University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-05-JyfnARXBSM9nXqY_6CvUoRcK08O2TXnNo_z8T6bVmZUmMGP76UnBy0T-3CJEyY1yMT37vHSSqWL4X5VOUW-xIb8udcq0ZUX1FHHNPOKez8MwF11fT-v2gR7wfzweTUB8pZbXUc3M/s1600/campus_University_of_North_Carolina_Chapel_Hill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-05-JyfnARXBSM9nXqY_6CvUoRcK08O2TXnNo_z8T6bVmZUmMGP76UnBy0T-3CJEyY1yMT37vHSSqWL4X5VOUW-xIb8udcq0ZUX1FHHNPOKez8MwF11fT-v2gR7wfzweTUB8pZbXUc3M/s320/campus_University_of_North_Carolina_Chapel_Hill.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was chartered in 1789 and began admitting students in 1795, making it the first public university in the US. It was also the only public university to award degrees in the 18th century and is one of the original eight Public Ivy schools.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Today, UNC has 14 schools as well as the College of Arts and Sciences. It offers 78 bachelor’s degrees, 112 master’s degrees, 68 doctorate programmes and seven professional degree programmes. Its student population of almost 30,000 is taught by a faculty of more than 3,500. Nearly 90 per cent of classes have fewer than 50 students.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UNC has one of the highest study-abroad rates of any university in the US, with almost a third of its undergraduates studying in other countries before graduation. It has 325 programmes in 70 countries.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The UNC campus is located in the downtown area of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Spread over nearly 730 acres, it is informally divided into three separate areas: north campus (which includes most of the classrooms and some residence halls), middle campus and south campus.  There are also plans to build a new research park with expanded science facilities.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university, with its Tar Heels teams, has a strong athletics programme and is a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which was founded in 1953. </div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UNC has more than 300,00 living alumni. Some of its most notable former students include author Thomas Wolfe, Pulitzer Prize Winner Lenoir Chambers, and two Nobel laureates – Aziz Sancarco in chemistry and Olivier Smithies in Physiology/Medicine.The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was chartered in 1789 and began admitting students in 1795, making it the first public university in the US. It was also the only public university to award degrees in the 18th century and is one of the original eight Public Ivy schools.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Today, UNC has 14 schools as well as the College of Arts and Sciences. It offers 78 bachelor’s degrees, 112 master’s degrees, 68 doctorate programmes and seven professional degree programmes. Its student population of almost 30,000 is taught by a faculty of more than 3,500. Nearly 90 per cent of classes have fewer than 50 students.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UNC has one of the highest study-abroad rates of any university in the US, with almost a third of its undergraduates studying in other countries before graduation. It has 325 programmes in 70 countries.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The UNC campus is located in the downtown area of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Spread over nearly 730 acres, it is informally divided into three separate areas: north campus (which includes most of the classrooms and some residence halls), middle campus and south campus.  There are also plans to build a new research park with expanded science facilities.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university, with its Tar Heels teams, has a strong athletics programme and is a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which was founded in 1953. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UNC has more than 300,00 living alumni. Some of its most notable former students include author Thomas Wolfe, Pulitzer Prize Winner Lenoir Chambers, and two Nobel laureates – Aziz Sancarco in chemistry and Olivier Smithies in Physiology/Medicine.The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was chartered in 1789 and began admitting students in 1795, making it the first public university in the US. It was also the only public university to award degrees in the 18th century and is one of the original eight Public Ivy schools.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Today, UNC has 14 schools as well as the College of Arts and Sciences. It offers 78 bachelor’s degrees, 112 master’s degrees, 68 doctorate programmes and seven professional degree programmes. Its student population of almost 30,000 is taught by a faculty of more than 3,500. Nearly 90 per cent of classes have fewer than 50 students.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UNC has one of the highest study-abroad rates of any university in the US, with almost a third of its undergraduates studying in other countries before graduation. It has 325 programmes in 70 countries.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The UNC campus is located in the downtown area of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Spread over nearly 730 acres, it is informally divided into three separate areas: north campus (which includes most of the classrooms and some residence halls), middle campus and south campus.  There are also plans to build a new research park with expanded science facilities.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university, with its Tar Heels teams, has a strong athletics programme and is a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, which was founded in 1953. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UNC has more than 300,00 living alumni. Some of its most notable former students include author Thomas Wolfe, Pulitzer Prize Winner Lenoir Chambers, and two Nobel laureates – Aziz Sancarco in chemistry and Olivier Smithies in Physiology/Medicine.</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-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Australian National University

