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The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a highly focused
science and engineering research and education institution located in
Pasadena, CA. It is home to approximately 2,300 students and 300
faculty, and boasts 31 Nobel laureates among its past and current
faculty and alumni. Caltech manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
for NASA, and owns and operates a global network of astronomical
observatories and research facilities.
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Twenty-six British prime ministers, at least 30 other world leaders, 12
saints and 20 archbishops of Canterbury have been Oxonians. Oxford
virtually invented college life in the 13th century. The world's
third-oldest surviving university offers approximately 12,000
undergraduates a choice of 38 colleges and six permanent
private-residence halls.
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The oldest academic institute in the US, it dates from 1636 and is named
after its first benefactor, John Harvard. It has the global academy's
largest financial endowment and boasts more than 40 Nobel laureates. Its
210-acre main campus and 23 satellites house 10 faculties and the
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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Founded in 1891 by railway tycoon Leland Stanford in remembrance of his
son, who died aged 16, Stanford is said to be, after Harvard, the US'
most selective university, accepting around 7 per cent of applicants.
Its alumni founded corporate giants including Hewlett-Packard and
Google. The world's third-richest university, it teaches about 7,000
undergraduate and around 4,000 graduate students.
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In 150 years, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has
produced more than 70 Nobel laureates, eight of whom are members of its
current faculty. From its 168-acre Charles River campus, more than
10,000 students are instructed in architecture and planning;
engineering; humanities, arts and social sciences; management; science;
and health sciences and technology.
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At the heart of American academic life since its charter in 1746,
Princeton is one of the smallest of the private Ivy Leaguers, but can
boast more than 30 Nobel laureates among its past faculty and alumni.
Its 500-acre campus accommodates around 5,000 undergraduates and 2,500
postgraduates overseen by more than 1,100 academics.
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Cambridge alumni loom large in the making of the modern world: Newton
on laws and motion; Rutherford splitting the atom; Darwin on evolution;
Turing's prototypical computer; Crick and Watson with DNA. Founded in
1209 by Oxford scholars who quit after a dispute with the local
citizenry, Cambridge now employs more than 8,500 staff and has over
18,300 students.
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Vitamin E was identified here, a lost Scarlatti opera found, the flu
virus identified and America's first no-fault divorce law drafted. A
gold-rush by-product, the university by San Francisco Bay was chartered
in 1868. To date, more than 20 faculty members have become Nobel
laureates. Today's student body consists of about 36,000 members, more
than 10,000 of them postgraduates.
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Chicago has more postgraduates than undergraduates, underlining its
focus on advanced academic exploration. The Chicago School of economics,
embracing Milton Friedman's pro-market philosophy, developed here, as
did the first self-sustained manmade nuclear reaction. Founded in 1890
with a grant by John D. Rockefeller, Chicago now operates 125 research
institutes and centres.
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With an emphasis on research, Imperial has four faculties - medicine,
natural science, engineering and business. Founded in 1907 as a
constituent college of the University of London, it became independent
in 2007. Its main campus in London's museum quarter and seven others
house more than 1,200 scholars and around 13,000 students.
At the heart of American academic life since its charter in 1746, Princeton is one of the smallest of the private Ivy Leaguers, but can boast more than 30 Nobel laureates among its past faculty and alumni. Its 500-acre campus accommodates around 5,000 undergraduates and 2,500 postgraduates overseen by more than 1,100 academics.
