Here are the
top of the most prestigious universities in the world as ranked by the Shanghai
Jiao Tong University in 2013.
10- Oxford:
In 2013, The University of Oxford remains the
tenth best university in the world and the second in the European continent.
Competitor of Cambridge, Oxford, which is the oldest university in the English
language, founded in 1096, offers a wide range of lessons. The majority of its
students are enrolled in social sciences and in medicine, mathematics, physics
and life sciences. It is distinguished by its low dropout rate during the year:
a little over 1% against a national average of more than 8%. The Tutoring, the
quality of courses and faculty and facility of insertion in the labor market
contribute to its fame.
9- Chicago:
At the ninth place in the ranking for the seventh consecutive year, is the
University of Chicago. Renowned for its law course, it is also a popular
education center for economics, sociology and biology. Research is one of its
major priority. The University of Chicago has several institutes and research
centers working on various topics such as cancer, the genome or new
technologies.
8- Columbia:
The Columbia University occupies 8th place in
2013 of the most prestigious universities in the world. It keeps the same place
relative to last year. Based in New York with two campuses, one named
historical and the second modern, it is internationally recognized as a great
training center. His "schools" specialized on Arts, architecture, medicine,
marketing, journalism and law. Subsidized by the state and private companies,
it enjoys a large budget of more than 2 billion dollars.
7- Princeton:
Princeton is an other renowned university. It is the seventh best
university in the world according to the survey from the University of
Shanghai, at the same position as last year and in 2011. The University of New
Jersey, founded in 1746, is one of the great American universities . It has 34
departments of anthropology to chemistry and sociology. Several research
centers such as the Institute of Neuroscience, is Center for African American
Studies and the Center for the Arts are among the most productive in terms of
publications.
6- The California Institute of Technology:
With just over 2,000 students, this small
American university is ranked among the ten best universities in the world. The
California Institute of Technology, or Caltech, is the 6th of this ranking.
Located in Pasadena, California, she taught mainly biology lessons, physics,
chemistry, mathematics. Like Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Caltech forms
as many students attracted by the proximity of the Silicon Valley and the
neighboring research center of NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
5- Cambridge:
The fifth best university in 2013 is Cambridge. The property, which
celebrated its 800th anniversary in 2009, thus retains its position in the
annual survey conducted by the University of Shanghai. First European
university of this ranking, the old Cambridge enjoys a strong reputation
although it has made to advance by Berkeley and Stanford (she was second in
2006). The university is essentially distinguished by the success of its
students from its 31 "College". Since 1901, more than 80 of them have
won the Nobel Prize, on of these winners was the first female. Cambridge is
also illustrated by its important research center and its publishing house.
4- Berkeley:
The University of California installed in
Berkeley in the United States, from fourth to third place in 2013. Founded in
1868, it is one of the most prestigious American universities and includes 14 universities;
the most popular being those of electrical and computer engineering, biology
and political science. Berkeley has also a very popular research center which
has produced two laureates of the Field Medal, twenty-one Nobel laureates and
four Pulitzer Prize winners.
3- Stanford:
Stanford had won a place in 2011 and retains the
second position of the ranking of the best universities in the world. The
campus, located south of San Francisco, hosts about 16,000 students most of
them in medecine, in the humanities and in engineering school. Stanford takes
advantage of its innovative research centers that house the world's top
researchers in physics, biology and computer science, and dozens of companies
specializing in R & D.
2- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT):
Massachusetts Institute of Technology or MIT,
is a research institution and an American university, specializing in the
fields of science and technology. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near
Boston, in the north-eastern United States, it is often considered on this
century as one of the best universities in the world in science and technology.
1- Harvard:
In 2013, Harvard remains the first university
in the world as ranked by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Located in the
city of Cambridge(United States) it welcomes the intellectual elite with its 10
universities of different fields of science (medicine, art, law, business and
health). As the oldest American university, it was founded in 1636, Harvard
stands out again by its high-level education. She has trained dozens of Nobel
Prize.