University of California, Davis

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5no-wujUnNkTHSVdax3E52TAnNvzOJD_Qjvv6nmNlldxy9LbOQicvvdu-csGlzfQafhZxW0OO2lXwjPg-2sQXJ0zxcj0i8z1q-vSj9iYCXAYzHgxm4rf0XoVrd1L-AYum-oO2HXF2S10/s1600/259_university-of-california-davis_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5no-wujUnNkTHSVdax3E52TAnNvzOJD_Qjvv6nmNlldxy9LbOQicvvdu-csGlzfQafhZxW0OO2lXwjPg-2sQXJ0zxcj0i8z1q-vSj9iYCXAYzHgxm4rf0XoVrd1L-AYum-oO2HXF2S10/s320/259_university-of-california-davis_01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University of California, Davis – part of the University of California system – is located in the city of Davis, in northern California’s Yolo County.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Founded in 1905 as University Farm, it began offering short courses to farmers in 1908 and had an enrolment of just 18 students. By 1914, its first women students had arrived on campus. The institution acted as the research and science-based instruction extension of UC Berkeley and, by 1959, it had become a general campus of the UC System.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Today, the university's main campus is in the college town of Davis and spans 5,300-acres. It includes an Arboretum with 17 gardens and 4,000 tree specimens, as well as an equestrian centre, a student farm, several athletics fields and a 105,000 square foot sports stadium.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UC Davis offers around 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programmes to approximately 35,000 students. The student to staff ratio at the university is 18:1</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is organised into four main colleges, in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences and Engineering, and the College of Letters and Sciences. It also includes a Graduate School and a number of professional schools.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of California, Davis</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Study abroad options are available to students in 30 countries around the world and at over 100 international partner universities. On campus, students can join more than 700 clubs and 80+ athletics and club sports teams, which go by the name of the 'Aggies' and have Gunrock the Mustang as their mascot.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university is 20 minutes away from Sacramento, the state capital, which is nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area are all within a two-hour drive.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Its motto, Fiat lux, translates into English as ‘Let there be light.’The University of California, Davis – part of the University of California system – is located in the city of Davis, in northern California’s Yolo County.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Founded in 1905 as University Farm, it began offering short courses to farmers in 1908 and had an enrolment of just 18 students. By 1914, its first women students had arrived on campus. The institution acted as the research and science-based instruction extension of UC Berkeley and, by 1959, it had become a general campus of the UC System.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Today, the university's main campus is in the college town of Davis and spans 5,300-acres. It includes an Arboretum with 17 gardens and 4,000 tree specimens, as well as an equestrian centre, a student farm, several athletics fields and a 105,000 square foot sports stadium.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UC Davis offers around 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programmes to approximately 35,000 students. The student to staff ratio at the university is 18:1</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is organised into four main colleges, in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences and Engineering, and the College of Letters and Sciences. It also includes a Graduate School and a number of professional schools.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Study abroad options are available to students in 30 countries around the world and at over 100 international partner universities. On campus, students can join more than 700 clubs and 80+ athletics and club sports teams, which go by the name of the 'Aggies' and have Gunrock the Mustang as their mascot.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university is 20 minutes away from Sacramento, the state capital, which is nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area are all within a two-hour drive.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Its motto, Fiat lux, translates into English as ‘Let there be light.’The University of California, Davis – part of the University of California system – is located in the city of Davis, in northern California’s Yolo County.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Founded in 1905 as University Farm, it began offering short courses to farmers in 1908 and had an enrolment of just 18 students. By 1914, its first women students had arrived on campus. The institution acted as the research and science-based instruction extension of UC Berkeley and, by 1959, it had become a general campus of the UC System.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Today, the university's main campus is in the college town of Davis and spans 5,300-acres. It includes an Arboretum with 17 gardens and 4,000 tree specimens, as well as an equestrian centre, a student farm, several athletics fields and a 105,000 square foot sports stadium.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of California, Davis</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UC Davis offers around 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programmes to approximately 35,000 students. The student to staff ratio at the university is 18:1</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is organised into four main colleges, in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences and Engineering, and the College of Letters and Sciences. It also includes a Graduate School and a number of professional schools.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Study abroad options are available to students in 30 countries around the world and at over 100 international partner universities. On campus, students can join more than 700 clubs and 80+ athletics and club sports teams, which go by the name of the 'Aggies' and have Gunrock the Mustang as their mascot.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university is 20 minutes away from Sacramento, the state capital, which is nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Lake Tahoe, Napa Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area are all within a two-hour drive.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Its motto, Fiat lux, translates into English as ‘Let there be light.’</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source :<a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-of-california-davis#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