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnFnkhX6hUFnlF3N8n0td_Rk4rU96H-AU9S_ErNx0iLTiqIO-xdowdd1Xudz2WBfMr50DaNOwPCPM_1E8nJOqDbXu6yBGdxYjrGPB0jyUEzxsI7k6BsYe2PtoYwKa8-I0FV3K6Qac2No/s1600/australian-national-university-sphere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnFnkhX6hUFnlF3N8n0td_Rk4rU96H-AU9S_ErNx0iLTiqIO-xdowdd1Xudz2WBfMr50DaNOwPCPM_1E8nJOqDbXu6yBGdxYjrGPB0jyUEzxsI7k6BsYe2PtoYwKa8-I0FV3K6Qac2No/s320/australian-national-university-sphere.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Australian National University (ANU) is a world-renowned research-intensive university located in Canberra, Australia’s capital city and seat of government.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Established in 1946 as a nation-building institution, Australia’s only national university has a distinct mission, and a reputation that places it among the finest universities in the world.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With a long institutional tradition of doing research of national and international significance, ANU makes major contributions to Australian public policy debate. ANU scholars have shaped key aspects of the Australian higher education, immigration, and citizenship systems, as well as regional economic policy development and even United States’ nuclear strategy.  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University’s global influence is amplified through its membership of the International Alliance of Research Universities which includes Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, Berkeley, ETH Zurich, the National University of Singapore, and the universities of Peking, Tokyo, Cape Town and Copenhagen. ANU is a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, as well as the Group of Eight, a coalition of Australia’s leading universities.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> Australian National University</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ANU research quality is unsurpassed in Australia. In the most recent Excellence in Research for Australia exercise—a key benchmarking tool for Australian research—ANU topped the nation with 95 per cent of broad-field research and 91 per cent of specific discipline research ranked above or well above world standard.  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A young university by global standards, ANU already counts six Nobel Laureates among staff and alumni. Current ANU Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt was an astrophysicist at ANU when he was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University’s reputation attracts people from around the world, with one third of students and many staff coming from overseas. More than half the student body study at postgraduate level, and all students enjoy small class sizes and direct access to world-class scholars.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Up to 5,000 students live on campus, receiving full pastoral, academic and social support to optimise their success.  ANU consistently ranks highest in Australia, and exceptionally high internationally for graduate employability by the Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ANU alumni of note include John Bryant, CEO of Kellogg Company; Cheong Choong Kong, Chairman, Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation and former CEO of Singapore Airlines; Stephen Gageler, Justice of the High Court of Australia; Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia; and JuE Wong, President of Elizabeth Arden Brands.The Australian National University (ANU) is a world-renowned research-intensive university located in Canberra, Australia’s capital city and seat of government.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Established in 1946 as a nation-building institution, Australia’s only national university has a distinct mission, and a reputation that places it among the finest universities in the world.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With a long institutional tradition of doing research of national and international significance, ANU makes major contributions to Australian public policy debate. ANU scholars have shaped key aspects of the Australian higher education, immigration, and citizenship systems, as well as regional economic policy development and even United States’ nuclear strategy.  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University’s global influence is amplified through its membership of the International Alliance of Research Universities which includes Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, Berkeley, ETH Zurich, the National University of Singapore, and the universities of Peking, Tokyo, Cape Town and Copenhagen. ANU is a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, as well as the Group of Eight, a coalition of Australia’s leading universities.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ANU research quality is unsurpassed in Australia. In the most recent Excellence in Research for Australia exercise—a key benchmarking tool for Australian research—ANU topped the nation with 95 per cent of broad-field research and 91 per cent of specific discipline research ranked above or well above world standard.  </div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> Australian National University</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A young university by global standards, ANU already counts six Nobel Laureates among staff and alumni. Current ANU Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt was an astrophysicist at ANU when he was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University’s reputation attracts people from around the world, with one third of students and many staff coming from overseas. More than half the student body study at postgraduate level, and all students enjoy small class sizes and direct access to world-class scholars.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Up to 5,000 students live on campus, receiving full pastoral, academic and social support to optimise their success.  ANU consistently ranks highest in Australia, and exceptionally high internationally for graduate employability by the Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ANU alumni of note include John Bryant, CEO of Kellogg Company; Cheong Choong Kong, Chairman, Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation and former CEO of Singapore Airlines; Stephen Gageler, Justice of the High Court of Australia; Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia; and JuE Wong, President of Elizabeth Arden Brands.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source:<a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/australian-national-university#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

