Now higher education is available to everyone. Moreover, higher education shapes the worldview and opens the way up the career ladder. But, unfortunately, things are not so rosy in Russia with a higher education, and having a diploma does not guarantee practically anything. The same cannot be said about Europe and America. There, a higher education can serve as a good start in a career. Especially if you were lucky enough to enter one of the most prestigious universities in the world. But the workload in such universities is colossal.

Having entered one of the world's universities, one has to constantly work. Especially if education is not cheap, and a scholarship can only be obtained if you succeed in your studies. And some universities are not only considered the most prestigious, but also the largest in the world.

Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University opens the ranking of the largest universities in the world. The educational institution was built by John Hopkins in 1876 in Baltimore, USA. In addition, the university has branches in Italy and China. The university is engaged not only in teaching students, but also conducts scientific research. One of the areas in which the university conducts research is military development. In terms of the volume of projects in this industry, Johns Hopkins University ranks second.

University of Georgia

Another largest university in the United States is the University of Georgia, whose campus is located in the city of Athens. The total area occupied by the educational institution is 161.7 square meters. m. Thanks to this territory, the University of Georgia is considered the largest among many educational institutions in the world. The university was built in 1785. According to the Carnegie classification, the university is among the universities with a high quality of education. In addition to teaching students, research work is carried out at the educational institution.

University of Chicago

Many people know about the University of Chicago, and many applicants from all over the world dream of getting there. The university was built in the distant 1890. The university is located in Chicago. The campus of the University of Chicago, built within the city, occupies 215 acres. The educational institution is in 4th place in terms of the number of graduates and employees who received the Nobel Prize. The university conducts research in the field of economic theory, sociology and philology. For a long time the university was funded by John Rockefeller. Thanks to a fund set up by a billionaire, the University of Chicago was able to survive the Great Depression. In 2011, the university's campus was named one of the most beautiful in the United States.

Yale university

Many future students want to get into the famous Yale. Yale University is one of eight universities that is part of the world-famous Ivy League and is an elite educational institution that exists in the world. It is also one of the Big Three. The city campus of Yale University covers 339 hectares and is considered one of the largest in the world. In addition, Yale University is one of the oldest educational institutions in the world. It was built in 1701. The origins of the founding of Yale University date back to 1640. Yale is located in New Haven. Five presidents of the United States graduated from Yale University. It trained many Hollywood actors, scientists and politicians.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In one of the suburbs of the city of Boston, on the territory of Cambridge, is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Within the walls of the university, developments in the field of robotics and the creation of artificial intelligence are being carried out. In addition, it is considered one of the largest universities not only in America, but also in the world. In terms of area, it occupies 68 hectares and this is only an urban campus. The most famous institute at MIT is the Lincoln Laboratory, where military research is being carried out. 81 members of the laboratory are Nobel Prize winners. This is a record among all world universities. Massachusetts Institute of Technology has an agreement with Skolkovo on project-based learning and cooperation.

Princeton University

The largest university in the world is located in New Jersey. Princeton by area occupies 200 hectares in the suburbs. The main Princeton campus covers 500 acres. Along with Yale, Princeton is in the Ivy League. Education is conducted in the field of natural sciences, humanities and exact sciences. In addition, the university pays great attention to sports. Princeton University has teams in lacrosse, rugby, football, basketball, rowing, and many other sports. Albert Einstein himself taught within the walls of Princeton.

California Institute of Technology

Together with MIT, the California Institute of Technology is one of the top universities for research in engineering and science. The educational institution owns a laboratory dealing with jet propulsion. Thanks to the laboratory, most of the automatic spacecraft are set in motion. KTI was founded back in 1891. The territory of the city campus occupies 50 hectares. The Institute is located in Pasadena. KTI became a participant in the series about physicists "The Big Bang Theory" in absentia. Some of the characters in the series are employees of KTI.

Oxford University

Another university that many applicants dream of getting into is Oxford. Oxford University is located in England, in the city of Oxford. It is not known exactly when Oxford University was founded, but according to some sources, the origins of the founding of the educational institution lie in 1096. It is considered the oldest educational institution in the world. In the Middle Ages, only priests studied at Oxford University. Now it has more than 60 branches. In addition to teaching, research work is carried out at Oxford.