University of California, Davis

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King’s College London

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyB3s_ikA_8rZfx-PzHaePiXaJh75dtZ9R3_L4lz8B_xRBzrFM8k31fs4zKO-r372uTZ58Fxnfxfgjz4qmobiNxy5dsui12JB1SgSVbZkVyAFOa49uiOFZkq0cUtKxM_MKhEbmpteHBVE/s1600/kings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyB3s_ikA_8rZfx-PzHaePiXaJh75dtZ9R3_L4lz8B_xRBzrFM8k31fs4zKO-r372uTZ58Fxnfxfgjz4qmobiNxy5dsui12JB1SgSVbZkVyAFOa49uiOFZkq0cUtKxM_MKhEbmpteHBVE/s320/kings.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> King’s College London (KCL) is one of the two founding colleges of the University of London, the sister college of University College London. Established in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington, the then Prime Minister, it is the fourth oldest university in England.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> KCL is now the largest healthcare learning centre in Europe, incorporating three teaching hospitals and providing a home to more than 27,000 students (including nearly 10,500 postgraduates) from 150 countries who also benefit from its strengths in law, the humanities and social sciences.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university’s main site is on the Strand, in the heart of London, on the north bank of the River Thames, with another four campuses located at Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Hospital, and in Waterloo and Denmark Hill.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> KCL is a major research university. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, it was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account the quality and quantity of research activity, and ranks among the top institutions in the THE World University Rankings.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Twelve Nobel Prize winners are associated with King's, including Maurice Wilkins who discovered the structure of DNA, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu (a KCL alumnus), awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in recognition of his work in opposing South Africa's apartheid regime.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Other notable alumni include Romantic poet John Keats, the founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale and the eminent physicist Professor Peter Higgs. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With over 150 partner institutions, KCL offers study abroad programmes with a wide range of HE institutions globally, from Humboldt University in Berlin and the Paris-Sorbonne in France, to the Universities of California, Hong Kong, São Paulo and many more.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> KCL’s central London location also means students can benefit from the university’s connections with a broad range of partners across business and industry, government and charities, arts, sports and culture.King’s College London (KCL) is one of the two founding colleges of the University of London, the sister college of University College London. Established in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington, the then Prime Minister, it is the fourth oldest university in England.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> KCL is now the largest healthcare learning centre in Europe, incorporating three teaching hospitals and providing a home to more than 27,000 students (including nearly 10,500 postgraduates) from 150 countries who also benefit from its strengths in law, the humanities and social sciences.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> King’s College London</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university’s main site is on the Strand, in the heart of London, on the north bank of the River Thames, with another four campuses located at Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Hospital, and in Waterloo and Denmark Hill.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> KCL is a major research university. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, it was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account the quality and quantity of research activity, and ranks among the top institutions in the THE World University Rankings.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Twelve Nobel Prize winners are associated with King's, including Maurice Wilkins who discovered the structure of DNA, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu (a KCL alumnus), awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in recognition of his work in opposing South Africa's apartheid regime.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Other notable alumni include Romantic poet John Keats, the founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale and the eminent physicist Professor Peter Higgs. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With over 150 partner institutions, KCL offers study abroad programmes with a wide range of HE institutions globally, from Humboldt University in Berlin and the Paris-Sorbonne in France, to the Universities of California, Hong Kong, São Paulo and many more.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> KCL’s central London location also means students can benefit from the university’s connections with a broad range of partners across business and industry, government and charities, arts, sports and culture.King’s College London (KCL) is one of the two founding colleges of the University of London, the sister college of University College London. Established in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington, the then Prime Minister, it is the fourth oldest university in England.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> KCL is now the largest healthcare learning centre in Europe, incorporating three teaching hospitals and providing a home to more than 27,000 students (including nearly 10,500 postgraduates) from 150 countries who also benefit from its strengths in law, the humanities and social sciences.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university’s main site is on the Strand, in the heart of London, on the north bank of the River Thames, with another four campuses located at Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Hospital, and in Waterloo and Denmark Hill.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> KCL is a major research university. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, it was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account the quality and quantity of research activity, and ranks among the top institutions in the THE World University Rankings.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> King’s College London</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Twelve Nobel Prize winners are associated with King's, including Maurice Wilkins who discovered the structure of DNA, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu (a KCL alumnus), awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in recognition of his work in opposing South Africa's apartheid regime.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Other notable alumni include Romantic poet John Keats, the founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale and the eminent physicist Professor Peter Higgs. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With over 150 partner institutions, KCL offers study abroad programmes with a wide range of HE institutions globally, from Humboldt University in Berlin and the Paris-Sorbonne in France, to the Universities of California, Hong Kong, São Paulo and many more.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> KCL’s central London location also means students can benefit from the university’s connections with a broad range of partners across business and industry, government and charities, arts, sports and culture.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source:<a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/kings-college-london#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

