10. UCL (University College London)





9. University of Chicago

8. Imperial College London

7. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

6. University of Cambridge

5. University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world because there is evidence of teaching as early as 1096. It is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. In the fiscal year ending 31 July 2018, the university had a total income of £2.237 billion, of which £579.1 million was from research grants and contracts. The university is quoted as among the best higher learning institutions by most international and major national league tables. Oxford has educated many notable alumni, including 28 prime ministers of the United Kingdom and many heads of state and government around the world. Oxford is the home of numerous scholarships, including the Rhodes Scholarship, which is one of the oldest international graduate scholarship programmes.





4. California Institute of technology (Caltech)

The California Institute of technology (Caltech) is founded as preparatory and vocational school by Amos G. Throop in 1891, the college attracted influential scientists such as George Ellery Hale, Arthur Amos Noyes and Robert Andrews Millikan in the early 20th century. It is a private doctorate-granting research university in Pasadena, California. Its 124-acre (50 ha) primary campus is located approximately 11 mi (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphasis on science and engineering, managing $332 million in 2011 in sponsored research.





3. Harvard University



Harvard University was established by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636. In 1639, it was named Harvard College after deceased clergyman John Harvard, an alumnus of the University of Cambridge, who had left the school £779 and his library of some 400 volumes. It has about 6,800 undergraduate students and about 14,000 postgraduate students. Harvard's alumni include eight U.S. presidents, more than thirty foreign heads of state, 188 living billionaires, 369 Rhodes Scholars, and 252 Marshall Scholars. Harvard's endowment is worth $40.9 billion, making it the largest of any academic institution.[4] Harvard is a large, highly residential research university.[19] While the nominal cost of attendance is high, the university's sizeable endowment allows it to offer generous, no-loan financial aid packages and use need-blind admission.[20] The Harvard Library is the world's largest academic library system, comprising 79 individual libraries holding about 20.4 million items.



2. Stanford University



Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California. It was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only, Leland Stanford Jr., who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year. Stanford was a U.S. Senator and former Governor of California who made his fortune as a railroad tycoon. The school admitted its first students on October 1, 1891, as a coeducational and non-denominational institution. As of December 2019, 83 Nobel laureates, 27 Turing Award laureates, and 8 Fields Medalists have been affiliated with Stanford as students, alumni, faculty or staff. In addition, Stanford University is particularly noted for its entrepreneurship and is one of the most successful universities in attracting funding for start-ups. It is also one of the leading producers of members of the United States Congress.





1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)



Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Institute is a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant university, with an urban campus that extends more than a mile (1.6 km) alongside the Charles River. The Institute also encompasses a number of major off-campus facilities such as the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the Bates Center, and the Haystack Observatory, as well as affiliated laboratories such as the Broad and Whitehead Institutes. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. It has since played a key role in the development of many aspects of modern science, engineering, mathematics, and technology, and is widely known for its innovation and academic strength, making it one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world. As of October 2019, 96 Nobel laureates, 26 Turing Award winners, and 8 Fields Medalists have been affiliated with MIT as alumni, faculty members, or researchers. In addition, 58 National Medal of Science recipients, 29 National Medals of Technology and Innovation recipients, 50 MacArthur Fellows, 73 Marshall Scholars, 48 Rhodes Scholars, 41 astronauts, and 16 Chief Scientists of the US Air Force have been affiliated with MIT. The school also has a strong entrepreneurial culture, and the aggregated annual revenues of companies founded by MIT alumni ($1.9 trillion) would rank roughly as the tenth-largest economy in the world (2014). MIT is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU).

University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. It is operated under the official name of UCL since 2005. UCL was the first university institute to be established in London in 1826. Although UCL is a constituent college of the federal University of London, in most ways it is comparable with free-standing, self-governing and independently funded universities, and it awards its own degrees. In the 2019/20 QS World University Rankings, UCL is ranked 8th in the world (and 5th in Europe)The University of Chicago is founded in 1890, is located on 217-acre (88-hectare) campus in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood, near Lake Michigan. It is private research University in Chicago, holds top position in various national and international rankings. The university's endowment was the 12th largest among American educational institutions and state university systems in 2013 and as of 2018 was valued at $8.2 billion. The University of Chicago has an extensive record of producing successful business leaders and billionaires.Imperial College London is established in 1907 by royal charter, merging the Royal College of Science, Royal School of Mines, and City and Guilds of London Institute. It is a public research university located in London. The South Kensington campus is the college's main campus, where most teaching and research takes place. The campus dates back to 1871, and constitutes the land and buildings owned by the colleges originally merged to form Imperial College. In 2019–20, Imperial is globally ranked 9th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) was founded in 1854 by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, server as a national center of excellence in science and technology and provide a hub for interaction between the scientific community and industry. It is an integral part of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain. In the 2020 edition of the QS World University Rankings ETH Zurich has been ranked 6th in the world (2nd in Europe after the University of Oxford).The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and world’s fourth-oldest surviving university. It is a collegiate public research university in Cambridge, United Kingdom, was founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by King Henry III in 1231. Cambridge is formed from a variety of institutions which include 31 semi-autonomous constituent Colleges and over 100 academic departments organized into six schools. In the fiscal year ending 31 July 2018, the central university, excluding colleges, had a total income of £1.965 billion, of which £515.5 million was from research grants and contracts. Cambridge is ranked the world's second best university by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, ranked 3rd worldwide by Academic Ranking of World Universities, 6th by QS, and 7th by US News.