Yale University

Yale University was founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School in the home of Abraham Pierson, now it has a total undergraduate enrolment of 5,477 and the campus size is 343 acres. In 1716 the school moved to New Haven with the generous gift by Elihu Yale of nine bales of goods, 417 books, and a portrait and arms of King George I, then it was renamed as Yale College in 1718.

Yale developed on a steady expansion by establishing the Medical Institution in 1810, Divinity School in 1822, Law School in 1843 and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences in 1847, the School of Fine Arts in 1869 and the School of Music in 1894. Finally in 1887 Yale College became The Yale University.

It continued to add to its academic offerings with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in 1900, School of Nursing in 1923, School of Drama in 1955, School of Architecture in 1972 and the School of Management in 1974. As Yale enters its 4th century, its goal is to become a truly global university by educating leaders & advancing the frontiers of knowledge not simply for the country USA, but for the entire world.

• Total No. of Enrolment: 11491
• No. of International Students: 1902
• No. of Undergraduate Enrolment: 5255
• No. of International Students: 466
• No. of Graduate Enrolment: 6235
• No. of International Students: 436

Address: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA (United States of America)

Website: http://www.yale.edu

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago was founded in 1890, which situated in Chicago’s Hyde Park community, which offers a rich campus life in a big-city setting. The University has a total undergraduate enrollment of nearly 5,700 and its 217 acre campus is located within the major city of Chicago. It utilizes a quarter-based academic calendar, which runs from late September until early June.

The University of Chicago Maroons have 19 NCAA Division III teams, the majority of which compete in the University Athletic Association, which is comprised of other major research institutions within major cities. At University of Chicago, first-years are required to live on campus, and 60 percent of the overall student body lives on campus, while others live in off-campus apartments.

University of Chicago offers 350+ student organizations & about 10 % of students join a small but active Greek life community. Since 1987, the school has hosted the 4 day "University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt," now a venerable university tradition.

The University prides itself on the strength of its intellectual traditions, including a dedication to intense critical analysis and lively debate, all of which result in creative solutions to complex problems. The University has been home to 89 Nobel Prize winners, over 200 Guggenheim fellows, 30 Macarthur "genius" fellows, and 20 Pulitzer Prize-winners.

• Total No. of Enrolment: 13070
• No. of International Students: 2117（16%）
• No. of Undergraduate Enrollment: 5073
• No. of International Students: 435（9%）
• No. of Graduate Enrollment: 7997
• No. of International Students: 1682（21%）

Address: 5801 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA (United States of America)

Website: www.uchicago.edu

Imperial College of London

Imperial College London attracts 16,000 students & 7,000 staff of the highest international quality. Research at Imperial explores the interface between science, engineering, medicine and business in a dynamic culture.

Student studies with leaders in their field and get benefit from opportunities created by Imperial’s strong industry relationships. Since its foundation, Imperial’s contributions to society included the discovery of penicillin, the foundations of fibre optics and the development of holography.

Imperial has developed strong links with a number of institutions around the world like the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in Singapore opened in 2013, as a result of a joint initiative between Imperial and Nan yang Technological University.

• Total No. of Enrolment: 14047
• No. of International Students: 5758
• No. of Undergraduate Enrolment: 8456
• No. of International Students: 2997
• No. of Graduate Enrolment: 5591
• No. of International Students: 2762

Address:  South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

Website:  http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/

Princeton University

Prince University founded in 1746, which is one of the oldest colleges in the country USA and holds ranks No. 4 on 2015-2016 year's list. Princeton University has a 500-acre campus in Princeton, NJ. UG students may select from 36 academic departments. The current 9 faculty members are Nobel Prize recipients.

6% of freshmen receive grants from the school averaging more than $34,000. Admitted students can defer their enrolment for a year to participate in community service work abroad through the Bridge Year program. On-campus housing is guaranteed for all four years for undergraduates. 

Princeton Students can take part in ground breaking research projects or get involved in one of 300-plus student organizations on campus. Princeton’s 10-library system is home to over 7 million books, 6 million microfilms and a collection of rare books, prints and archives.

The Princeton University Art Museum contains more than 92,000 works. The school’s varsity athletic teams, nicknamed the Tigers, compete in the Ivy League (NCAA Division I). Princeton has produced a large number of luminaries, including U.S. presidents James Madison and Woodrow Wilson, First Lady Michelle Obama, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and HP CEO Meg Whitman. FORBES Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes graduated from Princeton in 1970.

Address: 1 Nassau Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA (United States of America)

Website: www.princeton.edu

Stanford University

Stanford University was founded in 1885 by former California Governor and Senator Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, to memorialise their son Leland Stanford Junior.  Stanford University is a research university that offers bachelors, masters, doctoral and professional degrees. Stanford enrols about 7,000 undergraduate students and 9,000 graduate and professional school students.

Stanford includes 7 schools, they are Business, Education, Engineering, Earth Sciences, Humanities & Sciences and Law & Medicine. Along with these multidisciplinary research & teaching are at the heart of university wide initiatives on human health, international affairs, Arts and the environment and sustainability.

Stanford intent is to establish a "University of high degree" which “qualify students for personal success & direct usefulness in life and also promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity & civilization.”   