Cambridge university

The oldest educational institution in the Kingdom of Great Britain and, in particular, the world. You can find the campus in the county of Cambridgeshire. According to some sources, Cambridge was founded in 1209. Within the walls of Cambridge, training is conducted in the following areas: humanities, social sciences, ecology and national economy, clinical medicine and technology. Three colleges within the University of Cambridge admit only women. The rest are mixed. In one year, applicants are prohibited from applying to Cambridge and Oxford at the same time.

Harvard University

One of the oldest universities in North America, Harvard University, is located in Massachusetts. Harvard was founded in 1636. Harvard is one of the eight most prestigious universities in America "Ivy League". Within the walls of the university, training is conducted in eight areas. The territory of the main campus occupies 85 hectares. Harvard sports facilities occupy 145 hectares. According to the area occupied by Harvard University, it is one of the largest in the world. Eight alumni who have served as President of the United States have graduated from Harvard. Among them are George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Any employer appreciates a good education. Nowadays it is not very difficult to get into a foreign university, you just need to prepare well for admission. It is in order to choose the best suitable university that ratings are compiled.

How ratings are made

University evaluation criteria:

• Student reviews.
• The quality of scientific research.
• Entry requirements and average passing score.
• The number of students per teacher.
• The cost of the material and technical base.
• Students who have completed the course.
• Career prospects.

All data is run through many filters, and you should not refuse a suitable offer just because of a line in the rating.

100 best universities in the world

In the top 2015, the first 10 places are occupied by US and UK universities. The ranking of world universities was compiled by an independent commission, the survey was conducted in 9 languages.

So, the hundred best universities in the world are opened by Harvard University. This is a very old educational institution, opened in the 17th century. Many US presidents have come out of its walls.

Second place goes to the University of Cambridge. It is the oldest university in existence today. It was founded in 1209.

Oxford is third. This educational institution, like the two previous ones, is very old and has a worldwide reputation.

All these educational institutions have been known for a very long time, have an impeccable reputation, and after graduating from one of the universities, you can count on one hundred percent employment.

The list includes universities in both Europe and Asia. At the last, hundredth place on the list is the University of Massachusetts. Thus, the list closes and opens the US university.

Of course, in order to choose a top university, you need not only large cash injections, but also basic knowledge and knowledge of the language of the country where the educational institution is located.

The best technical universities

Technical specialties are in demand and are popular along with the humanities. IT-specialties are especially valued.

The rating of technical universities of the world is headed by the USA. Its peculiarity is that students learn by doing, rather than cramming boring theory. Therefore, the university is a leader in intra-university research. It is worth noting that the competition for this university is unrealistically high, and to get there, you need to try very hard.

The Indian Institute of Technology is also in the top five. This is a real forge of personnel for the IT-sphere. There is no clear specialization at the institute, and students study about 40 disciplines. Foreign students are paid a scholarship as part of the exchange of cultural experience.

The top ten includes Imperial London College. Education in it is relatively inexpensive - 12 thousand pounds a year. But there will be big expenses for housing, because the college does not have a hostel. London has high property prices.

The top twenty includes the Australian University of South Wales. The principles of teaching are very similar to the University of Massachusetts.

Russia ranks 66th among the world's technical universities. This place is Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Top Medical Universities

In the first place in the top of medical universities is Oxford. As you can see, it is not only included in the ranking of universities in the world, but also the best among the teaching of medicine.

In second place is Harvard University.

Third place is occupied by Cambridge.

Fourth place went to Imperial London College.

Rounding out the top five is Stanford University, which is located in the United States.

But Russian universities were not included in the ranking of medical universities in the world.

Top world business schools

Business schools, as a rule, are part of large universities, and very rarely exist separately. After graduation, graduates become managers of different levels.

In the first place among business schools - Harvard.

The second place was given to the University of London and its business school.

Third place goes to the University of Pennsylvania.

The ranking of prestigious universities in the world, according to the U.S. news

In first place, as in almost all rankings, Harvard University.

Second place belongs to the Massachusetts Technical University.

The third place was given to the University of California at Berkeley.

The British university appears only in fifth place - the University of Oxford.

In general, almost only US universities are represented in the first twenty positions. Then you can meet the universities of Japan, Canada, China, Australia, Singapore and European countries. But most of all there are universities in America. Therefore, there are fears that the agency's experts out of patriotic feelings may slightly overestimate the educational institutions of their country.

