Brown University

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6Q9DMNckrekPaiha_e-k97aKz2EQedOqmo5U0wHEz7jyfuroYwH-QLqHPwL6b_R0PCbesw3FmWHlWudR9EAu2tFpCfYcFvRsW4eUOCNzh3u8cNJbyqsqW1OPoV0iYwmG9edQLhxfOg0/s1600/o-BROWN-UNIVERSITY-CAMPUS-facebook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6Q9DMNckrekPaiha_e-k97aKz2EQedOqmo5U0wHEz7jyfuroYwH-QLqHPwL6b_R0PCbesw3FmWHlWudR9EAu2tFpCfYcFvRsW4eUOCNzh3u8cNJbyqsqW1OPoV0iYwmG9edQLhxfOg0/s320/o-BROWN-UNIVERSITY-CAMPUS-facebook.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;">Founded in 1764, Brown is the seventh oldest university in the United States, and one of its most renowned higher education institutions. It is part of the Ivy League and, as an institution that prides itself on openness, was the first of the members to accept students from all religious affiliations.</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;">Originally called the College of Rhode Island, Brown’s first home was Warren, Rhode Island before it relocated to College Hill, overlooking the state’s capital city Providence, in 1770. Some 34 years later, in recognition of a $5,000 gift from alumnus and leading Providence businessman Nicholas Brown, the university was renamed to reflect today’s title.</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;">Today’s picturesque campus is made up of 230 buildings over 150 acres within walking distance of downtown Providence and close to the lively Thayer Street, Wickenden Street and Wayland Square where students and local residents mix, among ample shopping, dining and entertainment.</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’s sports teams play under the name of the “Brown Bears”. Theodore Francis Green, a former Rhode Island governor and US senator, introduced a brown bear as the university’s mascot. Today, Bruno the Brown bear is still the university’s prime cheerleader.</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;">Brown 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;">A defining characteristic of the university was its introduction of the “Brown Curriculum”, which altered undergraduate education immeasurably at the institution. It was inspired by Francis Wyland, Brown’s fourth president, who argued that a student should have the freedom to “study what he chose, all that he chose, and nothing but what he chose”. The new “Open Curriculum”, which was launched in 1970, allowed students to develop their own core curriculum rather than be bound to a prescribed “liberal arts education”. It has defined Brown’s undergraduate experience to this day.</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;">Besides study, Brown is a leading research institution. The university has connections to seven Nobel laureates including alumni Craig C. Mello and Jerry White who won for physiology or medicine and peace respectively, and current physics faculty member Leon Cooper. Fields Medal winner David Mumford is emeritus professor of applied mathematics at the university.</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;">Brown’s diverse student body is exemplified by notable alumni from all walks of life. From the father of American education Horace Mann and The Office star John Krasinski, to Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark and financier and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, the university’s people are varied. Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, graduated from Brown in 2014, having transferred from the University of Oxford.Founded in 1764, Brown is the seventh oldest university in the United States, and one of its most renowned higher education institutions. It is part of the Ivy League and, as an institution that prides itself on openness, was the first of the members to accept students from all religious affiliations.</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;">Originally called the College of Rhode Island, Brown’s first home was Warren, Rhode Island before it relocated to College Hill, overlooking the state’s capital city Providence, in 1770. Some 34 years later, in recognition of a $5,000 gift from alumnus and leading Providence businessman Nicholas Brown, the university was renamed to reflect today’s title.</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;">Today’s picturesque campus is made up of 230 buildings over 150 acres within walking distance of downtown Providence and close to the lively Thayer Street, Wickenden Street and Wayland Square where students and local residents mix, among ample shopping, dining and entertainment.</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;">Brown 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;">The university’s sports teams play under the name of the “Brown Bears”. Theodore Francis Green, a former Rhode Island governor and US senator, introduced a brown bear as the university’s mascot. Today, Bruno the Brown bear is still the university’s prime cheerleader.</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;">A defining characteristic of the university was its introduction of the “Brown Curriculum”, which altered undergraduate education immeasurably at the institution. It was inspired by Francis Wyland, Brown’s fourth president, who argued that a student should have the freedom to “study what he chose, all that he chose, and nothing but what he chose”. The new “Open Curriculum”, which was launched in 1970, allowed students to develop their own core curriculum rather than be bound to a prescribed “liberal arts education”. It has defined Brown’s undergraduate experience to this day.</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;">Besides study, Brown is a leading research institution. The university has connections to seven Nobel laureates including alumni Craig C. Mello and Jerry White who won for physiology or medicine and peace respectively, and current physics faculty member Leon Cooper. Fields Medal winner David Mumford is emeritus professor of applied mathematics at the university.</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;">Brown’s diverse student body is exemplified by notable alumni from all walks of life. From the father of American education Horace Mann and The Office star John Krasinski, to Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark and financier and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, the university’s people are varied. Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, graduated from Brown in 2014, having transferred from the University of Oxford.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494343; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 12.5px; text-align: justify;"> source:<a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/brown-university#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

