The World’s Top 10 Universities 2009

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1. Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a member of the Ivy League. Harvard College was established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, making it the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Harvard University is ranked No 1.  More Details..

2. University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in the City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, is the second oldest university in the English-speaking world and the fourth oldest in Europe. Roger of Wendover wrote shortly after its foundation that the University of Cambridge could trace its origins to a crime committed in 1209. University of Cambridge is ranked No 2.  More Details..

3. Yale University

Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Yale University is ranked No 3. More Details..

4. University College London

University College London (UCL) is a British university institution and a constituent college of the University of London, based primarily in Bloomsbury, London. In the 2009 THES - QS World University Rankings, UCL is ranked 4th in the world. UCL was founded in 1826 under the name "London University" as a secular alternative to the religious universities of Oxford and Cambridge. More Details..

5. Imperial College London

Imperial College London is a British university in London specialising in science, engineering, medicine and business. In 1907, the newly established board of education found that a need for higher technical education was necessary and a proposal to merge the City and Guilds College, the Royal School of Mines and the Royal College of Science was approved and passed, creating what is now the Imperial College of London. The signing of the Royal Charter granted by Edward VII was officially done on July 8 of 1907. More Details..

6. University of Oxford

The University of Oxford, located in the UK city of Oxford, is the oldest surviving university in the English-speaking world. The University of Oxford does not have a clear date of foundation. Teaching at Oxford existed in some form in 1096. More Details..

7. University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private, coeducational research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by oil magnate and benefactor John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890; William Rainey Harper became its first president in 1891 and the first classes were held in 1892. More Details..

8. Princeton University

Princeton University a private university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and is considered one of the Colonial Colleges. Founded in 1746 at Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the College of New Jersey, it was moved to Newark in 1747, then to Princeton in 1756 and renamed "Princeton University" in 1896. More Details..

9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded by William Barton Rogers in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, the university adopted the European university model and emphasized laboratory instruction from an early date. More Details..

10. California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech)[3] is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech began as a vocational school founded in Pasadena in 1891 by local businessman and politician Amos G. Throop. More Details..