University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private institution that was founded in 1890. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of over 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, situated in Chicago’s Hyde Park community, offers a rich campus life in a big-city setting. 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.

First year students are placed in "houses" within their residence hall, which serve as tight-knit communities and provide academic and social support. Even when students move off-campus they often choose to remain in Hyde Park and frequently engage in house activities as house associates. University of Chicago offers more than 350 student organizations and about 10 percent of students join a small but active Greek life community. Since 1987, the school has hosted the four-day "University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt," now a venerable university tradition.

The University of Chicago is universally recognized for its devotion to open and rigorous inquiry. University of Chicago 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 of Chicago has been home to 89 Nobel Prize winners, over 200 Guggenheim fellows, 30 Macarthur "genius" fellows, and 20 Pulitzer Prize-winners.

• Total Enrollment: 13070
• International Students: 2117（16%）
• Undergraduate Enrollment: 5073
• International Students: 435（9%）
• Graduate Enrollment: 7997
• International Students: 1682（21%）

Address: 5801 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, United States

Website: www.uchicago.edu

University of Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

The University of Zurich is an institution devoted to free and public scholarly pursuit and scientific inquiry. Scholarly pursuit incorporates the acquisition, advancement and dissemination of knowledge in a methodical and critical manner. An inherent component of responsible scholarly activity is the ethical reflection of ways and means, and its consequences for humanity and the environment.

All disciplines in which the University engages endeavor to discover the reality of our world. The University promotes open discourse and collaboration between the disciplines. As Switzerland's largest university, the University of Zurich is aware of its responsibility in maintaining and offering a wide range of academic disciplines.

• Total Enrollment:17563
• International Students:3446（20%）
• Undergraduate Enrollment:12159
• International Students:1700（14%）
• Graduate Enrollment:5404
• International Students:1746（32%）

Address: Raemistrasse 101, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland

Website: http://www.uzh.ch

Imperial College of London

Imperial College London’s reputation of excellence attracts 16,000 students and 7,000 staff of the highest international quality. Research at Imperial explores the interface between science, medicine, engineering and business in a dynamic culture. Students study with leaders in their field, and benefit from opportunities created by Imperial’s strong industry relationships. Since its foundation, Imperial’s contributions to society included the discovery of penicillin, the development of holography and the foundations of fiber optics.

The commitment to the application of research for the benefit of all continues today. Multidisciplinary collaborations and partnerships now include, for example, initiatives to address emerging global challenges in health, energy, the environment and security. Imperial has developed strong links with a number of institutions around the world. For example, 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 Enrollment:14047
• International Students:5758（41%）
• Undergraduate Enrollment:8456
• International Students:2997（35%）
• Graduate Enrollment:5591
• International Students:2762（49%）

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

Website:  http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/

Princeton University

Chartered in 1746, Princeton University is one of the oldest colleges in the country and ranks No. 4 on this year's list. Nassau Hall, first among the historic buildings that adorn Princeton’s 500-acre campus in Princeton, NJ, served as the nation’s capital building in 1783. Undergraduates may select from 36 academic departments. Nine current faculty members are Nobel Prize recipients. The university’s generous financial aid program provides grants and campus jobs in place of student loans.

Sixty percent of freshmen receive grants from the school averaging more than $34,000. Admitted students can defer their enrollment 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 groundbreaking 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, United States

Website: www.princeton.edu

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge’s mission is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. It is made up of 31 colleges and more than 100 departments that cater for some 12,000 undergraduate and 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. 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.

Some of the world’s most significant scientific breakthroughs have occurred at the University, including the splitting of the atom, invention of the jet engine and the discoveries of stem cells, plate tectonics, pulsars and the structure of DNA.  From Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking, the University has nurtured some of history’s greatest minds and has produced more Nobel Prize winners than any other UK institution with more than 80 laureates. 

Cambridge's great libraries and collections housed in eight world-class museums and in the colleges are scholarly resources of outstanding international significance. Cambridge attracts the brightest and best students, researchers and academics from across the world, with a student population drawn from 135 different countries.

• Total Enrollment: 17868
• International Students: 5526（31%）
• Undergraduate Enrollment: 12221
• International Students: 2102（17%）
• Graduate Enrollment: 5647
• International Students: 3424（61%）

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

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

Stanford University

Stanford University is a research university that offers bachelors, masters, doctoral and professional degrees. Stanford includes seven schools: Business, Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Humanities and Sciences, Law and Medicine. In addition, multidisciplinary research and teaching are at the heart of university-wide initiatives on human health, the environment and sustainability, international affairs and the arts. These initiatives offer our faculty and students opportunities for collaboration across disciplines that will be key to future advances.

