Since the American War of Independence, almost all revolutionary pioneers have come from Harvard University, which is regarded as a think tank of the American government. Eight American presidents, 40 Nobel Prize winners and 30 Pulitzer Prize winners were born.

The predecessor of Harvard University is Harvard College. 1636, 10/0 On October 28th, the colonial parliament of Massachusetts Bay passed a resolution to establish an institution of higher learning similar to Cambridge University in England, with an appropriation of 4 million pounds. Since many founders were born in Cambridge University in England, they named the new town where Harvard University is located as Cambridge. 1638 started school, with 9 junior one students. 1638 On September 4th, J Harvard, pastor and dean of Emanuel College, died of illness. He donated half of his savings of 720 pounds and more than 400 books to the school.

Today, Harvard University has developed into a large institution with 65,438+00 graduate schools, more than 40 departments and more than 65,438+000 majors. Officially registered degree candidates 18000, mainly graduate students, including undergraduates.

Cambridge University was founded in 1209, initially by a group of scholars who fled from Oxford University to escape the war. King Henry III granted Cambridge University the monopoly of teaching in 123 1. 8 1 Nobel Prize winners are all from this school.

Cambridge University has 365,438+0 colleges, three women's colleges and two specialized graduate schools. Each college has a different historical background and implements a unique college system. 365 and 438+0 colleges and universities with different styles are responsible for their own profits and losses. Peter College, the first college of Cambridge University, was founded in 1284, and other colleges were founded in14th century and15th century.

Many places in Cambridge University have preserved their features since the Middle Ages, and ancient buildings that have been carefully maintained for hundreds of years can be seen everywhere. The porches and walls of many school buildings are still decorated with simple and solemn statues and seals, and the tall stained glass windows are like a magnificent picture. Cambridge University has 1 1,000 teachers (professors, associate professors and lecturers) and 1 1,000 visiting scholars. Cambridge University has16,900 students, including 6,935 graduate students, 72% of whom are from other universities, 42% are foreign students and 36% are women.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a comprehensive private university in the United States, with the reputation of "the best university of technology in the world". It has a very important influence in the United States and even the world, and it is the most prestigious university of science and engineering in the world today.

By 2009, 78 Nobel Prize winners had studied or worked at MIT. After the unremitting efforts of generations of MIT, today, whenever someone mentions "the best university of technology in the world", everyone pushes MIT. MIT enjoys a high reputation in the fields of natural science and engineering science in the world, and its management, economy, philosophy, politics and linguistics are equally excellent. In addition, MIT has also developed high-tech weapons, the top secret Lincoln Lab in the United States, the world-class computer science and artificial intelligence labs, and the world-class media labs, which have trained many top CEOs in the world. These are all famous and valuable assets of MIT.

Stanford University

Stanford University was founded in 1885. Leland Stanford, the king of California railways at that time and a former California elder, decided to donate money to set up Stanford University in Palo Alto to commemorate his son who died of illness while traveling in Italy, and took out his 865,438+080 mu farm to train excellent horse racing as the school campus.

Stanford University has abundant funds, sufficient funds and rich teaching equipment. This library has 6.5 million books. There are more than 7,000 computers for students to use, and there are also many computer rooms and computer centers to provide services for students. Students can use the internet to contact teachers and students in the school. In addition, the school also has many sports facilities, such as gymnasium, golf course and swimming pool, which can accommodate 85,000 people.

If Harvard and Yale University represent the traditional American humanistic spirit, then Stanford University is the symbol of the scientific and technological spirit of the 2 1 century.

University of California

There are three public institutions of higher learning in California in the western United States: research university UC- University of California (10), teaching university CSU- California State University (24) and community college CCC- California Community College (19).

University of California (UC) enjoys a high reputation in the United States and even the world, and it is the best higher education system in the world at present. The first university of California is Berkeley University. After continuous development and expansion, at present, the augmented system has 10 universities, among which 9 universities have undergraduate departments and graduate schools (only graduate schools in San Francisco campus), with more than 2 10000 students and more than 16000 faculty members.

The University of California has 55 Nobel Prize winners and 357 academicians of the National Academy of Sciences, accounting for nearly1/5 of the total of 2039 academicians of the National Academy of Sciences; China students account for 13% of the total number of students. The famous American University Association has 6 1 members, of which 6 campuses of the University of California are members, while at most one campus of other American university systems is a member of this association.