Australian National University

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University of Tokyo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuJXHLlta4-uBrLhCZA4ZffNhmDZ63sqv03eYdHIQZjwzPpzUd9GuUTMaiLtq7J7XKQziAI7V0CfIdC_3Ga5Kf1WbgjQTQMIx3YuLATgXIcb53WMSbCF7Rmm8A97jmRqxtW1zkBwJYgk/s1600/shutterstock_21161983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuJXHLlta4-uBrLhCZA4ZffNhmDZ63sqv03eYdHIQZjwzPpzUd9GuUTMaiLtq7J7XKQziAI7V0CfIdC_3Ga5Kf1WbgjQTQMIx3YuLATgXIcb53WMSbCF7Rmm8A97jmRqxtW1zkBwJYgk/s320/shutterstock_21161983.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A message from University of Tokyo</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) has led research and education in Japan since our foundation as a national university in 1877. For more than a century, we have been nurturing minds that have gone on to explore space, win Nobel Prizes and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. Today, over 5,500 faculty and over 27,000 students make UTokyo one of the most important global hubs of research and education in one of Asia’s most exciting cities.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UTokyo has long been known as Japan’s premier institution of higher education and for our low student-to-faculty ratio. Our unique liberal arts education provides a sound base in the first half of our four-year undergraduate program, after which our students choose a two-year specialisation in line with their interests. We encourage interdisciplinary approaches throughout.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Our graduate schools provide an excellent environment for first-rate intensive research with the world’s leading researchers, and each graduate student can learn at the cutting edge of their field. In recent years UTokyo has established undergraduate and graduate English-language degree programs, such as our undergraduate PEAK program, further promoting campus diversity.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UTokyo is networked with top universities and research institutions from all parts of the world and the flow of students, research and researchers creates a truly global campus. UTokyo also goes abroad to bring our university to the world, through events such as the UTokyo Forum, held in close partnership with globally renowned academic institutions around the world since 2000.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of Tokyo</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UTokyo researchers and alumni have expanded the frontiers of human knowledge and their achievements have been recognized in multiple Nobel and other prizes. Yoichiro Nambu and Masatoshi Koshiba have transformed physics, while Kenzaburo Oe and Yasunari Kawabata have enriched global culture through their literary works, to mention just a few. Our website UTokyo Research offers a glimpse into the world of our cutting-edge research.A message from University of Tokyo</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) has led research and education in Japan since our foundation as a national university in 1877. For more than a century, we have been nurturing minds that have gone on to explore space, win Nobel Prizes and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. Today, over 5,500 faculty and over 27,000 students make UTokyo one of the most important global hubs of research and education in one of Asia’s most exciting cities.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UTokyo has long been known as Japan’s premier institution of higher education and for our low student-to-faculty ratio. Our unique liberal arts education provides a sound base in the first half of our four-year undergraduate program, after which our students choose a two-year specialisation in line with their interests. We encourage interdisciplinary approaches throughout.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Our graduate schools provide an excellent environment for first-rate intensive research with the world’s leading researchers, and each graduate student can learn at the cutting edge of their field. In recent years UTokyo has established undergraduate and graduate English-language degree programs, such as our undergraduate PEAK program, further promoting campus diversity.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UTokyo is networked with top universities and research institutions from all parts of the world and the flow of students, research and researchers creates a truly global campus. UTokyo also goes abroad to bring our university to the world, through events such as the UTokyo Forum, held in close partnership with globally renowned academic institutions around the world since 2000.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UTokyo researchers and alumni have expanded the frontiers of human knowledge and their achievements have been recognized in multiple Nobel and other prizes. Yoichiro Nambu and Masatoshi Koshiba have transformed physics, while Kenzaburo Oe and Yasunari Kawabata have enriched global culture through their literary works, to mention just a few. Our website UTokyo Research offers a glimpse into the world of our cutting-edge research.A message from University of Tokyo</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) has led research and education in Japan since our foundation as a national university in 1877. For more than a century, we have been nurturing minds that have gone on to explore space, win Nobel Prizes and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. Today, over 5,500 faculty and over 27,000 students make UTokyo one of the most important global hubs of research and education in one of Asia’s most exciting cities.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of Tokyo</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UTokyo has long been known as Japan’s premier institution of higher education and for our low student-to-faculty ratio. Our unique liberal arts education provides a sound base in the first half of our four-year undergraduate program, after which our students choose a two-year specialisation in line with their interests. We encourage interdisciplinary approaches throughout.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Our graduate schools provide an excellent environment for first-rate intensive research with the world’s leading researchers, and each graduate student can learn at the cutting edge of their field. In recent years UTokyo has established undergraduate and graduate English-language degree programs, such as our undergraduate PEAK program, further promoting campus diversity.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UTokyo is networked with top universities and research institutions from all parts of the world and the flow of students, research and researchers creates a truly global campus. UTokyo also goes abroad to bring our university to the world, through events such as the UTokyo Forum, held in close partnership with globally renowned academic institutions around the world since 2000.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UTokyo researchers and alumni have expanded the frontiers of human knowledge and their achievements have been recognized in multiple Nobel and other prizes. Yoichiro Nambu and Masatoshi Koshiba have transformed physics, while Kenzaburo Oe and Yasunari Kawabata have enriched global culture through their literary works, to mention just a few. Our website UTokyo Research offers a glimpse into the world of our cutting-edge research.</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-tokyo#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