Ranking of world universities by specialty

In addition to the overall rating, ratings of specialties are compiled. This is done so that the applicant can choose the most suitable university. Because not all universities have each department or department equally strong. A university may be in the top ten of the overall ranking, but after admission, it turns out that in a less well-known institute, it is in a certain specialty that knowledge is given deeper, more interesting than internships, and so on.

Lists are compiled in six areas:

• humanitarian;
• engineering and technical;
• biosciences;
• physics and chemistry;
• the medicine;
• social direction.

Moscow State University took several positions in different directions at once: 35th place in the direction of "Linguistics", 36th - "Physics and Astronomy", in the specialty "Computer Science and Information Technology" entered the top hundred. In addition to Moscow State University, St. Petersburg University is in the top 100.

Russian universities in international rankings

In Soviet times, education in our country was considered the best in the world. During the years of perestroika and during the 90s, the level decreased slightly, but now the world has begun to grow upwards.

According to the QS agency, which analyzes all higher educational institutions in the world and makes a rating, Russian universities are in the following places:

• On the 114th place of Moscow State University. Lomonosov.
• On the 233rd - St. Petersburg State University.
• On the 322nd - MSTU. Bauman.
• On the 328th place is the Novosibirsk National Research Institute.
• From the 400th to the 500th place are Peoples' Friendship University, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, St. Petersburg Technical University, Tomsk State University.
• From 500th to 600th places - Tomsk Polytechnic University, Higher School of Economics, Kazan University, Ural University. Yeltsin, Saratov State University.
• 800th place is occupied by the Southern Federal University, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Far Eastern Federal University and Voronezh State University.

Results

When choosing a suitable educational institution, you need to focus not only on the ranking of the most prestigious universities in the world. This is a very conditional indicator, various ratings are marketing tools, and their compilation may be unknown to a simple layman. Of course, there is no reason not to trust popular agencies, but when choosing a university, it is better to focus on your interests.

Many rating agencies are engaged in determining the best universities in the world, and the results of their assessments sometimes differ significantly.

For the most objective determination of the best universities in the world, we have collected data from three world university rankings - QS, Shanghai and U.S. News.

Ratings on the basis of which the best universities in the world are determined

Best Universities in the World 2016-2017

Harvard University

- a university that has established itself as a world leader in the field of exact sciences and technologies. It is here that cutting-edge research in the field of natural sciences and engineering is carried out. MIT has given the world 80 Nobel Laureates, as well as many outstanding scientists, engineers, and public figures who have changed our lives forever.

- a truly legendary educational institution, one of the oldest in Europe. The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209 and from the very beginning has established itself as a brilliant university. No university in the world can boast of such a number of Nobel laureates who studied within its walls as Cambridge - 88 winners of this prestigious award.

- the first educational institution opened in London. Since its inception, the university has always been at the forefront of research work. UCL alumni include the prime ministers of China and Japan, as well as Alexander Bel (inventor of the telephone), John Fleming (inventor of the vacuum tube), and Francis Crick (researcher of the structure of the DNA molecule).

Cambridge university

Opens the list of the best universities in the world Cambridge. The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209 and is the fourth oldest university in the world. The University of Cambridge is located in the UK, the city of Cambridge. The average tuition fee at this university is $20,000. About 17 thousand students study at the university, 5 thousand of which receive a second education. More than 15% of students at the University of Cambridge are foreigners.

The second place in the ranking of the best universities in the world is Harvard. Harvard University was founded in 1636 and is considered the most famous university in the United States. More than 6.7 thousand students, 15 thousand graduate students study there, and 2.1 thousand teachers work there. Graduates of this university were eight US presidents (John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush, Barack Obama), as well as 49 Nobel Prize winners and 36 Pulitzer Prize winners. Tuition at Harvard University is $40,000.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is considered one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world. An MIT record is that 77 members of the MIT community are Nobel Prize winners. The average cost of education, including accommodation, is 55 thousand dollars. More than 4,000 students and 6,000 graduate students, as well as about a thousand teachers, study at MIT.

The fourth place among the best universities in the world is occupied by Yale University. It is one of the most prestigious private universities in the world. Tuition costs an average of 37 thousand dollars. Yale University is located in the United States, Connecticut. Students from 110 countries study at the university, and more than 11 thousand people receive education every year. Five former US presidents have studied at this university, as well as many politicians, businessmen and scientists.