Brown University

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University of California, San Diego

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWJ8OhDeZgEoz2LgoHcSLPCs7gWrV-Fc7kg7IDfyhRtJun4AC0DTwe3IvU6hTwKEtg_GAgvJi0fy1em1El6gcgV5w78QeTWGQz56WelXO9jOf6WWxWstzI2IKXlg3sfQoAzTq8O6Pqdo/s1600/califonia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWJ8OhDeZgEoz2LgoHcSLPCs7gWrV-Fc7kg7IDfyhRtJun4AC0DTwe3IvU6hTwKEtg_GAgvJi0fy1em1El6gcgV5w78QeTWGQz56WelXO9jOf6WWxWstzI2IKXlg3sfQoAzTq8O6Pqdo/s320/califonia.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The University of California, San Diego, commonly abbreviated as UCSD, is a public higher education institution, placed in the heart of the community of La Jolla, San Diego, United States. It was established in 1960 with donations from the city and the American aerospace corporation General Dynamics.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The institution is part of the state-wide University of California system, alongside other 9 semi-autonomous public institutions. UCSD is among the US Public Ivy colleges, whose objective is to provide students with the same quality of education as can be found in Ivy League’s private colleges.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As an important contributor in research activities, the university comprises of 6 undergraduate schools. It also features 3 graduate colleges, 2 medical centers and the famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which is the largest geological and marine science institute in the world.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A notable feature of the university is its numerous research institutes which receive considerable public funding. This investment has led to nearly 30,000 newly created jobs, notable profits generated from the sale of licensed technology and the launch of over 600 new companies operated by UCSD affiliates.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> To maximize the level of collaboration and stimulate discussion, students and faculty members inhabit the same residential areas, part of the main university campus which is built over a 1500 acre plot of land. Students can also enjoy visiting some of UCSD’s recreational facilities, which include a eucalyptus forest, aquarium, and museum.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Student life at UCSD can be exciting for music lovers, who can attend November’s Hallabaloo music festival, which has featured acts such as Macklemore and Snoop Dogg in the past. Sports enthusiasts have the opportunity to support or even join some of the 23 competitive teams representing the university, in sports such as rugby, ice hockey and tennis.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of California, San Diego</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UCSD has a network of more than 170,000 graduates and faculty members, including over 15 Nobel Laureates.The University of California, San Diego, commonly abbreviated as UCSD, is a public higher education institution, placed in the heart of the community of La Jolla, San Diego, United States. It was established in 1960 with donations from the city and the American aerospace corporation General Dynamics.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The institution is part of the state-wide University of California system, alongside other 9 semi-autonomous public institutions. UCSD is among the US Public Ivy colleges, whose objective is to provide students with the same quality of education as can be found in Ivy League’s private colleges.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As an important contributor in research activities, the university comprises of 6 undergraduate schools. It also features 3 graduate colleges, 2 medical centers and the famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which is the largest geological and marine science institute in the world.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A notable feature of the university is its numerous research institutes which receive considerable public funding. This investment has led to nearly 30,000 newly created jobs, notable profits generated from the sale of licensed technology and the launch of over 600 new companies operated by UCSD affiliates.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> To maximize the level of collaboration and stimulate discussion, students and faculty members inhabit the same residential areas, part of the main university campus which is built over a 1500 acre plot of land. Students can also enjoy visiting some of UCSD’s recreational facilities, which include a eucalyptus forest, aquarium, and museum.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Student life at UCSD can be exciting for music lovers, who can attend November’s Hallabaloo music festival, which has featured acts such as Macklemore and Snoop Dogg in the past. Sports enthusiasts have the opportunity to support or even join some of the 23 competitive teams representing the university, in sports such as rugby, ice hockey and tennis.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UCSD has a network of more than 170,000 graduates and faculty members, including over 15 Nobel Laureates.The University of California, San Diego, commonly abbreviated as UCSD, is a public higher education institution, placed in the heart of the community of La Jolla, San Diego, United States. It was established in 1960 with donations from the city and the American aerospace corporation General Dynamics.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The institution is part of the state-wide University of California system, alongside other 9 semi-autonomous public institutions. UCSD is among the US Public Ivy colleges, whose objective is to provide students with the same quality of education as can be found in Ivy League’s private colleges.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of California, San Diego</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As an important contributor in research activities, the university comprises of 6 undergraduate schools. It also features 3 graduate colleges, 2 medical centers and the famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which is the largest geological and marine science institute in the world.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A notable feature of the university is its numerous research institutes which receive considerable public funding. This investment has led to nearly 30,000 newly created jobs, notable profits generated from the sale of licensed technology and the launch of over 600 new companies operated by UCSD affiliates.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> To maximize the level of collaboration and stimulate discussion, students and faculty members inhabit the same residential areas, part of the main university campus which is built over a 1500 acre plot of land. Students can also enjoy visiting some of UCSD’s recreational facilities, which include a eucalyptus forest, aquarium, and museum.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Student life at UCSD can be exciting for music lovers, who can attend November’s Hallabaloo music festival, which has featured acts such as Macklemore and Snoop Dogg in the past. Sports enthusiasts have the opportunity to support or even join some of the 23 competitive teams representing the university, in sports such as rugby, ice hockey and tennis.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UCSD has a network of more than 170,000 graduates and faculty members, including over 15 Nobel Laureates.</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-san-diego#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