University of Tokyo

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New York University

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_Wyoygkepx7gIYEJrAGUTzmBFiTIaTzKWXgJOul2LmG6RzgR_j_CkF3zeXePxGaPzL1Wzi7DD2PwdA1m-9i-FMJw2COA2OhJJ16Cc5Fsh6eNH5FkbjllFcxQESgXb2WnomT11AVEB0E/s1600/new+york.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_Wyoygkepx7gIYEJrAGUTzmBFiTIaTzKWXgJOul2LmG6RzgR_j_CkF3zeXePxGaPzL1Wzi7DD2PwdA1m-9i-FMJw2COA2OhJJ16Cc5Fsh6eNH5FkbjllFcxQESgXb2WnomT11AVEB0E/s320/new+york.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> New York University (NYU) is one of the biggest private higher education institutes in the United States, and is highly regarded among American institutions.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Its history dates back to 1831, when the head of the US department of Treasury Albert Gallatin pushed forward the idea of establishing an easily accessible, innovative university in the most populous city in the US.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After almost two centuries of development, the institution became an academic centre that aims to set trends in global research and nurture talent from all the around the globe. It grants a significant amount to students in financial aid annually, in addition to generous funding for research.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The institution, which itself has a significant endowment, is perhaps most famously associated with its undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in social science, dentistry, nursing and fine arts.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With campuses on two continents from New York to Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, the university’s affiliates officially operate in 25 countries around the world. Locally, the university’s New York campus is formed of over 20 colleges and schools placed at 5 different locations in and around New York, such as Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> New York University</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The main campus, located in the heart of Lower Manhattan in the vicinity of Sixth Avenue and Washington Square Park, covers 1 km² of land. It offers guaranteed housing options to freshmen, who may find themselves among the 11 thousand visitors who explore the Bobst library, one of the 11 libraries operated by NYU.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> New York University’s alumni have received a number of Nobel and Crafoord Prizes, as well as several Pulitzer Prizes and Abel Prizes in the past.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After having the Violet for its official mascot for a century, the university introduced the Bobcat, an extinct species of big cat related to the puma. It symbolises the combination between the university’s academic achievement and success in sport activities.New York University (NYU) is one of the biggest private higher education institutes in the United States, and is highly regarded among American institutions.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Its history dates back to 1831, when the head of the US department of Treasury Albert Gallatin pushed forward the idea of establishing an easily accessible, innovative university in the most populous city in the US.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After almost two centuries of development, the institution became an academic centre that aims to set trends in global research and nurture talent from all the around the globe. It grants a significant amount to students in financial aid annually, in addition to generous funding for research.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The institution, which itself has a significant endowment, is perhaps most famously associated with its undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in social science, dentistry, nursing and fine arts.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With campuses on two continents from New York to Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, the university’s affiliates officially operate in 25 countries around the world. Locally, the university’s New York campus is formed of over 20 colleges and schools placed at 5 different locations in and around New York, such as Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The main campus, located in the heart of Lower Manhattan in the vicinity of Sixth Avenue and Washington Square Park, covers 1 km² of land. It offers guaranteed housing options to freshmen, who may find themselves among the 11 thousand visitors who explore the Bobst library, one of the 11 libraries operated by NYU.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> New York University’s alumni have received a number of Nobel and Crafoord Prizes, as well as several Pulitzer Prizes and Abel Prizes in the past.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After having the Violet for its official mascot for a century, the university introduced the Bobcat, an extinct species of big cat related to the puma. It symbolises the combination between the university’s academic achievement and success in sport activities.New York University (NYU) is one of the biggest private higher education institutes in the United States, and is highly regarded among American institutions.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> New York University</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Its history dates back to 1831, when the head of the US department of Treasury Albert Gallatin pushed forward the idea of establishing an easily accessible, innovative university in the most populous city in the US.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After almost two centuries of development, the institution became an academic centre that aims to set trends in global research and nurture talent from all the around the globe. It grants a significant amount to students in financial aid annually, in addition to generous funding for research.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The institution, which itself has a significant endowment, is perhaps most famously associated with its undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in social science, dentistry, nursing and fine arts.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> With campuses on two continents from New York to Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, the university’s affiliates officially operate in 25 countries around the world. Locally, the university’s New York campus is formed of over 20 colleges and schools placed at 5 different locations in and around New York, such as Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The main campus, located in the heart of Lower Manhattan in the vicinity of Sixth Avenue and Washington Square Park, covers 1 km² of land. It offers guaranteed housing options to freshmen, who may find themselves among the 11 thousand visitors who explore the Bobst library, one of the 11 libraries operated by NYU.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> New York University’s alumni have received a number of Nobel and Crafoord Prizes, as well as several Pulitzer Prizes and Abel Prizes in the past.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After having the Violet for its official mascot for a century, the university introduced the Bobcat, an extinct species of big cat related to the puma. It symbolises the combination between the university’s academic achievement and success in sport activities.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source :<a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/new-york-university#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

