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1. Harvard University, URL : www.harvard.edu/
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Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Founded 16 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, the University has grown from nine students with a single master to an enrollment of more than 18,000 degree candidates, including undergraduates and students in 10 principal academic units. Seven presidents of the United States – John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George W. Bush – were graduates of Harvard. Its faculty have produced more than 40 Nobel laureates.

2. Stanford University, URL : www.stanford.edu/
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Stanford University is one of the world’s leading research and teaching institutions. It is located in Palo Alto, California. It offer undergraduate and graduate programs such as Earth Sciences, Engineering and Humanities, Sciences, Education, Law and Medicine. The Stanford School of Medicine is a premier research-intensive institution that improves health through collaborative discoveries and innovation in patient care, education and research.

3. University of California, Berkeley, URL : http://berkeley.edu
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The College of California, founded by former Congregational minister Henry Durant from New England, was incorporated in 1855 in Oakland. Its curriculum was modeled after that of Yale and Harvard, with the addition of modern languages to the core courses in Latin, Greek, history, English, mathematics, and natural history. With an eye to future expansion, the board of trustees augmented the college’s Oakland holdings with the purchase of 160 acres of land four miles north, on a site they named Berkeley in 1866. With nearly 300 degree programs, Berkeley is known around the world for its academic excellence.

4. Massachusetts Inst Tech, URL : www.mit.edu/
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Massachusetts Inst Tech(MIT) is devoted to the advancement of knowledge and education of students in areas that contribute to or prosper in an environment of science and technology. The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

5. California Inst Tech, URL : www.caltech.edu/
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The mission of the California Institute of Technology is to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education. They investigate the most challenging, fundamental problems in science and technology in a singularly collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere, while educating outstanding students to become creative members of society.

6. Columbia University, URL : www.columbia.edu/
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Columbia University was founded in 1754 as King’s College by royal charter of King George II of England. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York and the fifth oldest in the United States. Columbia University is one of the world’s most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

7. University of Florida, URL : www.ufl.edu/
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University of Florida is a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university. The state’s oldest, largest and most comprehensive university, Florida is among the nation’s most academically diverse public universities. Florida has a long history of established programs in international education, research and service. Florida has a 2,000-acre campus and more than 900 buildings. Florida has 16 colleges and more than 100 research, service and education centers, bureaus and institutes. Most classes are limited to no more than 25 students. It offers many courses. Professional degree programs include dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy and veterinary medicine.

8. University of Texas, URL : www.utexas.edu/
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The University of Texas at Austin. Founded in 1883. It is one of the largest and most respected universities in the nation.The University of Texas at Austin is dedicated to improving the quality of life for the people of Texas, the nation and the world. In education and research, its depth and diversity are unmatched by most public universities. As an enduring symbol of the spirit of Texas, the university promotes economic activity and social progress and is a leading center of knowledge and creativity. he Times of London ranked UT second among U.S. public universities in its ranking of the world’s top 200 universities.

9. Cornell University, URL : www.cornell.edu/
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Cornell is founded in 1865. It is home to the nation’s first colleges devoted to hotel administration, industrial and labor relations, and veterinary medicine. Both a private university and the land-grant institution of New York State, Cornell University is the most educationally diverse member of the Ivy League. Cornell University represents a distinctive mix of eminent scholarship and democratic ideals.

10. Johns Hopkins University, URL : www.jhu.edu/
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Johns Hopkins University is a private university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The mission of this University is to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for life-long learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world. Johns Hopkins University has its eye to the world. For more than 125 years, they have encouraged faculty and students to think imaginatively and act globally.