University of California, San Diego

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Peking University

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh325Ns5NXjaXQhfm5JUbS-U07GODCWEibXPKwC41_CobxGROJqXMvErJdCJebayOyDF0NhP_t6XEzQNm7TEDk7jEF35X6VWeGKLIJusFkrhfQfdj9149PGImRBr-mAdpTqppW6NsBXcVo/s1600/peeking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh325Ns5NXjaXQhfm5JUbS-U07GODCWEibXPKwC41_CobxGROJqXMvErJdCJebayOyDF0NhP_t6XEzQNm7TEDk7jEF35X6VWeGKLIJusFkrhfQfdj9149PGImRBr-mAdpTqppW6NsBXcVo/s320/peeking.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Peking University is a member of the C9 League, analogous to the Ivy League in the United States, and often ranked among the top higher education institutions in China. Only those who score highest in nationwide examinations are admitted, with a total enrollment of about 35,000.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In 1898 the then Imperial University of Peking was founded as the first national university covering comprehensive disciplines in China, replacing the ancient imperial academy which had for hundreds of years trained administrators for China’s civil service.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When China became a republic in 1912 the university took on its current name. Its 274 hectare campus sits in Beijing’s Haidian District, near the famous Yuanmingyuan Garden and Summer Palace, and is known as known as ‘Yan Yuan’ or ‘the garden of Yan.’</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In 1918, Mao Zedong took up a minor post at the university, where he was first exposed to Marxist reading and became a communist. Noted writer Lu Xun also lectured on Chinese literature there.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Later, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the university had to move to Changsha, and later to Kunming.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university took on more of a public, rather than national character after the communist revolution, though later had to shut down for four years during the rending change of the cultural revolution.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It played a key part in national protests when in 1989 three thousand of its students, along with students from neighbouring Tsinghua University, erected shrines to Hu Yaobang and later gathered in a mass demonstration at Tiananmen Square.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university has been crucial to China's modernization, and maintains that it has retained a traditional emphasis on patriotism, progress and science.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> Peking University</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Among its faculty, 53 are members of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences, and seven of the equivalent academy of engineering. Peking merged with Beijing Medical University in 2000, adding a range of new medical courses and disciplines.Peking University is a member of the C9 League, analogous to the Ivy League in the United States, and often ranked among the top higher education institutions in China. Only those who score highest in nationwide examinations are admitted, with a total enrollment of about 35,000.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In 1898 the then Imperial University of Peking was founded as the first national university covering comprehensive disciplines in China, replacing the ancient imperial academy which had for hundreds of years trained administrators for China’s civil service.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When China became a republic in 1912 the university took on its current name. Its 274 hectare campus sits in Beijing’s Haidian District, near the famous Yuanmingyuan Garden and Summer Palace, and is known as known as ‘Yan Yuan’ or ‘the garden of Yan.’</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In 1918, Mao Zedong took up a minor post at the university, where he was first exposed to Marxist reading and became a communist. Noted writer Lu Xun also lectured on Chinese literature there.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Later, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the university had to move to Changsha, and later to Kunming.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university took on more of a public, rather than national character after the communist revolution, though later had to shut down for four years during the rending change of the cultural revolution.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It played a key part in national protests when in 1989 three thousand of its students, along with students from neighbouring Tsinghua University, erected shrines to Hu Yaobang and later gathered in a mass demonstration at Tiananmen Square.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university has been crucial to China's modernization, and maintains that it has retained a traditional emphasis on patriotism, progress and science.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Among its faculty, 53 are members of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences, and seven of the equivalent academy of engineering. Peking merged with Beijing Medical University in 2000, adding a range of new medical courses and disciplines.Peking University is a member of the C9 League, analogous to the Ivy League in the United States, and often ranked among the top higher education institutions in China. Only those who score highest in nationwide examinations are admitted, with a total enrollment of about 35,000.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In 1898 the then Imperial University of Peking was founded as the first national university covering comprehensive disciplines in China, replacing the ancient imperial academy which had for hundreds of years trained administrators for China’s civil service.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When China became a republic in 1912 the university took on its current name. Its 274 hectare campus sits in Beijing’s Haidian District, near the famous Yuanmingyuan Garden and Summer Palace, and is known as known as ‘Yan Yuan’ or ‘the garden of Yan.’</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In 1918, Mao Zedong took up a minor post at the university, where he was first exposed to Marxist reading and became a communist. Noted writer Lu Xun also lectured on Chinese literature there.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> Peking University</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Later, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the university had to move to Changsha, and later to Kunming.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university took on more of a public, rather than national character after the communist revolution, though later had to shut down for four years during the rending change of the cultural revolution.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It played a key part in national protests when in 1989 three thousand of its students, along with students from neighbouring Tsinghua University, erected shrines to Hu Yaobang and later gathered in a mass demonstration at Tiananmen Square.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university has been crucial to China's modernization, and maintains that it has retained a traditional emphasis on patriotism, progress and science.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Among its faculty, 53 are members of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences, and seven of the equivalent academy of engineering. Peking merged with Beijing Medical University in 2000, adding a range of new medical courses and disciplines.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source: <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/peking-university#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