New York University

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Columbia University

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPs3l-LP69DFhnMoM3uITpTWEGImgy4hW9DpzQ5qLzxXa2Z4Gq5vJGCsK5kfVvwJ2tq2xCq42NnYZVwr5BHQ3PJb71DpsT9ZBUsN_JGIwQ-kZ8IQnEn5-xd0erf4ve4ndPvzT-246Xd4/s1600/columbia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPs3l-LP69DFhnMoM3uITpTWEGImgy4hW9DpzQ5qLzxXa2Z4Gq5vJGCsK5kfVvwJ2tq2xCq42NnYZVwr5BHQ3PJb71DpsT9ZBUsN_JGIwQ-kZ8IQnEn5-xd0erf4ve4ndPvzT-246Xd4/s320/columbia.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Founded in 1754 as King’s College by Royal Charter of King George II of England, Columbia is the oldest university in the state of New York and one of the oldest in the US.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Its main landmark is the Low Memorial Library, which was built in the Roman Classical style and still houses the university’s central administration offices.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As well as its main campus in the heart of New York City on Broadway, Columbia has two facilities outside Manhattan: Nevis Laboratories, a centre for the study of high-energy experimental particle and nuclear physics in Irvington, New York, and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> More than 80 faculty members, adjunct staff and alumni of Columbia have won a Nobel prize since 1901, when the awards were first granted. These include chemist Robert Lefkowitz, economist Joseph Stiglitz and US President Barack Obama, who was given the Peace Prize in 2009.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Columbia has also educated Founding Father of the US Alexander Hamilton, US presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Katie Holmes and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The private research-based university has 20 schools – which include architecture, planning and preservation; business; Jewish theological seminary; and law – and 23 libraries that are scattered across the city. Sponsored research from its medical centre produces more than $600 million annually.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Columbia Technology Ventures, the institution’s technology transfer office, manages more than 400 new inventions each year and has been involved in launching over 150 start-up companies based on Columbia’s technologies.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university also has nine Columbia Global Centres, which aim to promote and facilitate collaboration between the university’s staff, students and alumni in order to address global challenges. These are in China, Jordan, Turkey, Kenya, India, France, Chile, Brazil and New York City.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In 2014-15, the university’s total endowment value passed the $9.6 billion mark.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Lee Bollinger became Columbia University’s 19th president in 2002, making him the longest-serving leader of an Ivy League institution.Founded in 1754 as King’s College by Royal Charter of King George II of England, Columbia is the oldest university in the state of New York and one of the oldest in the US.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> Columbia University</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Its main landmark is the Low Memorial Library, which was built in the Roman Classical style and still houses the university’s central administration offices.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As well as its main campus in the heart of New York City on Broadway, Columbia has two facilities outside Manhattan: Nevis Laboratories, a centre for the study of high-energy experimental particle and nuclear physics in Irvington, New York, and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> More than 80 faculty members, adjunct staff and alumni of Columbia have won a Nobel prize since 1901, when the awards were first granted. These include chemist Robert Lefkowitz, economist Joseph Stiglitz and US President Barack Obama, who was given the Peace Prize in 2009.