Stanford University was founded in 1885 by former California Governor and Senator Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, to memorialize their son, Leland Stanford Junior. Their intent was to establish a "University of high degree" that would “qualify students for personal success and direct usefulness in life and promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization.” Stanford opened in 1891. Stanford enrolls about 7,000 undergraduate students and 9,000 graduate and professional school students.

There are more than 5,100 externally sponsored projects throughout the university, with the total budget for sponsored projects at $1.35 billion during 2013-14, including the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, a facility run by Stanford for the U.S. Department of Energy. Of these projects, the federal government sponsors approximately 83 percent, including SLAC.

There are an 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 Enrollment: 15861
• International Students: 3581（23%）
• Undergraduate Enrollment: 6564
• International Students: 470（7%）
• Graduate Enrollment: 9297
• International Students: 3111（33%）

Address: Stanford, 450 Serra Mall, CA 94305, United States

Website: http://www.stanford.edu

University of Oxford

Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. For the quality and impact of its research, which extends from the study of the formation of the Universe and the development of early civilizations to high-performance computing and the latest medical breakthroughs, it has few peers. 

Researchers are tackling the major challenges facing the world, including the prevention and treatment of major diseases such as malaria and cancer; globalization; climate change; migration; ageing populations; growing pressure on resources; and biodiversity. Alongside research, 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 Enrollment: 18703
• International Students: 5468（29%）
• Undergraduate Enrollment: 12002
• International Students: 1549（13%）
• Graduate Enrollment: 6700
• International Students: 3919（58%）

Address: Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD, United Kingdom

Website:  http://www.ox.ac.uk

California Institute of Technology (CALTECH)

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is founded as Throop University in 1891 in Pasadena, California and renamed the California Institute of Technology in 1920. Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering research and education institution, where 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. We investigate the most challenging, fundamental problems in science and technology in a singularly collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere, while educating outstanding students to become creative members of society.

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

Academic Divisions

• Biology & Biological Engineering
• Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
• Engineering & Applied Science
• Geological & Planetary Sciences
• Humanities & Social Sciences
• Physics, Mathematics & Astronomy

Students

• 977 undergraduate students
• 1,204 graduate students
• 31% female / 69% male
• 98% placed in the top tenth of their high school graduating class
• 79% of Caltech alumni ultimately obtain a graduate degree

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

Website:             http://www.ucsf.edu

Harvard University

Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. Harvard faculty are engaged with teaching and research to push the boundaries of human knowledge. 

For students who are excited to investigate the biggest issues of the 21st century, Harvard offers an unparalleled student experience and a generous financial aid program, with over $160 million awarded to more than 60% of our undergraduate students. The University has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a truly global education.

Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. The University, which is based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, has an enrollment of over 20,000 degree candidates, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Harvard has more than 360,000 alumni around the world.

• Total Enrollment: 21260
• International Students: 4526（21%）
• Undergraduate Enrollment: 6973
• International Students: 722（10%）
• Graduate Enrollment: 14287
• International Students: 3804（27%）

Address: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138-3800, United States of America

Website: http://www.harvard.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), founded in 1861, is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is one of the foremost U.S. institutions in science and technology. It is comprised of five schools and one college, including the renowned School of Engineering and Sloan School of Management, offering Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees. Notable alumni include Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, and American astronaut "Buzz" Aldrin.

MIT admits some of the most talented students in the world on a need-blind basis. The Institute is committed to meeting the financial need of each admitted undergraduate student through MIT scholarships. As a result, the MIT community is incredibly diverse, and organically collaborative, with students coming from many different backgrounds, across the country and 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. It’s just a short walk across the Charles River to Boston where students can enjoy the city’s fabulous restaurants or take in Boston culture. Many programs around MIT allow students to get reduced-price tickets to various events, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the American Repertory Theater, and Bruins, Celtics, and Red Sox games. Students get free admission daily to the Museum of Science, the Museum of Fine Arts, and all Harvard University and MIT museums.

• Total Enrollment:10264
•  International Students: 2726（27%）
• Undergraduate Enrollment: 4199
• International Students: 383（9%）
• Graduate Enrollment: 6065
• International Students: 2343（39%）

Address: 77 Massachusetts Avenue                                          

Website: http://web.mit.edu/