King’s College London

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University of Washington

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigId0mOiZ1hiVnwuOdBXCalFA5bRRBsaMrjTEo5jer-KfM75DE_9KLqaNLxR4br4WOVOcLy0CIBXu6sFm0dF9i663DL_9TnvrLeiodIorCSqaS4FZYB2Zlyu-DhFbjBo6-Vj9IpxEqI6s/s1600/washington.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigId0mOiZ1hiVnwuOdBXCalFA5bRRBsaMrjTEo5jer-KfM75DE_9KLqaNLxR4br4WOVOcLy0CIBXu6sFm0dF9i663DL_9TnvrLeiodIorCSqaS4FZYB2Zlyu-DhFbjBo6-Vj9IpxEqI6s/s320/washington.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University of Washington is one of the largest and most prestigious higher education institutions on the west coast of the US.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Founded in 1861 as the Territorial University of Washington, the institution expanded with the city of Seattle during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, moving to its current site in 1895.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The 700-acre park-like campus, which borders two lakes in Seattle, is now home to 16 schools and colleges offering courses ranging from undergraduate to doctoral level. The university also has campuses in Bothell and Tacoma which offer bachelor’s and master’s degrees.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It has a highly respected medical school, offering training in dentistry, medicine and public health, serving medical centres across the Pacific North West and Alaska.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It has traditionally educated students for public service in the region, offering courses in topics such as education, engineering, public affairs and social work.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With an emphasis on outreach and widening opportunities, the university also offers courses through distance learning, and evening classes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university is known informally as U-Dub, and its students, sports teams and alumni are often called “Huskies”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Washington has produced several Nobel laureates, counting four among its alumni and another seven among its faculty. The most recent recipient is alumna Linda Buck, also an affiliate professor at Washington, who won the 2004 medicine prize.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There are eight Pulitzer Prize winners among its alumni, most notably the novelist Marilynne Robinson.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Other notable Washington alumni include MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe, actor Jim Caviezel and martial artist Bruce Lee.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of Washington</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Seattle itself is a city of more than 650,000 people about 100 miles south of the Canadian border, located between Puget Sound and Lake Washington. It is a major centre for technology companies, with headquarters of firms such as Amazon and Microsoft located in the region.The University of Washington is one of the largest and most prestigious higher education institutions on the west coast of the US.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Founded in 1861 as the Territorial University of Washington, the institution expanded with the city of Seattle during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, moving to its current site in 1895.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The 700-acre park-like campus, which borders two lakes in Seattle, is now home to 16 schools and colleges offering courses ranging from undergraduate to doctoral level. The university also has campuses in Bothell and Tacoma which offer bachelor’s and master’s degrees.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It has a highly respected medical school, offering training in dentistry, medicine and public health, serving medical centres across the Pacific North West and Alaska.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It has traditionally educated students for public service in the region, offering courses in topics such as education, engineering, public affairs and social work.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With an emphasis on outreach and widening opportunities, the university also offers courses through distance learning, and evening classes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university is known informally as U-Dub, and its students, sports teams and alumni are often called “Huskies”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Washington has produced several Nobel laureates, counting four among its alumni and another seven among its faculty. The most recent recipient is alumna Linda Buck, also an affiliate professor at Washington, who won the 2004 medicine prize.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There are eight Pulitzer Prize winners among its alumni, most notably the novelist Marilynne Robinson.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Other notable Washington alumni include MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe, actor Jim Caviezel and martial artist Bruce Lee.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Seattle itself is a city of more than 650,000 people about 100 miles south of the Canadian border, located between Puget Sound and Lake Washington. It is a major centre for technology companies, with headquarters of firms such as Amazon and Microsoft located in the region.The University of Washington is one of the largest and most prestigious higher education institutions on the west coast of the US.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Founded in 1861 as the Territorial University of Washington, the institution expanded with the city of Seattle during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, moving to its current site in 1895.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The 700-acre park-like campus, which borders two lakes in Seattle, is now home to 16 schools and colleges offering courses ranging from undergraduate to doctoral level. The university also has campuses in Bothell and Tacoma which offer bachelor’s and master’s degrees.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It has a highly respected medical school, offering training in dentistry, medicine and public health, serving medical centres across the Pacific North West and Alaska.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It has traditionally educated students for public service in the region, offering courses in topics such as education, engineering, public affairs and social work.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of Washington</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With an emphasis on outreach and widening opportunities, the university also offers courses through distance learning, and evening classes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university is known informally as U-Dub, and its students, sports teams and alumni are often called “Huskies”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Washington has produced several Nobel laureates, counting four among its alumni and another seven among its faculty. The most recent recipient is alumna Linda Buck, also an affiliate professor at Washington, who won the 2004 medicine prize.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There are eight Pulitzer Prize winners among its alumni, most notably the novelist Marilynne Robinson.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Other notable Washington alumni include MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe, actor Jim Caviezel and martial artist Bruce Lee.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Seattle itself is a city of more than 650,000 people about 100 miles south of the Canadian border, located between Puget Sound and Lake Washington. It is a major centre for technology companies, with headquarters of firms such as Amazon and Microsoft located in the region.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source :<a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-of-washington#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

