Readers are presented the best universities in the world 2016 according to the British edition of Times Higher Education, which conducted a global study among higher education institutions.
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The University of Chicago
The University of Chicago, ( University of Chicago, USA) opens the top ten universities in the world in 2016. Today, the University of Chicago has 12 scientific institutes and 113 research centers. It was here that a lot of important discoveries were made: the world's first nuclear chain reaction was made;hereditary predisposition of people to oncological diseases is proved;the statement about the positive influence of reading classical literature on the human brain is substantiated. Also graduates of Chicago University developed a modern doctrine of the US military-political course.89 Nobel laureates studied or worked here.
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich ( ETH Zürich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland) ranks ninth in the ranking of the best universities in the world in 2016. It is famous for its educational programs and scientific developments in engineering,technology, mathematics and science. In the ETZ Zürich coin box 21, the Nobel Prize received by his graduates and professors, including the 1921 Physics Prize awarded to Albert Einstein.
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Imperial College London
Imperial College London ( Imperial College London, UK) in 2016 ranked eighth in the list of the world's best educational institutions. He is famous for his engineering and medical specialties. Among the famous graduates of the Imperial College are 15 Nobel Prize winners, among them the inventor of penicillin Sir Alexander Fleming, the inventor of holography Dennis Gabor, Sir Norman Howarth for his studies of carbohydrates and vitamin C.
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Princeton University
Princeton University ( Princeton University, USA) is located on the seventh linein the top ten universities in the world in 2016. The laboratory of Princeton University surprises with the breadth of developments in various types of scientific activity. The discovery of the fractional quantum Hall effect belongs to the graduate of Princeton Daniel Tsui, who received for him the Nobel Prize. The research in the field of mathematics by John Nash revolutionized the theory of games, which became the basis of a separate industry in the experimental economy. Scientists of Princeton were able to cross the speed of light barrier, refuting the theory of Einstein. Also, they were able to increase the performance of solar cells by 175%, which will in future solve problems with the energy crisis. Over the years, this university has grown 35 Nobel Prize winners, including John Nash( mathematics) and Richard Feynman( physics).
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Harvard University
Harvard University ( Harvard University, USA) is ranked sixth in the ranking of the best universities in 2016. Graduates of the legendary Harvard are outstanding figures, businessmen, politicians, other creative personalities. Among them, eight US presidents, including John Kennedy, Barack Obama. Also popular Hollywood stars Matt Damon, Natalie Portman. At Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of facebook, was also trained. Bill Gates, who was expelled for underachieving, but still a few years later received a diploma. But his companion Steve Ballmer managed to successfully finish his studies at Harvard. Also in the educational institution were Ukrainian figures: Orest Subtelny, Grigory Grabovich, Yury Shevchuk.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) is located in the middle of the ranking of the best universities in the world in 2016.It is here that innovative research is conducted in the fields of robotics, information technology, artificial intelligence, economics and mathematics. The institute operates world-renowned research centers - the Lincoln Laboratory, engaged in technological developments in the field of national security, the laboratory of artificial intelligence and computer science, the laboratory of the Cambridge electronic accelerator. At the same time, about 11,000 students study at the institute, of which 10-15% are foreigners. About 1500 teachers teach.
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Cambridge University
Cambridge University ( University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) is on the fourth line in the list of the best universities in 2016. It is especially famous for its success in the bosom of the exact sciences and medicine. No other university in the world has presented the planet with so many Nobel Prize winners like Cambridge.88 graduates and university teachers received this prestigious academic award.29 of them received prizes in physics, 25 in medicine, 21 in chemistry, 9 in economics, 2 in literature and one in peace. Famous medieval scientists such as Isaac Newton and Francis Bacon were trained here. It was in Cambridge that the creators of modern nuclear physics - Lord E. Rutherford, N. Bohr and JR Oppenheimer, worked, taught and studied.
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Stanford University
Stanford University ( Stanford University, USA) opens the top three universities in the world in 2016. It is known for its innovations in the field of high-tech industry. It is considered a world-wide research and development center and a giant in the field of network technologies. The place is known for the birth of such branded companies as Facebook, Apple, Xerox, Hewlett-Packard. Here, many start-ups are created and the future of the IT industry is determined.
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Oxford University
Oxford University ( University of Oxford, United Kingdom) takes second place in the ranking of the best higher education institutions of 2016.The main directions of the university's educational activity are considered to be the humanities, mathematics, physics and social sciences, as well as medicine. At Oxford University, a huge number of discoveries in the field of cosmology - a study of Mars, the trajectory of the movement of galaxies( for example, it was found that our galaxy in about 5 billion years will collide with the galaxy Andromeda), the development of theories of the emergence of the universe. In particular, in 2013, scientists of Oxford University opened a "glass planet" whose surface is covered with an analog of our terrestrial glass.
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California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology ( California Institute of Technology, USA) tops the ranking of the best universities in the world in 2016. Shortly sounds like Caltech. He owns the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which runs most of NASA's automatic spacecraft. Kaltekh remains a relatively small university, in which there are about 1000 students and 1200 graduate students. With Kaltekh, one or another of the 31 Nobel Prize laureates. Of these, 17 graduates and 18 professors.65 people from graduates and teachers received a national scientific medal of the USA or a national medal in the field of technology and innovation, 112 people were elected to the National Academies of Sciences.
