2. Famous Universities in the World Oxford University Harvard University Cambridge University Princeton University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8. Harvard’s Origin The John Harvard statue in Harvard Yard is occasionally a target of humorous decorations It was named after John Harvard , a young English clergyman from Southwark , London , an alumnus of the University of Cambridge (after which Cambridge, Massachusetts is named), who bequeathed the College his library of four hundred books and £ 779 pounds sterling , which was half of his estate. The charter creating the corporation of Harvard College came in 1650.
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10. Yale University Yale University is a private League university located in New Haven, United States of America . Founded in 1701 and the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Yale is widely considered one of the most prestigious and selective universities in the world.
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12. Yale’s Achievement The University's assets include a US$16.7 billion endowment , the second-largest of any academic institution, as well as the second-largest academic library in the world, with some 12.5 million volumes held in more than two dozen libraries. 49 Nobel price owners have been affiliated with the University as students, faculty, and staff. Yale has produced many notable alumni, including five U.S. Presidents , 19 U.S. Supreme Court Justices , and several foreign heads of state.
13. Yale’s Library Yale University Library , which holds over 12 million volumes, is the second-largest university collection in the United States. The main library, Sterling Memorial Library , contains about four million volumes, and other holdings are dispersed at subject libraries.
18. Its History The university grew out of an association of scholars in the city of Cambridge that was formed, early records suggest, in 1209 by scholars leaving Oxford after a dispute with townsfolk. The two "ancient universities" have many common features and are often jointly referred to as Oxbridge . In addition to cultural and practical associations as a historic part of British society, the two universities have a long history of rivalry with each other
24. Located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University is recognized as one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions. Other famous university
25. Princeton simultaneously strives to be one of the leading research universities and the most outstanding undergraduate college in the world. As a research university, it seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the discovery and transmission of knowledge and understanding, and in the education of graduate students. At the same time, Princeton is distinctive among research universities in its commitment to undergraduate teaching. Princeton University