University of Washington

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University of Michigan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLgSLzNvhMDlUoQRmax7VYJKDfuU3w2Z0lVO_taUKxwj4Z__7rrAvnUFOfI-MqwxfMYm0f3UCilM3pFOOkv4-FEXZbRK38fcn387OUe1D8S22SNkIWM13O8HSfnlr-6TISi5WwYFOSRg/s1600/135a39ea97a13a26dbe5954d5ba7d9ca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLgSLzNvhMDlUoQRmax7VYJKDfuU3w2Z0lVO_taUKxwj4Z__7rrAvnUFOfI-MqwxfMYm0f3UCilM3pFOOkv4-FEXZbRK38fcn387OUe1D8S22SNkIWM13O8HSfnlr-6TISi5WwYFOSRg/s400/135a39ea97a13a26dbe5954d5ba7d9ca.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A public university founded in 1817, the University of Michigan had a rustic beginning. At its campus in Ann Arbor, west of Detroit, cows owned by the faculty once grazed, and as late as 1845, wheat was grown on site as part of a janitor’s remuneration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> By 1866, the university had become the largest in the country. Now, the University of Michigan is one of the biggest research universities in the United States. It boasts alumni including Gerald Ford, former US president; Larry Page, co-founder of Google; and actor James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university’s sporting tradition began in 1865, and its sports teams, collectively known as the Michigan Wolverines, have won more than 50 national championships in 12 sports. Why the wolverine became the university’s mascot is a mystery, as although the nickname caught on in the middle of the 19th century, the first verified sighting of the animal in Michigan state did not occur until 2004.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Michigan’s mission is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through “preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future”. It offers 250 undergraduate majors, 100 doctoral and 200 master’s programmes, as well as more than 1,400 student clubs.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university has no shortage of bizarre traditions. On campus sits “The Cube”, a huge black object so finely balanced on one corner that students can spin it around despite its great weight. One myth is that the president gives it a push each morning in order to keep the campus running smoothly.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of Michigan</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When students first arrive at Michigan they walk through a campus fountain to make them an “official wolverine”. After graduation, they walk the other way through the water, signifying their departure to join the professional world. And don’t step on the brass “M” at the centre of the campus, or exam failure awaits.A public university founded in 1817, the University of Michigan had a rustic beginning. At its campus in Ann Arbor, west of Detroit, cows owned by the faculty once grazed, and as late as 1845, wheat was grown on site as part of a janitor’s remuneration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> By 1866, the university had become the largest in the country. Now, the University of Michigan is one of the biggest research universities in the United States. It boasts alumni including Gerald Ford, former US president; Larry Page, co-founder of Google; and actor James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university’s sporting tradition began in 1865, and its sports teams, collectively known as the Michigan Wolverines, have won more than 50 national championships in 12 sports. Why the wolverine became the university’s mascot is a mystery, as although the nickname caught on in the middle of the 19th century, the first verified sighting of the animal in Michigan state did not occur until 2004.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Michigan’s mission is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through “preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future”. It offers 250 undergraduate majors, 100 doctoral and 200 master’s programmes, as well as more than 1,400 student clubs.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university has no shortage of bizarre traditions. On campus sits “The Cube”, a huge black object so finely balanced on one corner that students can spin it around despite its great weight. One myth is that the president gives it a push each morning in order to keep the campus running smoothly.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When students first arrive at Michigan they walk through a campus fountain to make them an “official wolverine”. After graduation, they walk the other way through the water, signifying their departure to join the professional world. And don’t step on the brass “M” at the centre of the campus, or exam failure awaits.A public university founded in 1817, the University of Michigan had a rustic beginning. At its campus in Ann Arbor, west of Detroit, cows owned by the faculty once grazed, and as late as 1845, wheat was grown on site as part of a janitor’s remuneration.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> By 1866, the university had become the largest in the country. Now, the University of Michigan is one of the biggest research universities in the United States. It boasts alumni including Gerald Ford, former US president; Larry Page, co-founder of Google; and actor James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university’s sporting tradition began in 1865, and its sports teams, collectively known as the Michigan Wolverines, have won more than 50 national championships in 12 sports. Why the wolverine became the university’s mascot is a mystery, as although the nickname caught on in the middle of the 19th century, the first verified sighting of the animal in Michigan state did not occur until 2004.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of Michigan</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Michigan’s mission is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through “preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future”. It offers 250 undergraduate majors, 100 doctoral and 200 master’s programmes, as well as more than 1,400 student clubs.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university has no shortage of bizarre traditions. On campus sits “The Cube”, a huge black object so finely balanced on one corner that students can spin it around despite its great weight. One myth is that the president gives it a push each morning in order to keep the campus running smoothly.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When students first arrive at Michigan they walk through a campus fountain to make them an “official wolverine”. After graduation, they walk the other way through the water, signifying their departure to join the professional world. And don’t step on the brass “M” at the centre of the campus, or exam failure awaits.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source:<a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-of-michigan#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

