| University |
Country |
History |
Reason |
university of Oxford
http://www.ox.ac.uk |
the U.K. |
Founded in 1167 |
Although this university
ranks 11th with 16 Nobel Prize Winners, it is the oldest
in English-speaking countries (in the early
13th century, some of the staff founded Cambridge
University and 70 members of the founding
committee of Harvard University graduated
from Cambridge) with the history of 800 years,
it gave birth to many famous statesmen in
Britain and Europe. It has the biggest press
and one of the most active centers for research
on contemporary China. |
Cambridge University
http://ww.cam.ac.uk |
the U.K. |
Founded in 1209 |
It ranks No.1 in terms of Nobel Prize, with
56 winners."Among the world top ten
universities in the eyes of Asian scholars",
Cambridge and Oxford rank No. 2 in parallel,
it was the birthplace of Newton, Spencer,
a great poet, John Harvard, three prime ministers
in the U.K. …Chinese scholar, Zhao Zhongyao,
Hua Luogeng, the ex-premier of India,
and the ex-primer of Singapore, Li Guangyao. |
Harvard University
http://www.harvard.edu |
the United States |
Founded in 1636 |
It ranks No.2 in terms
of Nobel Prize,with 38 winners. It has the
longest history in University of U.S.A.,As
the most famous university in U.S.A., Up
to now, 7 presidents of United States have
been from Harvard University. In Harvard
University,there are some famous specialists
on Chinese issues.It was one of the earliest
universities that admitted Chinese students.
In the 1950's,the Research Center on East
Asia was founded here and the research on
Sinology was among the top in the United
States. Besides, it also gave birth to many
famous academic founers, world-class academic
leaders founders,world-class academic leaders,writers
and thinkers. |
Yale University
http://www.yale.edu |
the United States |
Founded in 1701 |
It ranks No.19 in
terms of Nobel Prize, with 11 winners. It
is the third oldest university in the U.S.
It enjoys the popularity of "the cradle
of statesmen". The presidents from the
41st session to 43rd session all graduated from this university.
Its graduates founded several famous universities,
such as Connell University, John Hopkins
University and University of Chicago. |
Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu |
the United States |
Founded in 1754 |
It ranks No.3 in
terms of Nobel Prize, with 34 winners. A
member of "Bindwood League". It
is well known for"the cradle of political
and economic leaders". It gave birth
to two U.S Supreme Count Judges and two presidents.
De white Eisenhower, the 34th president of the U.S, was the 13th chancellor
of this university. It gave birth to 14 mayors
of New York City and 10 governors of New
York State all graduated from this university.
Other alumni included Edgar Snow, Feng Youlan
and Hu Shi, famous Chinese scholars. And
Jiang Shengjie, a famous nuclear scientist. |
Princeton University
http://www.princeton.edu |
the United States |
Founded in 1746 |
It ranks No.4 in
terms of Nobel Prize, with 31 winners. It
has remained one of the first three universities
based on"American News and World Report".
It is the fourth oldest university with a
prolonged history. Einstein spent his last
20 years here and Yang Zhenning, a Nobel
Prize winner for physics, used to study high-energy
physics here. |
Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin
http://www.hu-berlin.de |
Germany |
Founded in 1810 |
It ranks No.5 in terms
of Nobel Prize, with 26 winners. The fonder
was Wilhem von Humboldt, a famous German
scholar and education reformer. His thoughts
had strong impact on Cai Yuanpei, ex-president
of Beijing University. It has cultivated
a lot of well-known scholars over the past
180 years. It is the model of German universities
as well as the example for other universities
all over the world. Zhou En-lai, ex-premier
of China worked and studied in February 1922. |
Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu |
the United States |
Founded in 1891 |
It ranks No.12 in terms of Nobel Prize, with
15 winners. Zhu liwen, the winner for physics
in 1997, one of the five Chinese American
winners, is a professor here. It ranks four
or five in American universities according
to "American News and World Report"."Silicon
Valley" was born with the "Industrial
Zone" in this university as the foundation. |
the State Tokyo University
http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
Japan |
founded in 1877 |
It ranks No.32 in terms of Nobel Prize, with
5 winners. It is the first state-funded university
in Japan as well as one of the earliest in
Asia. ‘The graduates from the State Tokyo
University control the political and economic
artery of Japan’ |
Peking University
http://www.pku.edu.cn |
China |
Founded in 1898 |
It ranks No.36 in
terms of Nobel Prize, with two winners. (S.W.Asssc
U. or PKU+Tsinghua+Nankai). It is the first
state-owned comprehensive university with
the most professors, most doctorate supervisors,
academicians as well as a number of state
key subjects and state key laboratories."It
is a pivotal university in the world." (said by Dr. Colin Lucas, vice-chancellor
of Oxford University). |
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