League and is an elite educational institution in the world. It is also one of the Big Three. Yale University's urban campus covers 339 hectares and is considered one of the largest in the world. In addition, Yale University is one of the oldest educational institutions in the world. It was built in 1701. The origins of the founding of Yale University date back to 1640. Yale is located in the city of New Haven. Five United States presidents graduated from Yale University. Many Hollywood actors, scientists and politicians studied there.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is located in one of the suburbs of Boston, on the territory of Cambridge. Within the university's walls, developments are underway in the field of robotics and the creation of artificial intelligence. In addition, it is considered one of the largest universities not only in America, but also in the world. It occupies 68 hectares in area and is only a city campus. The most famous MIT institute is considered to be Lincoln Laboratory, where military research is carried out. 81 members of the laboratory are Nobel Prize laureates. This is a record among all world universities. Massachusetts Institute of Technology has an agreement with Skolkovo on project-based learning and cooperation.
Princeton University
The largest university in the world is located in New Jersey. Princeton occupies 200 hectares in the suburbs. Princeton's main campus covers 500 acres. Along with Yale University, Princeton is part of the Ivy League. Training is conducted in the field of natural sciences, humanities and exact sciences. In addition, the university pays great attention to sports. Princeton University has teams for lacrosse, rugby, soccer, basketball, rowing, and many other sports. Albert Einstein himself taught at Princeton.
Caltech
Together with MIT, California Institute of Technology is one of the leading universities engaged in research in the field of engineering research and the exact sciences. The educational institution owns a laboratory dedicated to jet propulsion. Thanks to the laboratory, most automatic spacecraft are set in motion. KTI was founded back in 1891. The territory of the city campus occupies 50 hectares. The institute is located in Pasadena. KTI in absentia became a participant in the series about physicists “The Big Bang Theory”. Some of the characters in the series are KTI employees.
Oxford University
Another university where many applicants dream of going is Oxford. Oxford University is located in England, in the city of Oxford. It is not known exactly when the University of Oxford was founded, but according to some sources, the origins of the founding of the educational institution lie in 1096. It is considered the oldest educational institution in the world. In the Middle Ages, only priests studied at Oxford University. Now it has more than 60 branches. In addition to teaching, research work is carried out at Oxford.
Cambridge university
The oldest educational institution in the Kingdom of Great Britain and, in particular, the world. You can find the campus in the county of Cambridgeshire. According to some sources, Cambridge was founded in 1209. Within the walls of Cambridge, training is conducted in the following areas: humanities, social sciences, ecology and national economy, clinical medicine and technology. The three colleges within the University of Cambridge admit women only. The rest are mixed. In one year, applicants are prohibited from applying to Cambridge and Oxford at the same time.
Harvard University
One of the oldest universities in North America, Harvard University, is located in the state of Massachusetts. Harvard was founded in 1636. Harvard is one of the eight most prestigious universities in America, the Ivy League. The university provides training in eight areas. The territory of the main campus occupies 85 hectares. Harvard's sports facilities occupy 145 hectares. In terms of area occupied by Harvard University, it is one of the largest in the world. Eight Harvard graduates have served as president of the United States. Among them are George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
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Established (1636) by missionary D. Harvard in Massachusetts. Since 2003, it has firmly held a leading position in ARWU.
Harvard has 12 faculties and colleges. Particularly authoritative areas are: medicine, law and economics.
In addition, the university has a number of private museums. Harvard has the largest scientific library in the world. It contains a predominant number of unique books and manuscripts.
More than 30 of the Nobel Prize winners are Harvard graduates.
Erected (1891) by California Governor L. Stanford in California. It got its name in honor of the politician’s son who died as a teenager.
Some of the land is under long-term lease from companies associated with high technology. This structure is called “Silicon Valley”.
The university is famous for its high level of education in business and MBA. Many famous companies have been created by Stanford graduates.
MIT was founded in the USA in 1861. This educational institution was a response to the development of science and technology in the 19th century. This was due to the fact that classical education at that time ceased to correspond to progress.
MIT houses a research center, a computer science and artificial intelligence laboratory, a Lincoln Laboratory, and a school of government.
MIT is the cradle of many fields of science and technology, for example: artificial intelligence, robotics, computer technology. In addition to technical sciences, they teach management, linguistics, economics, politics and philosophy.
In this educational institution, the greatest preference is given to practice over theory. During World War II, students and teachers of the institute actively participated in military research programs.
Among the Nobel laureates, about 72 people are its graduates.
Established in 1868. Physicists from this university took part in the development of hydrogen and atomic bombs. In addition, a laser was created here, photosynthesis was studied, and a cyclotron was invented. Also within its walls, the BSD operating system was born, which became historically significant.
Since 2007, video materials with lectures and events taking place at the university began to be posted on the YouTube Internet portal. This was done on Berkeley's initiative in accordance with its ideology as a public institution.
According to legend, some scientists said goodbye to Oxford due to contradictions with the local population. It was they who built Cambridge (1209) in Great Britain.
Currently, the university owns 31 diversified colleges and more than 100 departments. Three of the colleges admit women exclusively.
Since 1904, 87 graduates have won the Nobel Prize.
Organized (1746) by Rev. D. Dickinson. Moved to Princeton in 1756. It acquired its current status in 1896.
It is noteworthy that classes here are held according to individual plans and are closely related to research work. The University Honor Code obliges students not to cheat and to report any violations of order. Failure to comply with the code will result in expulsion from the university.
Popular due to its sporting traditions: more than 38 teams.
It was founded (1891) in the USA by businessman and politician E. Throop. The name was changed several times, and the final version was adopted in 1920.
It has very interesting traditions, in particular: on Halloween, students traditionally throw a pumpkin frozen with liquid nitrogen and decorated with a garland from the library; the freshmen are given a “truancy day”, while the older students set up various traps, and the younger students’ task is to get into the institute.
However, studying here is quite difficult, there is even an aphorism: “Social life, classes, sleep: choose 2 out of 3.”
Established (1754) with the permission of King George II of England. In 1787 it became private. He gained fame thanks to the preparation of the political elite.
Here is the Bakhmetyevsky Archive, which stores materials about Russian emigration. Popular for the school of journalism opened in 1912.
54 graduates became Nobel Prize laureates. In addition, many US presidents and ministers graduated from this university.
A private university established by D. Rockefeller in 1980. According to some sources, the university began its activities in 1857. However, the direct financial support of the tycoon made it possible for the university to begin functioning at full capacity.
The university library began its activities in 1892 and today has more than 3.5 million books and unique manuscripts. Particularly strong areas: law, economics, physics and sociology.
There are 79 Nobel laureates.
An ancient university located in Great Britain, built in 1117. There is some information that education began here back in 1096. Oxford began to admit women into its ranks only in the 1920s, and in the 1970s. Separate education was also abolished.