Peking University

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University of Toronto

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofXIYsXt0f2DS9YwYaTfVNAxALk2OEWuiRFjP7jDTOirnWc1zx_YSwLg-TVzcV51YBe9mrB_YCalEs5miwQNzPs1nC7tstuH6xbKuQVFSw4Vs_6Pirs9GTU0akBgoW6yZW4Yerkpfc5s/s1600/Uoft_universitycollege.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofXIYsXt0f2DS9YwYaTfVNAxALk2OEWuiRFjP7jDTOirnWc1zx_YSwLg-TVzcV51YBe9mrB_YCalEs5miwQNzPs1nC7tstuH6xbKuQVFSw4Vs_6Pirs9GTU0akBgoW6yZW4Yerkpfc5s/s320/Uoft_universitycollege.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The University of Toronto (UoT) is among the world’s most prestigious universities. Founded in 1827, it offers over 700 undergraduate degree and 200 postgraduate degree programmes to a cohort of almost 60,000 students.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">With a longstanding reputation for innovation and research, UoT was the birthplace of such ground-breaking scientific moments as the discovery of insulin and stem cell research, and the invention of the electron microscope.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The university also cites teaching as a strength in disciplines spanning medicine, business, engineering, humanities, education, and more.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">With a reputation for producing leaders, UoT counts five Canadian prime ministers among its former students and associations with ten Nobel laureates. Other notable alumni include the actor Donald Sutherland and the writers Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">UoT is a multi-campus university, with its St George campus in downtown Toronto likened to Oxford and Cambridge on account of its mix of green space and historical architecture.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The university’s Mississauga campus, on the banks of the Credit River to the west of the city, includes 225 acres of protected green belt, while its Scarborough campus is home to a new aquatics centre.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The university attracts many sports fans and boasts a fearsome reputation in both football and ice-hockey. Other campus attractions include more than 1,000 student organisations in addition to a recreational centre and student facilities that include an art gallery, theatre and concert hall.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Toronto itself is one of the most dynamic, vibrant cities in the world, one which places a high priority on arts and culture, and diversity and tolerance.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The city is also major international centre for business and finance, and is the third largest hub for film and television production after Los Angeles and New York.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">With international students enrolled from around 160 countries, UoT prides itself on being as cosmopolitan and multicultural as the city it inhabits.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Laying claim to a global mindset, the university actively partners with other leading higher education institutions and industry partners around the world to provide international op-portunities to its students and faculty.The University of Toronto (UoT) is among the world’s most prestigious universities. Founded in 1827, it offers over 700 undergraduate degree and 200 postgraduate degree programmes to a cohort of almost 60,000 students</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">With a longstanding reputation for innovation and research, UoT was the birthplace of such ground-breaking scientific moments as the discovery of insulin and stem cell research, and the invention of the electron microscope.</span></div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">University of Toronto</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The university also cites teaching as a strength in disciplines spanning medicine, business, engineering, humanities, education, and more.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">With a reputation for producing leaders, UoT counts five Canadian prime ministers among its former students and associations with ten Nobel laureates. Other notable alumni include the actor Donald Sutherland and the writers Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">UoT is a multi-campus university, with its St George campus in downtown Toronto likened to Oxford and Cambridge on account of its mix of green space and historical architecture.