University of Michigan

A public university founded in 1817, the University of Michigan had a rustic beginning. At its campus in Ann Arbor, west of Detroit, cows...

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University of Chicago

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uDar5Xi68BkX13MsBuUPy9JkCC47aB45Cuy25KfH9MZdzP9WnFrA5_3De0A-WFl-op8hdq2kA6fVMZHwKZgjT9lhsKdvV32IG4crL79WHfAVrSLQ_CpB3pkIuawerWBDNuelAbEHMsg/s1600/Harper_Midway_Chicago.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uDar5Xi68BkX13MsBuUPy9JkCC47aB45Cuy25KfH9MZdzP9WnFrA5_3De0A-WFl-op8hdq2kA6fVMZHwKZgjT9lhsKdvV32IG4crL79WHfAVrSLQ_CpB3pkIuawerWBDNuelAbEHMsg/s320/Harper_Midway_Chicago.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University of Chicago came to life in the twilight of the 19th century, with the state of Illinois issuing its official certificate of incorporation in September 1890. A $600,000 pledge from oil magnate John D. Rockefeller helped to get the university off the ground, while local department store owner Marshall Field donated land. The vision of the university’s first president was of a “bran splinter new” institution “as solid as the ancient hills” – a modern research university with a commitment to equal opportunities and non-sectarianism.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This vision has been at the core of Chicago’s existence, enshrined in its motto: Crescat scientia; vita excolatur (“Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched”). The university has lived up to this by being at the forefront of major academic endeavour and discovery. It has connections to more than 80 Nobel laureates, 30 National Medal winners (across humanities, arts and science) and nine Fields Medallists. It has also been awarded nearly 50 MacArthur “genius grants”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Current faculty who have won a Nobel prize while at Chicago include economists Robert E. Lucas (1995), James J. Heckman (2000), Roger Myerson (2007), Lars Peter Hansen (2013), Eugene Fama (2013), and physicist James Cronin (1980). Ngô Bao Châu, the first Vietnamese to win the Fields Medal (2010), is the Francis and Rose Yuen distinguished service professor in Chicago’s department of mathematics.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Notable alumni of Chicago include authors Saul Bellow and Susan Sontag, astronomer Edwin Hubble, film critic Roger Ebert, and everyone’s favourite celluloid academic and archaeologist, Indiana Jones – who also taught at the university.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While Chicago routinely ranks in the world’s top institutions academically, its prowess extends to the sporting arena. It was a founding member of the Big Ten Conference, the oldest, highest-level intercollegiate athletics conference in the US. Today the university sponsors 19 intercollegiate sports, which cater for more than 500 participants and 330 competitions taking place each year. They all play under the same name, “the Maroons”, which the university was nicknamed on account of its official colour.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of Chicago</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university’s campus sprawls over more than 210 acres in the Hyde Park and Woodlawn neighbourhoods, which lie south of downtown Chicago. Its first buildings were modelled on the Gothic style of the University of Oxford, but by the mid-20th century, modern buildings had begun popping up to intersperse old and new. It now blends a mix of classical and contemporary architecture from the Mitchell Tower and Robie House, architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s historic residence, through to the Laird Bell Law Quadrangle.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The city of Chicago itself is the university’s “laboratory, playground, and muse”, with downtown highlights encompassing restaurants, shopping and cultural attractions. In one day you could visit the Navy Pier amusement park, the Art Institute of Chicago or shop on the Magnificent Mile.