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Columbia has also educated Founding Father of the US Alexander Hamilton, US presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Katie Holmes and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The private research-based university has 20 schools – which include architecture, planning and preservation; business; Jewish theological seminary; and law – and 23 libraries that are scattered across the city. Sponsored research from its medical centre produces more than $600 million annually.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Columbia Technology Ventures, the institution’s technology transfer office, manages more than 400 new inventions each year and has been involved in launching over 150 start-up companies based on Columbia’s technologies.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Columbia University</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university also has nine Columbia Global Centres, which aim to promote and facilitate collaboration between the university’s staff, students and alumni in order to address global challenges. These are in China, Jordan, Turkey, Kenya, India, France, Chile, Brazil and New York City.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In 2014-15, the university’s total endowment value passed the $9.6 billion mark.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Lee Bollinger became Columbia University’s 19th president in 2002, making him the longest-serving leader of an Ivy League institution.Founded in 1754 as King’s College by Royal Charter of King George II of England, Columbia is the oldest university in the state of New York and one of the oldest in the US.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Its main landmark is the Low Memorial Library, which was built in the Roman Classical style and still houses the university’s central administration offices.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As well as its main campus in the heart of New York City on Broadway, Columbia has two facilities outside Manhattan: Nevis Laboratories, a centre for the study of high-energy experimental particle and nuclear physics in Irvington, New York, and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> More than 80 faculty members, adjunct staff and alumni of Columbia have won a Nobel prize since 1901, when the awards were first granted. These include chemist Robert Lefkowitz, economist Joseph Stiglitz and US President Barack Obama, who was given the Peace Prize in 2009.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Columbia has also educated Founding Father of the US Alexander Hamilton, US presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Katie Holmes and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> Columbia University</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The private research-based university has 20 schools – which include architecture, planning and preservation; business; Jewish theological seminary; and law – and 23 libraries that are scattered across the city. Sponsored research from its medical centre produces more than $600 million annually.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Columbia Technology Ventures, the institution’s technology transfer office, manages more than 400 new inventions each year and has been involved in launching over 150 start-up companies based on Columbia’s technologies.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university also has nine Columbia Global Centres, which aim to promote and facilitate collaboration between the university’s staff, students and alumni in order to address global challenges. These are in China, Jordan, Turkey, Kenya, India, France, Chile, Brazil and New York City.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In 2014-15, the university’s total endowment value passed the $9.6 billion mark.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Lee Bollinger became Columbia University’s 19th president in 2002, making him the longest-serving leader of an Ivy League institution.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source :<a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/columbia-university#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

Columbia University

Founded in 1754 as King’s College by Royal Charter of King George II of England, Columbia is the oldest university in the state of New Yo...

