Top 10 universities in the world

Top 10 Universities in the World

Currently, many universities are ranking rating agencies in the world and they prepare their ranking list based on various criteria such as academic research performance, teaching performance, research opportunities, knowledge transfer, etc... Actually, the rating agency has a different rating for each university that's why some points to note to find for which the university's ranking is prepared.

QS World University Rank

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2. University of Oxford
3. Stanford University
4. University of Cambridge
5. Harvard University
6. California Institute of Technology
7. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
8. UCL (University College London)
9. University of Chicago
10. National University of Singapore (NUS)

The World University Rank

1. University of Oxford
2. Stanford University
3. Harvard University
4. California Institute of Technology
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6. University of Cambridge
7. The University of California, Berkeley, US
8. Yale University
9. Princeton University
10. University of Chicago

Shiksha Popularity Rank

1. Harvard University
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. Stanford University
4. California Institute of Technology
5. University of Cambridge
6. Princeton University
7. University of Oxford
8. Yale University
9. University of Chicago
10. The University of California, Berkeley, US

Here is the list of the top 3 university rating agencies i.e. QS World University Rank 2021, THE World University Rank, and Shiksha Popularity Rank. This was the most frequently asked question by students, I hope this answer will help students to choose a university according to their requirements. Below I'm going to mention some basic details about the above-listed universities.

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is the second oldest university in the world. Oxford University is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Oxford University was founded in 1096 ( there is evidence of teaching in 1096), The University of Cambridge originated from the University of Oxford in 1209 after a dispute between students and Oxford townsfolk. These two universities have many common features and they are combinedly called Oxbridge.

Oxford University has given not only knowledge to the world but also a lot to humanity, in 2020 - 21 during the COVID-19 pandemic the research team of the university gave the world hope in the form of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Oxford University is an autonomous university, it has 39 semi-autonomous constituent colleges 6 permanent private halls, and 50+ academic departments which are organized into four divisions. All colleges have full freedom to organize their internal structure and activities. Unlike other universities, Oxford University does not have any main campus and all students are members of a college.

Harvard University

Harvard University is one of the most prestigious universities in the world, It is the oldest university in the United States for higher education. Harvard University was founded in 1936 and the name of the university was derived from the name of John Harvard. John Harvard was a clergyman and minister in Colonial America, He was the first benefactor of Harvard University.

Harvard has ten academic faculties and it offers undergraduate and graduate study courses. Harvard is popular for its professional courses. Undergraduate courses are offered only by Arts and Sciences faculties and other faculties offer only graduate courses. Harvard alumni have won more Nobel Prizes than any other university alumni in the world. Harvard University also has given a huge number of Olympians,  Academy Award winners, Pulitzer Prize winners, and many founders of the world's top companies.

This was a short detail about the top 10 universities in the world. I have mentioned three lists that are based on various university-ranking rating agencies. You will see there is a different order of the ranking in the lists because the ranking measuring criteria and the valuations of the agencies are different from each other. I hope this piece of information will help you to choose a better university for your career.

TOP 10 WORLD BEST UNIVERSITIES

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
2. Stanford University, United States
3. Harvard University, United States
4. California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States
5. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
6. University of Cambridge, United States
7. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Switzerland
8. Imperial College London, United Kingdom
9. University of Chicago, United States
10. UCL (University College London), United Kingdom