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With satellite campuses and facilities overseas, UChicago has transcended its US geography to make itself an international institution. It invites prospective students to step inside its walls and “walk along the paths of Nobel laureates, pathbreaking researchers, and tomorrow’s leaders”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University of Chicago came to life in the twilight of the 19th century, with the state of Illinois issuing its official certificate of incorporation in September 1890. A $600,000 pledge from oil magnate John D. Rockefeller helped to get the university off the ground, while local department store owner Marshall Field donated land. The vision of the university’s first president was of a “bran splinter new” institution “as solid as the ancient hills” – a modern research university with a commitment to equal opportunities and non-sectarianism.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This vision has been at the core of Chicago’s existence, enshrined in its motto: Crescat scientia; vita excolatur (“Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched”). The university has lived up to this by being at the forefront of major academic endeavour and discovery. It has connections to more than 80 Nobel laureates, 30 National Medal winners (across humanities, arts and science) and nine Fields Medallists. It has also been awarded nearly 50 MacArthur “genius grants”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Current faculty who have won a Nobel prize while at Chicago include economists Robert E. Lucas (1995), James J. Heckman (2000), Roger Myerson (2007), Lars Peter Hansen (2013), Eugene Fama (2013), and physicist James Cronin (1980). Ngô Bao Châu, the first Vietnamese to win the Fields Medal (2010), is the Francis and Rose Yuen distinguished service professor in Chicago’s department of mathematics.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Notable alumni of Chicago include authors Saul Bellow and Susan Sontag, astronomer Edwin Hubble, film critic Roger Ebert, and everyone’s favourite celluloid academic and archaeologist, Indiana Jones – who also taught at the university.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of Chicago</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While Chicago routinely ranks in the world’s top institutions academically, its prowess extends to the sporting arena. It was a founding member of the Big Ten Conference, the oldest, highest-level intercollegiate athletics conference in the US. Today the university sponsors 19 intercollegiate sports, which cater for more than 500 participants and 330 competitions taking place each year. They all play under the same name, “the Maroons”, which the university was nicknamed on account of its official colour.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university’s campus sprawls over more than 210 acres in the Hyde Park and Woodlawn neighbourhoods, which lie south of downtown Chicago. Its first buildings were modelled on the Gothic style of the University of Oxford, but by the mid-20th century, modern buildings had begun popping up to intersperse old and new. It now blends a mix of classical and contemporary architecture from the Mitchell Tower and Robie House, architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s historic residence, through to the Laird Bell Law Quadrangle.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The city of Chicago itself is the university’s “laboratory, playground, and muse”, with downtown highlights encompassing restaurants, shopping and cultural attractions. In one day you could visit the Navy Pier amusement park, the Art Institute of Chicago or shop on the Magnificent Mile.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With satellite campuses and facilities overseas, UChicago has transcended its US geography to make itself an international institution. It invites prospective students to step inside its walls and “walk along the paths of Nobel laureates, pathbreaking researchers, and tomorrow’s leaders”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-of-chicago#ranking-dataset/589595">:www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

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