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University of Oxford

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Columbia University

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Princeton University

University of Oxford

Oxford University was founded in 1 167. It plays an extremely important role in British society and higher education system and has worldwide influence. Many young students in Britain and the world want to go to Oxford University for further study.

Oxford University, located in Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Although the exact date of the establishment of Oxford University is not clear, its history can be traced back to the end of the 12th century, which is about 900 years ago. 1209, after the conflict between Oxford students and townspeople, some Oxford scholars moved to Cambridge Town in the northeast and founded Cambridge University. Since then, the two universities have been competing for quite a long time.

At present, there are 39 colleges in Oxford, and their relationship with schools is in the form of federalism, just like the relationship between the central government and local governments in the United States. Among the 35 colleges, Wanling College currently has no students, only academicians (including visiting academicians). Each college has a different size, but all colleges have less than 500 students. Students and teachers (academicians) come from different professional disciplines.

California Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology was founded in 189 1. The purpose of this private university is to "train creative scientists and engineers for the needs of education, government and industrial development". Up to now, the school has only trained more than 20,000 students because of its pursuit of Excellence, but 3 1 student has won 32 Nobel Prizes, and a large number of students have won various scientific and academic awards from the US government.

The school is rigorous in scholarship and encourages students to participate in various scientific research activities as soon as they enter school. Most students are young people who are determined to devote themselves to science and technology. The professors and lecturers employed by the school are all first-class scientists, many of whom are Nobel Prize winners and other science and technology prize winners.

Yale University

Yale University, founded in 170 1, is a private university. It is as famous as Harvard University and Princeton University. For many years, * * * has been competing for the top three positions in American universities and graduate schools. The teaching staff, academic innovation, curriculum and facilities are all first-class. Yale University's free academic atmosphere, profound cultural atmosphere and solemn sense of history attract outstanding students from all over the world.

Yale has many outstanding alumni: George Bush is a member of skull and bones, a famous secret group of Yale; President Clinton is an alumnus of Yale Law School. Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton met in the library of Yale Law School. Famous movie stars Jodie Foster and Meryl Streep graduated from Yale Theatre Academy. Edward Harrison Norton, a movie star, graduated from the history department of Yale University. Kevin Trilling, a famous columnist of Time magazine, is a Yale alumnus.

Among many academic elites in Yale University, 13 scholars have won the Nobel Prize.

Columbia University

Columbia University, located in Manhattan, new york, USA, 1754 was established by the King's Charter issued by King George II of England. It belongs to a private Ivy League school, which consists of three undergraduate colleges and thirteen graduate schools. Among the alumni and professors of Columbia University, 97 have won the Nobel Prize. Three American presidents, including President Obama, are all graduates of this school. In addition, medical schools, law schools, business schools and journalism schools are among the best, and the Pulitzer Prize awarded by their journalism schools is the highest honor of American journalism.

Columbia University has more than 3,000 professors and more than 20,000 students and alumni in more than 50 countries around the world. Columbia College is the earliest undergraduate college in the United States to carry out general education, and it still maintains the most stringent core curriculum in American universities. Its graduate school is famous for its outstanding academic achievements. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, Columbia University, together with Harvard University and Chicago University, was recognized as the top three higher education institutions in the United States, and its College of Education was one of the largest and most comprehensive educational institutions in the world.

There are 97 Nobel Prize winners among the graduates and faculty of Columbia University, ranking first among universities in the world.

Princeton University

Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, is a famous private research university in the United States and one of the eight Ivy League schools. Founded in Elizabethtown, New Jersey on 1746, it is the fourth higher education college established during the American colonial period. At that time, it was named "New Jersey College", 1747 moved to New Jersey, 1756 moved to Princeton, and 1896 officially changed its name to Princeton University.

Princeton is a famous university in the northeastern city of New Jersey. It is the cradle of American politicians, from which two presidents and 44 American governors were born; 33 Nobel Prize winners and many China academic elites.

All students in Princeton must abide by the academic integrity policy called "honor regulations". This regulation requires students to write a written guarantee that all written assignments are neither plagiarized nor violate other ethics. Writing this letter of guarantee means that the signed students have understood the "two-way responsibility" of this policy: they will absolutely abide by this policy and report any other students who violate this policy to the school.

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