MIT, Harvard, Oxford and NUS Top Global University Survey Spanning Ten Institutions
A groundbreaking study conducted by ten prestigious universities, including MIT, Harvard, and Stanford, reveals that consistent performance is more vital than fluctuating rankings, particularly amid evolving evaluation criteria. MIT launched its OpenCourseWare initiative in 2002 and is recognized for its innovative approaches. Harvard, which boasts the largest endowment, dates back to 1636, while Stanford, established in 1885, maintains close relationships with the tech industry. Meanwhile, Oxford, with a history stretching back to 1096, and Cambridge, founded in 1209, have achieved significant educational milestones. Other notable institutions include ETH Zurich, Imperial College London, NUS, the University of Tokyo, and Peking University.
Key facts
- MIT was chartered in 1861 and launched OpenCourseWare in 2002
- Harvard, founded in 1636, holds the largest university endowment in the world
- Stanford opened an industrial park on university land in 1951 and its Office of Technology Licensing in 1970
- Oxford has taught since at least 1096 and comprises 39 colleges
- Cambridge was founded in 1209 and has 31 colleges; the Cavendish Laboratory identified the electron in 1897
- ETH Zurich was founded in 1855 and Albert Einstein enrolled there in 1896
- Imperial College London became an independent university in 2007
- NUS took its current form in 1980 and launched NUS Overseas Colleges in 2001
- The University of Tokyo was founded in 1877 and Peking University in 1898
- China's Double First Class Initiative was announced in 2017
Entities
Artists
- Albert Einstein
- Frederick Terman
- Robert Noyce
- Larry Page
- Sergey Brin
- J.J. Thomson
- Ernest Rutherford
- John Cockcroft
- Ernest Walton
- James Watson
- Francis Crick
- Rosalind Franklin
- Isaac Newton
- Stephen Hawking
- Alexander Fleming
- Cecil Rhodes
- Masatoshi Koshiba
- Takaaki Kajita
- Li Dazhao
- Chen Duxiu
- Prince Albert
Institutions
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Harvard University
- Stanford University
- University of Oxford
- University of Cambridge
- ETH Zurich
- Imperial College London
- National University of Singapore
- University of Tokyo
- Peking University
- MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
- MIT Media Lab
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- Harvard Law School
- Harvard Medical School
- Harvard Business School
- Harvard Kennedy School
- Harvard Library
- Stanford Office of Technology Licensing
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Cisco Systems
- Yahoo
- Netflix
- Snap
- Hewlett-Packard
- Dropbox
- Qualcomm
- Intel
- Varian Associates
- Bodleian Libraries
- Jenner Institute
- AstraZeneca
- Cavendish Laboratory
- Trinity College
- King's College London
- ARM Holdings
- Acorn Computers
- Apple
- VLSI Technology
- EPFL
- ETH Domain
- Royal College of Science
- Royal School of Mines
- Central Technical College
- University of London
- St. Mary's Hospital Medical School
- National Heart and Lung Institute
- Imperial College Business School
- Natural History Museum
- Science Museum
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
- Duke-NUS Medical School
- Duke University
- Nanyang University
- University of Singapore
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
- Earthquake Research Institute
- Tsinghua University
- Yenching University
- Guanghua School of Management
- Yenching Academy
- QS World University Rankings
- Times Higher Education
- University of California, San Francisco
- Quartz
Locations
- Cambridge
- Massachusetts
- United States
- Palo Alto
- California
- Silicon Valley
- Oxford
- England
- United Kingdom
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- London
- South Kensington
- Singapore
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Beijing
- China
- Haidian district
- Lausanne
- Basel
- New York
- Shanghai
- Shenzhen
- Stockholm
- Munich
- Toronto
- Malaysia
- India
- Indonesia
- Vietnam
- North Carolina
- Berlin
- Germany
- Padtington
- Komaba
- Hongo
Sources
- Quartz —