The top 10 universities in the World

University Rankings

 Harvard (United States)  University College London

 Yale (United States) (United Kingdom)
 Cambridge (United  University of Chicago (United
Kingdom) States)
 Oxford (United Kingdom)  Massachusetts Institute of
 California Institute of Technology (United States)
Technology (United  Columbia University (United
States) States)
 Imperial College London
(United Kingdom)
 Oxford University
Famous Universities in the World

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Harvard
University

Princeton University
Cambridge
University
 Harvard university

What does this gate mean?

The brief introduction

 Harvard University is a private Ivy League

university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
United States, established in 1636 by the
Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest
institution of higher learning in the United States
and the first corporation chartered in the
country. Harvard's history, influence, and wealth
have made it one of the most prestigious
universities in the world.
Its motto

 Let Plato be your friend, and

Aristotle, but more let
yourfriend be truth.
 与亚里士多德为友 , 与柏拉图
为友 , 更与真理为友 .
Its mission and Achievement

a) Harvard’s mission is to advance new

ideas and promote enduring
knowledge;
b) 8 presidents of the US were graduates
of Harvard;
c) The University has produced 75 Nobel
price owners.
Harvard landscape

How do you feel when

you walk along the
street?
Harvard’s Origin

It was named after John Harvard, a

young English clergyman from
Southwark, London, an alumnus of the
University of Cambridge (after which
Cambridge, Massachusetts is named),
who bequeathed the College his
library of four hundred books and £
779 pounds sterling, which was half of
his estate. The charter creating the
The John Harvard statue in
corporation of Harvard College came
Harvard Yard is occasionally
in 1650.
a target of humorous
decorations
Harvard’s Organizations

 The university comprises eleven separate academic units — ten

faculties and Institute for Advanced Study — with campuses
throughout the Boston metropolitan area.
area

 As of 2010, Harvard employs about 2,100 faculty to teach and

advise, approximately 6,700 undergraduates (Harvard College)
and 14,500 graduate and professional students. Eight
U.S. Presidents have graduated from Harvard and 75 Nobel price
owner have been affiliated with the university as students,
faculty, or staff.
Yale University

Yale University is a private League university

located in New Haven, United States of America.
Founded in 1701 and the university is the third-
oldest institution of higher education in the United
States. Yale is widely considered one of the most
prestigious and selective universities in the
world.
Yale’s Origins

 Yale traces its beginnings to "An

Act for Liberty to Erect a Collegiate
School", passed by the General
Court of the Colony of Connecticut
on October 9, 1701 in an effort to
create an institution to train
ministers and lay leadership for
Connecticut.
Yale’s Achievement

The University's assets include a US$16.7

billion endowment, the second-largest of any
academic institution, as well as the second-
largest academic library in the world, with
some 12.5 million volumes held in more than
two dozen libraries.
49 Nobel price owners have been affiliated
with the University as students, faculty, and
staff. Yale has produced many notable
alumni, including five U.S. Presidents, 19
U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and several
foreign heads of state.
Yale’s Library

Yale University Library, which

holds over 12 million volumes, is
the second-largest university
collection in the United States.
The main library,
Sterling Memorial Library, contains
about four million volumes, and
other holdings are dispersed at
subject libraries.
Yale’ Landscape

The motto of Yale University:

Truth and light.
耶鲁大学：真理、光明。
The University of Cambridge
The brief introduction

 The University of Cambridge is one of

the oldest universities in the world, and
one of the largest in the United Kingdom.
It has a world-wide reputation for
outstanding academic achievement and
the high quality of research.
Its motto

 Here
light and sacred draughts.
求知学习的理想之地
Its History

The university grew out of an association of scholars

in the city of Cambridge that was formed, early
records suggest, in 1209 by scholars leaving Oxford
after a dispute with townsfolk. The two "ancient
universities" have many common features and are
often jointly referred to as Oxbridge. In addition to
cultural and practical associations as a historic part of
British society, the two universities have a long
history of rivalry with each other
Its Features

 From the time of Newton in the later 17th century

until the mid-19th century, the university maintained
a strong emphasis on applied mathematics,
particularly mathematical physics.
 Study of this subject was compulsory for graduation,
and students were required to take an exam for the
Bachelor of Arts degree, the main first degree at
Cambridge in both arts and science subjects.
Landscape
Schools, faculties and departments

 In addition to the 31 colleges, the

university is made up of over 150
departments, faculties, schools,
syndicates and other institutions.
Members of these are usually also
members of one or more of the
colleges and responsibility for
running the entire academic
programme of the university is
divided amongst them.
Libraries

 Cambridge has more than 100 libraries. The

University Library is the central research library,
which holds over 8 million volumes. It is a legal
deposit library, therefore it is entitled to request a
free copy of every book published in the UK and
Ireland. It receives around 80,000 books every year.
 In addition to the University Library and its
dependent libraries, every faculty has a specialized
library, which, on average, holds from 30,000 to
150,000 books. Also, every college has a library as
well.
Its achievements

 Over the course of its history,

Cambridge University has built up a
sizeable number of alumni who are
notable in their fields, both academic,
and in the wider world.
 Depending on standard, affiliates of the
University of Cambridge have won
between 85 and 88 Nobel prizes, more
than any other institution according to
some counts.
Other famous university

Located between San Francisco

and San Jose in the heart of
Silicon Valley, Stanford
University is recognized as one
of the world's leading research
and teaching institutions.
 Princeton University

Princeton simultaneously strives to be one

of the leading research universities and the
most outstanding undergraduate college in
the world. As a research university, it seeks
to achieve the highest levels of distinction in
the discovery and transmission of knowledge
and understanding, and in the education of
graduate students. At the same time,
Princeton is distinctive among research
universities in its commitment to
undergraduate teaching.
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