Top Five World University Rankings

2016 - 2017

by: Majed Abdeljaber

1: University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is the oldest

university in the English-speaking
world and the worlds second oldest
surviving university. While its exact
founding date is unknown, there is
evidence that teaching took place as far
back as 1096. Students number around
22,000 in total, just over half of whom
are undergraduates while over 40 per
cent are international, representing 140
countries between them.

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2: University of Cambridge
Founded in 1209, the University of
Cambridge is a collegiate public
research institution. Its 800-year history
makes it the fourth-oldest surviving
university in the world and the second-
oldest university in the English-
speaking world. Cambridge serves
more than 18,000 students from all
cultures and corners of the world.
Nearly 4,000 of its students are
international and hail from over 120
different countries.

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3: California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology
(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 the
future. Caltech has six academic
divisions with a strong emphasis in
science and technology teaching and
research.

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4: Stanford University

Stanford University has one of the largest

campuses in the US and is one of the
most prestigious universities in the world.
It was established in 1885 and opened six
years later as a co-educational and non-
denominational private institution. Its
location, less than an hours drive south
of San Francisco next to Palo Alto, is in
the heart of Californias Silicon Valley,
and the university is known for its
entrepreneurial spirit.

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5: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) is an independent,
coeducational, private research university
based in the city of Cambridge,
Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT
aims to further knowledge and prepare
students in science, technology and other
fields of study that will best benefit the
nation and the world today. Its motto is
Mens et Manus, which translates as
Mind and Hand.