Starting from 1888,[9] Lewis M. Norton taught at MIT the first
chemical engineering course in the United States.
MIT has ranked as the world's top university in the QS World
University Rankings every year since 2011, while the QS World University Rankings by Subject also ranked it as the world's best institution in 12 different subject disciplines.[201] It is number one for Architecture & Built Environment, Chemistry, Computer Science & Information Systems, Economics & Econometrics, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Structural Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Linguistics, Materials Science, Physics & Astronomy, and Statistics & Operational Research.
2. University of Cambridge
Founded in 1209, Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the
English-speaking world and the world's fourth-oldest surviving university. Perhaps most of all, the university is renowned for a long and distinguished tradition in mathematics and the sciences. Some of its most famous students are: Sir Isaac Newton, James Maxwell who is considered to have brought about the second great unification of physics (the first being accredited to Newton) with his classical electromagnetic theory, Stephen Hawking, Charles Darwin, Henry Cavendish who discovered hydrogen, Lord Byron
3. National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS) is an
autonomous university in Singapore offering publicly-funded degree programmes. Founded in 1905, it is the oldest institute of higher learning (IHL) in Singapore, as well as the largest university in the country in terms of student enrolment and curriculum offered. NUS is a research-intensive, comprehensive university with an entrepreneurial dimension.
4. Technical University of Munich
By QS World Rankings 2012/13, TUM is ranked 1st in Germany and
53rd (overall) in the world. In the technical disciplines, engineering at the TUM attained 21st position which is the highest ranking among the German universities. The university also rose in the natural sciences reaching the 25th position.[12]
In the Academic Ranking of World Universities, TUM is ranked 2nd
in Germany and 51st (overall) in the world. Chemistry at TUM stands at 14th place worldwide, far above all other chemistry departments in Germany.