Презентация на тему Universities

Berkeley
University of Cambridge
California Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Columbia University
University of

Chicago
University of Oxford

research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established 1636. Its history,

influence and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

and one of the world's most prestigious institutions, with

the highest undergraduate selectivity and the number 1 ranking in numerous surveys and measures of U.S. universities.

Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1861 in response to the

increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering.

in Berkeley, California. It is the most selective –

and highest ranked in U.S. News and ARWU – public university in the United States for undergraduate education, and is considered one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Aside from its academic prestige, UC Berkeley is also well known for producing a high number of entrepreneurs.

Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, Cambridge is the second-oldest

university in the English-speaking world and the world's third-oldest surviving university.

in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic

divisions with strong emphasis on science and engineering. Its 124-acre (50 ha) primary campus is located approximately 11 mi (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746

in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton was the fourth chartered institution of higher education in the American colonies and thus one of the nine Colonial Colleges established before the American Revolution.

located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan

in New York City. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the State of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.

Illinois.
Founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a

donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, the University of Chicago was incorporated in 1890; William Rainey Harper became the university's first president in 1891, and the first classes were held in 1892.

Oxford, England. While having no known date of foundation,

there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world, and the world's second-oldest surviving university.