Most of you have probably heard of Oxford University. Oxford is one of the most famous and oldest universities in the world. More than 20 thousand students study in it, 25% of which are foreigners. There are also over 4,000 teachers in Oxford. Studying at this university will cost you an average of 10 to 25 thousand dollars, depending on the chosen specialty. Oxford also has over 100 libraries and more than 300 different student interest groups.

Imperial College London was founded in 1907 by Prince Albert. The college is located in the heart of London. About 8 thousand employees work in it, 1400 of them are teachers. There are 14.5 thousand students studying at the Imperial College, and the average cost of education, depending on the specialty, is 25-45 thousand dollars, the medical specialty is considered the most expensive there. This college has graduated from 14 Nobel laureates.

University College London was founded in 1826. At the moment, the college ranks third in terms of the number of foreign students studying there, and the first in terms of the number of female professors. In total, more than 22 thousand students study at the college, of which almost half receive a second higher education, and 8 thousand foreign students. The average cost of education is from 18 to 25 thousand dollars. This college has graduated from 26 Nobel laureates.

The University of Chicago was founded in 1890 with donations from John D. Rockefeller. More than 2 thousand teachers work at the university, 10 thousand graduate students and 4.6 thousand students study. The university also has a library, the construction of which was spent 81 million dollars. The average cost of education is 40-45 thousand dollars. This university includes 79 Nobel laureates.

The University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1740 as a charitable school, became a college in 1755, and already in 1779 was the first college to be given university status. In 1973, over 52 thousand students studied at the university. At the moment, more than 19 thousand students study at the university, and more than 3.5 thousand professors teach. The average cost of studying at the University of Pennsylvania is $40,000.

The Columbia University closes our top ranking of the best universities in the world. it is located in the city of New York, where it covers an area of ​​13 hectares. Columbia University was founded in 1754. Many famous people graduated from this university, including: 4 US presidents, nine judges of the Supreme Court, 97 Nobel laureates and 26 heads of other states, the list of which includes the current president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. More than 20 thousand students study at the university, half of which are girls. The average cost of education is 40-44 thousand dollars.

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No. 10. National University of Singapore

Singapore has created the world's leading university in the medical and social sciences. Bright minds from all over the world study here. Of course, high demands are placed on applicants in terms of knowledge, talent and potential.

No. 9. Tsinghua University

The most advanced technical university in China. The structure includes faculties covering almost all spheres of life. The university allocates a number of international scholarships for foreign students, is it necessary to say that the competition reaches 100 people per place? Ninth place in the Top 10.

No. 8. Johns Hopkins University

Name this prestigious university taken from the Johns Hopkins Research Institute, which existed in Europe. Today, a large role in education is given to research, which was appreciated by students from Southeast Asia.

No. 7. University of Georgia

Located in a small area of ​​America known as Athens. Many graduates have become world-famous professors of medicine and veterinary medicine.

No. 6. University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private institution in America, which includes 6 faculties - professional areas and 4 interdisciplinary departments. In addition to this, the department for foreign students and the department of interethnic relations. Traditions are highly valued at this university.

No. 5. Yale University

Yale University was founded in 1701 in Connecticut, where education plays a vital role in the development of human behavior and feelings. Today the university is known all over the world. The oldest university today carries the latest knowledge. Fifth line in the Top 10 The best and most prestigious universities in the world.

No. 4. Oxford University

Oxford University in any era remains among the best universities in the world. Today it is one of the most advanced institutions in the world, with thousands of students studying there. The quality of education is always excellent. To enter here, careful preparation is necessary, because. competitive selection is quite tough. It also contains one of the .

No. 3. Princeton University

Princeton University is an ancient university in the United States of America that was built in 1764. It is already inscribed in history, because many famous minds came out of it. Humanities, social sciences, technical disciplines and business, which, by the way, is today one of the most prestigious faculties of the university.

#2 Caltech

The California Institute of Technology is in second place. He created an excellent technical base for researchers, brought together the best professors, doctors of science as teachers. Modern technologies appear here in the hands of students!

No. 1. Harvard University

The best and most prestigious university in the world. His name should have popped into your memory as soon as you read the title of the rating. His appearance led the UK to new heights of education. Creative thinking of students and potential is an essential condition for admission. The structure includes more than 100 faculties, 100 laboratories, in which students, using their knowledge, discover something new. It also contains one of the .