There are nearly 5,100 externally sponsored projects throughout the Stanford University, with the total budget for sponsored projects at $1.35 billion during 2013-14. There are total estimated 191,519 living Stanford degree holders, including 75,183 undergraduate alumni, 97,367 graduate alumni and 18,969 dual-degree holders. Stanford alumni can be found in 143 countries, 20 territories and all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Total No. of Enrollment: 15861

No. of International Students: 3581

No. of Undergraduate Enrollment: 6564

No. of International Students: 470

No. of Graduate Enrollment: 9297

No. of International Students: 3111

Address: Stanford, 450 Serra Mall, CA 94305, USA (United States of America)

Website: http://www.stanford.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was founded in 1861, which is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is one of the top USA institutions in science & technology. MIT comprised of 5 schools and 1 college, including the renowned School of Engineering & Sloan School of Management, that offering Bachelor's, Doctorate and Master's, degrees.

MIT admits some of the most talented students in the world on a need-blind basis. The Institute is committed to meet the financial need of each admitted UG student through its scholarships. MIT community is incredibly diverse & organically collaborative with their students coming from many different places with different background around the world.

The MIT community brings its energy and creativity outside the classroom as well with 450+ student-run groups, 33 varsity sports, 18 intramural sports, 33 club sports, and more than 60 music, theater, visual arts, writing, and dance groups. Students get free admission daily to the Museum of Science, the Museum of Fine Arts, and all Harvard University and MIT museums.

• No. of Total Enrollment: 10264
• No. of International Students: 2726
• No. of Undergraduate Enrollment: 4199
• No. of International Students: 383
• No. of Graduate Enrollment: 6065
• No. of International Students: 2343

Address: 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA (United States of America)

Website: http://web.mit.edu/

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge’s is made up of 31 colleges & more than 100 departments that cater for some 12,000 undergraduate & 6,000 postgraduate students. In a beautiful setting by the River Cam, Cambridge is famed for the architecture of its historic colleges but also for its wealth of modern research and teaching facilities. Cambridge attracts the best students, researchers and academics from all over the world, with a student population drawn from 135 different countries.

The University’s reputation for outstanding academic achievement is known worldwide and reflects the intellectual achievement of its students, as well as the world-class original research carried out by the staff of the University and the Colleges.

The world’s most significant scientific breakthroughs like the splitting of the atom, the discoveries of stem cells, invention of the jet engine, pulsars, plate tectonics and the structure of DNA are discovered in Cambridge. 

Famous scientists like Sir Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking are also from University of Cambridge. The University has produced many Nobel Prize winners than any other UK. Cambridge's great libraries and collections housed in 8 world class museums & in the colleges are scholarly resources of outstanding international significance.

• Total No. of Enrolment: 17868
• No. of International Students: 5526
• No. of Undergraduate Enrollment: 12221
• No. of International Students: 2102
• No. of Graduate Enrollment: 5647
• No. of International Students: 3424

Address: The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, UK (United Kingdom)

Website: http://www.cam.ac.uk

California Institute of Technology (CalTech)

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) founded in 1891 in Pasadena, California as Throop University, later renamed as the California Institute of Technology in 1920.

Caltech is a world famous science & engineering research and education institution, where an extraordinary faculty and students seek answers to complex questions, discover new knowledge, lead innovation and transform our future. Caltech's 124-acre campus is located in Pasadena, California.

The mission of the California Institute of Technology is to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education. Caltech investigates the most challenging and fundamental problems in science & technology in a singularly collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere, while educating best students to become creative members of society.

• Undergraduate students 977
• Graduate students 1,204
• Female - 31% / Male - 69%
• 98% placed in the top 10 of their high school graduating class
• 79% of Caltech alumni ultimately obtain a graduate degree

Address: San Francisco, Mu 200 West, 500 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California 94143-0402, USA (United States of America)

Website: http://www.ucsf.edu

Oxford University

Oxford is one the oldest university and it is very famous for the quality and impact of its research, which extends from the study of the formation of the Universe & the development of early civilizations to high-performance computing & the latest medical breakthroughs, it has few peers. Oxford provides exceptional education, distinguished by the close contact of students with leading scholars. Oxford’s 22,000 students come from all over the world.

They are attracted by the chance to study at an internationally-renowned university with a reputation for innovation and outstanding academic achievement; excellent resources in world-famous libraries, laboratories and museums; and the opportunity to work alongside world-leading researchers.

Oxford’s collegiate system is at the heart of Oxford’s success, giving students and academics the benefits of belonging both to a large, internationally-renowned institution and to a small, interdisciplinary academic community. Colleges bring together scholars from different disciplines and cultures, and foster the intense interdisciplinary approach that inspires much of Oxford’s outstanding research achievement and makes it a leader in so many fields.

• Total No. of Enrolment: 18703
• No. of International Students: 5468
• Undergraduate Enrollment: 12002
• No. of International Students: 1549
• No. of Graduate Enrollment: 6700
• No. of International Students: 3919

Address: Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD, UK (UNITED KINGDOM)

Website:  http://www.ox.ac.uk

Harvard University

Harvard University Established in 1636, which is the oldest famous institution of higher education in the USA. The University has an enrolment of over 20,000 degree candidates including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.

The University is devoted to excellence in teaching, research and learning and also to developing leaders in various disciplines who makes a difference globally. Harvard has more than 360,000 alumni around the world.

The University faculty are engaged with teaching and research to push the boundaries of human knowledge. Harvard offers an excellent student experience & a generous financial aid program for students who are excited to investigate the biggest issues of the 21st century, with over $160 million awarded to more than 60% of undergraduate students. Harvard has 12 degree granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study that offering a truly global education.

• Total No. of Enrolment: 21260
• No. of International Students: 4526
• No. of Undergraduate Enrollment: 6973
• No. of International Students: 722
• No. of Graduate Enrollment: 14287
• No. of International Students: 3804

Address: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138-3800, USA (United States of America).

Website: http://www.harvard.edu