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The university’s Mississauga campus, on the banks of the Credit River to the west of the city, includes 225 acres of protected green belt, while its Scarborough campus is home to a new aquatics centre.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The university attracts many sports fans and boasts a fearsome reputation in both football and ice-hockey. Other campus attractions include more than 1,000 student organisations in addition to a recreational centre and student facilities that include an art gallery, theatre and concert hall.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Toronto itself is one of the most dynamic, vibrant cities in the world, one which places a high priority on arts and culture, and diversity and tolerance.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The city is also major international centre for business and finance, and is the third largest hub for film and television production after Los Angeles and New York.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">With international students enrolled from around 160 countries, UoT prides itself on being as cosmopolitan and multicultural as the city it inhabits.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Laying claim to a global mindset, the university actively partners with other leading higher education institutions and industry partners around the world to provide international op-portunities to its students and faculty.The University of Toronto (UoT) is among the world’s most prestigious universities. Founded in 1827, it offers over 700 undergraduate degree and 200 postgraduate degree programmes to a cohort of almost 60,000 students</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">With a longstanding reputation for innovation and research, UoT was the birthplace of such ground-breaking scientific moments as the discovery of insulin and stem cell research, and the invention of the electron microscope.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The university also cites teaching as a strength in disciplines spanning medicine, business, engineering, humanities, education, and more.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">With a reputation for producing leaders, UoT counts five Canadian prime ministers among its former students and associations with ten Nobel laureates. Other notable alumni include the actor Donald Sutherland and the writers Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">UoT is a multi-campus university, with its St George campus in downtown Toronto likened to Oxford and Cambridge on account of its mix of green space and historical architecture.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The university’s Mississauga campus, on the banks of the Credit River to the west of the city, includes 225 acres of protected green belt, while its Scarborough campus is home to a new aquatics centre.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The university attracts many sports fans and boasts a fearsome reputation in both football and ice-hockey. Other campus attractions include more than 1,000 student organisations in addition to a recreational centre and student facilities that include an art gallery, theatre and concert hall.</span></div> <h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">University of Toronto</span></h3> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Toronto itself is one of the most dynamic, vibrant cities in the world, one which places a high priority on arts and culture, and diversity and tolerance.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">The city is also major international centre for business and finance, and is the third largest hub for film and television production after Los Angeles and New York.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">With international students enrolled from around 160 countries, UoT prides itself on being as cosmopolitan and multicultural as the city it inhabits.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <span style="color: #494343; font-family: "open sans" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Laying claim to a global mindset, the university actively partners with other leading higher education institutions and industry partners around the world to provide international op-portunities to its students and faculty.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <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/university-of-toronto#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></span></span></div>