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Princeton University

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fi-LnVM4u_jjqttwzCr8X9ppAczcH05P5A3dftMEByTH17uQeJtMV0dr1BUAGDcfWRoG8EY_ie9uLGuLKOixLuTT8lej6eyA_SCIXsguOexM2p5D5Yla5UOVYRpqrDhVK4e_IkROTL8/s1600/Princeton-University.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5fi-LnVM4u_jjqttwzCr8X9ppAczcH05P5A3dftMEByTH17uQeJtMV0dr1BUAGDcfWRoG8EY_ie9uLGuLKOixLuTT8lej6eyA_SCIXsguOexM2p5D5Yla5UOVYRpqrDhVK4e_IkROTL8/s320/Princeton-University.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Princeton is one of the oldest universities in the US and is regarded as one of the world’s most illustrious higher education institutions.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, it was officially renamed Princeton University in 1896 in honour of the area where it is based, opening its famous graduate school in 1900.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Acclaimed for its commitment to teaching, the Ivy League institution offers residential accommodation to all of its undergraduates across all four years of study, with 98 per cent of undergraduates living on campus.</span></div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Princeton University</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Its student body is relatively small, with fewer than 10,000 in total, and international students make up 12 per cent of undergraduates.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Princeton is also one of the world’s foremost research universities with connections to more than 40 Nobel laureates, 17 winners of the National Medal of Science and five recipients of the National Humanities Medal.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Faculty members who have been awarded a Nobel prize in recent years include chemists Tomas Lindahl and Osamu Shimomura, economists Paul Krugman and Angus Deaton and physicists Arthur McDonald and David Gross.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Notable alumni who have won a Nobel prize include the physicists Richard Feynman and Robert Hofstadter and chemists Richard Smalley and Edwin McMillan.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Princeton has also educated two US presidents, James Madison and Woodrow Wilson, who was also the university’s president prior to entering the White House. Other distinguished graduates include Michelle Obama, actors Jimmy Stewart and Brooke Shields, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Apollo astronaut Pete Conrad.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Princeton, which is consistently ranked among the world’s top 10 universities, is renowned for its campus’ park-like beauty as well as some of its landmark buildings, designed by some of America’s most well-known architects. For instance, its Lewis Library was designed by Frank Gehry and contains many of the university’s science collections. Its McCarter Theatre Center has won a Tony Award for the best regional theatre in the country.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Spread across 500 acres, the Princeton campus has about 180 buildings, including 10 libraries containing about 14 million holdings. It is popular with visitors, with about 800,000 people visiting its open campus each year, generating about $2 billion in revenue.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The Princeton area, which has a population of about 30,000 residents, is also something of a destination itself, with many attracted by its tree-lined streets and wide variety of shops, restaurants and parks.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The university is within easy reach of both New York City and Philadelphia, with the “Dinky” shuttle train providing a regular service lasting about one hour to both cities. Princeton regularly subsidises many student trips to concerts, plays and athletic events in the two cities.Princeton is one of the oldest universities in the US and is regarded as one of the world’s most illustrious higher education institutions.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, it was officially renamed Princeton University in 1896 in honour of the area where it is based, opening its famous graduate school in 1900.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Acclaimed for its commitment to teaching, the Ivy League institution offers residential accommodation to all of its undergraduates across all four years of study, with 98 per cent of undergraduates living on campus.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Its student body is relatively small, with fewer than 10,000 in total, and international students make up 12 per cent of undergraduates.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Princeton is also one of the world’s foremost research universities with connections to more than 40 Nobel laureates, 17 winners of the National Medal of Science and five recipients of the National Humanities Medal.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Faculty members who have been awarded a Nobel prize in recent years include chemists Tomas Lindahl and Osamu Shimomura, economists Paul Krugman and Angus Deaton and physicists Arthur McDonald and David Gross.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Notable alumni who have won a Nobel prize include the physicists Richard Feynman and Robert Hofstadter and chemists Richard Smalley and Edwin McMillan.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Princeton has also educated two US presidents, James Madison and Woodrow Wilson, who was also the university’s president prior to entering the White House. Other distinguished graduates include Michelle Obama, actors Jimmy Stewart and Brooke Shields, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Apollo astronaut Pete Conrad.</span></div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Princeton University</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Princeton, which is consistently ranked among the world’s top 10 universities, is renowned for its campus’ park-like beauty as well as some of its landmark buildings, designed by some of America’s most well-known architects. For instance, its Lewis Library was designed by Frank Gehry and contains many of the university’s science collections. Its McCarter Theatre Center has won a Tony Award for the best regional theatre in the country.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Spread across 500 acres, the Princeton campus has about 180 buildings, including 10 libraries containing about 14 million holdings. It is popular with visitors, with about 800,000 people visiting its open campus each year, generating about $2 billion in revenue.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The Princeton area, which has a population of about 30,000 residents, is also something of a destination itself, with many attracted by its tree-lined streets and wide variety of shops, restaurants and parks.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The university is within easy reach of both New York City and Philadelphia, with the “Dinky” shuttle train providing a regular service lasting about one hour to both cities. Princeton regularly subsidises many student trips to concerts, plays and athletic events in the two cities.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">source :</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">.<a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/princeton-university#ranking-dataset/589595">timeshighereducation.com</a></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

Princeton University

Princeton is one of the oldest universities in the US and is regarded as one of the world’s most illustrious higher education institution...

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