Top 10 Best Universities in the World

Recently, the QS University Ranking was published - a rating that includes 1000 of the most prestigious universities in the world.

Each institution is assessed according to six indicators: academic reputation, teaching level, alumni reputation with employers, number of citations of scientific articles, number of foreign teachers and students.

In this article we will tell you about the ten most promising universities in the world.

10. University of Chicago

The University of Chicago in the USA is recognized as the bestin terms of academic reputation.Having dropped one place, he still remains in the top.The university provides Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in 51 academic majors.

9. Imperial College London

British Imperial College London also dropped one position this year, but earned an impressive alumni reputation scorefrom the employer and career prospects.It is known that the popular British writer, author of the novels "War of the Worlds" and "Time Machine" - HG Wells is a graduate of this particular college.

8. UCL (University College London)

excellent academic reputation, that is, the opinion that the community of scientists has formed on the basis of scientific research.

7. University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge dropped one line in the QS ranking, but remains one of the top 10 universities in the world, which is famous for its high level of academic reputation and career development of its graduates.

6. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

Swiss ETH Zurich has climbed one place this year and continues to be a higher educationthe institution with the best results in terms of the citation index of scientific articles and research activity in Europe.

5. California Institute ofTechnology (Caltech)

Caltech performed the best of the top ten in terms of teaching quality and number of teachers per student.The university offers 24 specialties.The most popular of these are chemical engineering, computer science, electronics, mechanical engineering, and physics, although students can also choose humanitarian or social studies.

4. University of Oxford

Oxford University today is the most prestigious university in Great Britain and one of the oldest in the world.There are 22,000 students in Oxford, and 40% of them are foreigners.Received 4th place due to a brilliant reputation among scientists and graduates with employers.

3. Harvard University

Harvard retains the third position in the world, and also ranks first in terms of academic reputation and alumni reputation amongemployer.In addition, the admission rate of new students is about 5%, which indicates a high level of candidates.

2. Stanford University

Stanford University, located near Silicon Valley, continues to rank second among the most prestigious universities in the world, increasing the level of academicreputation.The best result in 4 years.

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

And, finally, MIT again leads the world university rankings, taking 1st place eighth (!) for a year in a row with impeccable scores for academic reputation, the reputation of graduates with the employer, and the number of citations of scientific articles per teacher.

Russian universities were also represented in the world ranking:

• Moscow State University.Lomonosov - 84 place
• Novosibirsk State University - 231 place
• St. Petersburg State University - 234 place
• Tomsk State University - 268place
• Moscow State Technical University.Bauman - 286th place