University of Toronto

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University College London

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnccRKkHg9Vqm9lyXVZWKBfUwH5XFvw1SIDo4Bg8qlW9op9pPIE6LJLVx5Fc_BDGKMYg0n1gClW01bsbvH1bwBZOvya7AqJty5Qm6_3oE9CNCPgq8Y1KtWv8yFyOe0rRjgig0geeVloU/s1600/UCL_WilkinsBuilding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnccRKkHg9Vqm9lyXVZWKBfUwH5XFvw1SIDo4Bg8qlW9op9pPIE6LJLVx5Fc_BDGKMYg0n1gClW01bsbvH1bwBZOvya7AqJty5Qm6_3oE9CNCPgq8Y1KtWv8yFyOe0rRjgig0geeVloU/s320/UCL_WilkinsBuilding.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> University College London (UCL) was founded in 1826 to bring higher education to those who were typically excluded from it. In 1878, it became the first university in England to admit women on equal terms as men.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Located in the heart of London, UCL is a constituent college of the University of London and a member of the Russell Group, with approximately 850 professors and over 6,000 academic and research staff. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UCL comprises 11 faculties: Arts and Humanities, Built Environment, Brain Sciences, Engineering, the Institute of Education, Laws, Life Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Population Health Sciences, and Social and Historical Sciences.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Throughout its history, UCL has been the birthplace of numerous significant scientific discoveries, with 29 Nobel Prizes awarded to UCL students or staff, including William Ramsay, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 for his discovery of the noble gases.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In addition, the UCL academic community includes 53 Fellows of the Royal Society, 51 Fellows of the British Academy, 15 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and 117 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The student body is nearly 36,000-strong and UCL has one of the largest systems of postgraduate study in the country. Nearly 52 per cent of students are engaged in graduate studies.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Students hail from approximately 150 countries worldwide making up more than one-third of the university’s entire student population.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UCL was the first British university to open a campus in Doha, Qatar, where it runs a centre for the study of cultural heritage. It also has a presence in Adelaide, South Australia, which includes a space science and an energy policy institute.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University College London</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UCL alumni include film director Derek Jarman, the writer Lynne Truss, Baroness Patricia Scotland, who became the UK’s first female Attorney General, and Marie Stopes, who founded Britain’s first family planning clinic.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university’s Latin motto translates as ‘Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward.’University College London (UCL) was founded in 1826 to bring higher education to those who were typically excluded from it. In 1878, it became the first university in England to admit women on equal terms as men.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Located in the heart of London, UCL is a constituent college of the University of London and a member of the Russell Group, with approximately 850 professors and over 6,000 academic and research staff. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UCL comprises 11 faculties: Arts and Humanities, Built Environment, Brain Sciences, Engineering, the Institute of Education, Laws, Life Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Population Health Sciences, and Social and Historical Sciences.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Throughout its history, UCL has been the birthplace of numerous significant scientific discoveries, with 29 Nobel Prizes awarded to UCL students or staff, including William Ramsay, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 for his discovery of the noble gases.