Update 2018: Top 3 Universities in the World

 1.Massachusetts Institute of Technology(M.I.T)
                           

    by Proteek,Aug 28:                             

Founded in 1861, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) is the best university in the world according to the QS World University Rankings 2016-2017, a title it has regularly claimed over the last few years. Rated 5+ QS stars, it’s achieved the maximum score across all categories, including research, employability, teaching, facilities, internationalization, innovation, specialist criteria and inclusiveness.

        Research papers:      http://web.mit.edu/research/

MIT is also the best university in the world for a number of subjects including, but not limited to, architecture, linguistics, computer science and information systems, engineering and technology, chemistry, mathematics, economics and econometrics. Based in Cambridge, MIT’s labs and classroom continue to deliver pioneering research into the world’s most pressing issues, such as cancer therapy, identity politics, global engagement, energy, public service and industry.

                                    2.Stanford University

                   

   

Stanford University is a private research universityin Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco.

Fact: Stanford is one of the most successful universities in creating companies and licensing its inventions to existing companies; it is often held up as a model for technology transfer.^[132][133] Stanford's Office of Technology Licensing is responsible for commercializing developments.

The second best university in the world according to our latest rankings, Stanford University ranks among the top five universities in the world across all QS subject areas:

• Art and humanities
• Engineering and technology
• Life sciences and medicine
• Social sciences and management
• Natural sciences

Research papers: https://www.stanford.edu/research/

Based in Silicon Valley in California, tucked away between the green rolling hills of San Jose and the heights of San Francisco, Stanford University’s manicured lawn has been trodden on by some of the world’s brightest researchers, tech entrepreneurs and influencers of our generation, including Elon Musk, Sergei Brin, Peter Thiel, John Kennedy and Larry Page.

                                                                                     3.Harvard University

                                   

Harvard University is America's oldest institution of higher education and the third best university in the world according to the latest QS World University Rankings and ranks first among two QS Subject Areas:

• Life Sciences and Medicine
• Social Sciences and Management

The university also ranks among the top three universities in the world according to the following QS Subject areas: Arts and Humanities, Natural Sciences.

Personalities like founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg or Microsoft founder Bill Gates studied at the university. Moreover, both Barak Obama and Michelle Obama completed their studies at Harvard University, as well as other American presidents.

Research papers:

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                          Harvard is a founding member of the Association of American Universities^[104] and remains a research university with "very high" research activity and a "comprehensive" doctoral program across the arts, sciences, engineering, and medicine.^[14] Research and development expenditures in 2011 totaled $649.7 million, 27th among American universities.

                    4.California Institute of Technology( CalTech)

                                

Based in sunny Pasadena in California, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is the fifth best university in the world according to the QS World University Rankings® 2016-2017. It was rated the maximum 5 QS stars and is top of the class in research, innovation, facilities and specialist criteria.

Caltech is particularly strong in a number of STEM subjects, including chemical engineering, the biological sciences, chemistry, earth and marine sciences, physics and astronomy, and the natural sciences, as indicated by its strong performance in the subject rankings.

Caltech was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1934 and remains a research university with "very high" research activity.Caltech manages research expenditures of $270 million annually,66th among all universities in the U.S. and 17th among private institutions without medical schools for 2008. The largest federal agencies contributing to research are NASA, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, and Department of Energy.

  Research papers: http://www.caltech.edu/content/research

Caltech is a small but powerful research and teaching institution. With a 3:1 student faculty ratio, it has 300 teaching staff, 600 research scholars, and 99% of its students were in the top tenth of their high school graduating class.

                                         5.University of Cambridge

                                                  

The University of Cambridge has research departments and teaching faculties in most academic disciplines. All research and lectures are conducted by university departments. The colleges are in charge of giving or arranging most supervisions, student accommodation, and funding most extracurricular activities.

Research papers: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research

Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge has a very rich history, with its oldest college Peterhouse dating back to the year 1284. Some of its most famous alumni include Sir Isaac Newton, the British physicist who discovered gravity, the actor Ian McKellen, the mathematician Stephen Hawking, the actress Emma Thompson and the newspaper editor Arianna Huffington.

The University of Cambridge has achieved the maximum five QS stars in four categories: research, innovation, teaching and specialist criteria. In addition to being the fourth best university in the world according to our data, the University of Cambridge is fifth in the graduate employment rankings.

The University of Cambridge is also very competitive in a number of specialisms and ranks among the top three universities in the world for English language and literature, geography, history, modern languages, mechanical engineering, the natural sciences and many others.

Source:

 QS World University Rankings® 2018

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