Showing posts with label world best universities. Show all posts
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Saturday, 31 January 2015

Top 10 Best Universities in the World

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Address: 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States
Acceptance rate: 7.7% (2014)
Founder: William Barton Rogers
Founded: 1861, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Phone: +1 617-253-1000
Mascot: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tim the Beaver
Colors: Grey, Cardinal

University of Cambridge

University in Cambridge, England
The University of Cambridge is a collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's third-oldest surviving university.
Address: The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
Color: Cambridge Blue
Acceptance rate: 21.9% (2012)
Phone: +44 1223 337733
Founded: 1209, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Imperial College London

College in London, England
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, which specialises in science, engineering, medicine and business. Wikipedia
Address: London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
Acceptance rate: 15.2% (2013)
Phone: +44 20 7589 5111

Harvard University

University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1636. Its history, influence and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Address: Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
Motto: Veritas
Acceptance rate: 5.9% (2014)
Founder: Massachusetts General Court
Founded: September 8, 1636, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Mascot: Harvard University John Harvard

University College London

University in London Borough of Camden, England
University College London, formerly styled University College, London, is a public research university in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London.
Address: Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 7679 2000
Enrollment: 26,698 (2012)

University of Oxford

University in Oxford, England
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England. While having no known date of foundation, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making it the oldest.
Address: University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom
Founded: Oxford, United Kingdom
Acceptance rate: 20.5% (2012)
Color: Oxford Blue
Phone: +44 1865 270000
Enrollment: 22,116 (2013)
Motto: Dominus Illuminatio Mea, The Lord is my Light

Stanford University

University in California
Leland Stanford Junior University, or more commonly Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, and one of the world's most prestigious institutions, with the highest.
Address: 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, United States
Acceptance rate: 5.1% (2014)
Founded: March 9, 1885
Enrollment: 15,877 (2013)
Founders: Leland Stanford, Jane Stanford
Motto: The wind of freedom blows, Die Luft der Freiheit weht

California Institute of Technology

Address: 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States
Phone:+1 626-395-6811


Princeton University

University in New Jersey
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton was the fourth chartered institution. .Address: Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
Acceptance rate: 7.4% (2014)
Mascot: Princeton University Princeton Tigers
Enrollment: 8,014 (2013)
Motto: Under the Protection of God She Flourishes., Dei Sub Numine Viget
Founders: John Witherspoon, Jonathan Dickinson, William Tennent, Aaron Burr, Sr.


Yale University

University in New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the "Collegiate School" by a group of Congregationalist ministers and chartered by the Colony.
Address: New Haven, CT 06520, United States
Motto: Lux et veritas
Acceptance rate: 6.3% (2014)
Founded: October 9, 1701, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Color: Yale Blue
Founders: Timothy Woodbridge, Samuel Andrew, James Noyes, more.