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In addition, the UCL academic community includes 53 Fellows of the Royal Society, 51 Fellows of the British Academy, 15 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and 117 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The student body is nearly 36,000-strong and UCL has one of the largest systems of postgraduate study in the country. Nearly 52 per cent of students are engaged in graduate studies.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Students hail from approximately 150 countries worldwide making up more than one-third of the university’s entire student population.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UCL was the first British university to open a campus in Doha, Qatar, where it runs a centre for the study of cultural heritage. It also has a presence in Adelaide, South Australia, which includes a space science and an energy policy institute.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UCL alumni include film director Derek Jarman, the writer Lynne Truss, Baroness Patricia Scotland, who became the UK’s first female Attorney General, and Marie Stopes, who founded Britain’s first family planning clinic.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university’s Latin motto translates as ‘Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward.’University College London (UCL) was founded in 1826 to bring higher education to those who were typically excluded from it. In 1878, it became the first university in England to admit women on equal terms as men.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University College London</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Located in the heart of London, UCL is a constituent college of the University of London and a member of the Russell Group, with approximately 850 professors and over 6,000 academic and research staff. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UCL comprises 11 faculties: Arts and Humanities, Built Environment, Brain Sciences, Engineering, the Institute of Education, Laws, Life Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Population Health Sciences, and Social and Historical Sciences.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Throughout its history, UCL has been the birthplace of numerous significant scientific discoveries, with 29 Nobel Prizes awarded to UCL students or staff, including William Ramsay, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 for his discovery of the noble gases.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In addition, the UCL academic community includes 53 Fellows of the Royal Society, 51 Fellows of the British Academy, 15 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and 117 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The student body is nearly 36,000-strong and UCL has one of the largest systems of postgraduate study in the country. Nearly 52 per cent of students are engaged in graduate studies.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Students hail from approximately 150 countries worldwide making up more than one-third of the university’s entire student population.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UCL was the first British university to open a campus in Doha, Qatar, where it runs a centre for the study of cultural heritage. It also has a presence in Adelaide, South Australia, which includes a space science and an energy policy institute.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> UCL alumni include film director Derek Jarman, the writer Lynne Truss, Baroness Patricia Scotland, who became the UK’s first female Attorney General, and Marie Stopes, who founded Britain’s first family planning clinic.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The university’s Latin motto translates as ‘Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward.’</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source:<a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-college-london#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div>

University College London

University College London (UCL) was founded in 1826 to bring higher education to those who were typically excluded from it. In 1878, it b...

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University of Pennsylvania

<div style="text-align: justify;"> Given its status as one of the nine original Colonial Colleges – institutions established before the US became a sovereign nation after the American Revolution – and a founding member of the Association of American Universities, it is no surprise the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) claims to be the first fully fledged (multi-faculty) “university” in the USA.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEhfrLMonSTUgfWIZ67oOxLHaGBbyIBQvJL9kruc3dpvmDHXV0fQMV1WKcchftXYw6qJe7Ifct46tn0sIDYijGxpvr33-5TIOorc_mxYqDehyphenhyphenWd29hZo0piNoHULpiOxbztOZFvETd_8/s1600/California-University-of-Pennsylvania-feat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEhfrLMonSTUgfWIZ67oOxLHaGBbyIBQvJL9kruc3dpvmDHXV0fQMV1WKcchftXYw6qJe7Ifct46tn0sIDYijGxpvr33-5TIOorc_mxYqDehyphenhyphenWd29hZo0piNoHULpiOxbztOZFvETd_8/s320/California-University-of-Pennsylvania-feat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Though Penn’s origins date back to 1740, it was until 1749 when Benjamin Franklin published his famous essay, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth, circulated it among Philadelphia’s prominent citizens, and organized 24 trustees to form an institution of higher education based on his proposals. It was 30 years later when Penn was granted university status. Since then, Penn has expanded into a sprawling 302-acre campus with 200 buildings. It boasts many notable “first” landmarks on campus including the country’s first student union, double-decker college football stadium, and the world’s first collegiate business school – The Wharton School.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of Pennsylvania</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Penn’s prowess is not restricted to just infrastructure. The university has an exhaustive list of notable alumni from all walks of life. Penn has affiliations with over 25 Nobel Laureates including physicist Raymond Davis Jr and economist Lawrence Klein, and has accounted for numerous heads of state. Ninth president of the USA, William Henry Harrison, trod the boards at Penn in 1791, while Nnamdi Azikiwe – former president of Nigeria – and Kwame Nkrumah – former prime minister and president of Ghana – both gained multiple degrees from the institution. Noted modernist poets and friends Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams are among the literary luminaries from the institution.Given its status as one of the nine original Colonial Colleges – institutions established before the US became a sovereign nation after the American Revolution – and a founding member of the Association of American Universities, it is no surprise the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) claims to be the first fully fledged (multi-faculty) “university” in the USA.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Though Penn’s origins date back to 1740, it was until 1749 when Benjamin Franklin published his famous essay, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth, circulated it among Philadelphia’s prominent citizens, and organized 24 trustees to form an institution of higher education based on his proposals. It was 30 years later when Penn was granted university status. Since then, Penn has expanded into a sprawling 302-acre campus with 200 buildings. It boasts many notable “first” landmarks on campus including the country’s first student union, double-decker college football stadium, and the world’s first collegiate business school – The Wharton School.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Penn’s prowess is not restricted to just infrastructure. The university has an exhaustive list of notable alumni from all walks of life. Penn has affiliations with over 25 Nobel Laureates including physicist Raymond Davis Jr and economist Lawrence Klein, and has accounted for numerous heads of state. Ninth president of the USA, William Henry Harrison, trod the boards at Penn in 1791, while Nnamdi Azikiwe – former president of Nigeria – and Kwame Nkrumah – former prime minister and president of Ghana – both gained multiple degrees from the institution. Noted modernist poets and friends Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams are among the literary luminaries from the institution.Given its status as one of the nine original Colonial Colleges – institutions established before the US became a sovereign nation after the American Revolution – and a founding member of the Association of American Universities, it is no surprise the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) claims to be the first fully fledged (multi-faculty) “university” in the USA.</div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> University of Pennsylvania</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Though Penn’s origins date back to 1740, it was until 1749 when Benjamin Franklin published his famous essay, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth, circulated it among Philadelphia’s prominent citizens, and organized 24 trustees to form an institution of higher education based on his proposals. It was 30 years later when Penn was granted university status. Since then, Penn has expanded into a sprawling 302-acre campus with 200 buildings. It boasts many notable “first” landmarks on campus including the country’s first student union, double-decker college football stadium, and the world’s first collegiate business school – The Wharton School.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Penn’s prowess is not restricted to just infrastructure. The university has an exhaustive list of notable alumni from all walks of life. Penn has affiliations with over 25 Nobel Laureates including physicist Raymond Davis Jr and economist Lawrence Klein, and has accounted for numerous heads of state. Ninth president of the USA, William Henry Harrison, trod the boards at Penn in 1791, while Nnamdi Azikiwe – former president of Nigeria – and Kwame Nkrumah – former prime minister and president of Ghana – both gained multiple degrees from the institution. Noted modernist poets and friends Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams are among the literary luminaries from the institution.</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-pennsylvania#ranking-dataset/589595">www.timeshighereducation.com</a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>

University of Pennsylvania

Given its status as one of the nine original Colonial Colleges – institutions established before the US became a sovereign nation after the...

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