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Opportunity to see the world“Studying abroad is a great way to really come to grips with another country and its culture, it provides you opportunity to see the world, make new friends, and find new interests you never knew existed.”
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Expat professionals“Being an international student is a good first taste of expat life. Expat students are more likely to become expat professionals, and a degree from a foreign institution may accelerate your expat career.”
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#10 California Institute of Technology, USA
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“If science, engineering, space-faring robots, and sunny weather are your thing, Caltech might just be your academic heaven. It’s a home of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, the leading center in the USA for robotic exploration of the solar system.“
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#9 Columbia University, USA“With impressive alumni including US Presidents Barack Obama and Theodore Roosevelt, more than 80 Nobel Prize Laureates, and a smattering of actors, Columbia University can certainly claim a star-studded history.“
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#8 Yale University, USA“Yale University occupies 260 acres of New Haven, Connecticut. Consisting of 14 schools, students follow a liberal arts curriculum including arts and humanities, sciences and social sciences before choosing their departmental major. ”
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#7 Princeton University, USA
“Focusing on the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering, Princeton University is also known for its beautiful, park-like campus. The university hosts an active cultural scene, located on campus.”
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#6 University of California, Berkeley, USA
“Academics at Berkeley have contributed hugely to our understanding of the world, with discoveries ranging from the extinction by asteroid of the dinosaurs to the invention of the wetsuit and the formulation of the first flu vaccine.”
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#5 University of Oxford, UK
“With teaching going all the way back to 1096, the University of Oxford boasts the longest history of any university in the English-speaking world, and an almost equally long tradition of taking in international students.”
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#4 University of Cambridge, UK
“The University of Cambridge is Oxford's arch-rival in the UK. While it cannot claim to be the oldest university in the English-speaking world, with a founding date of 1209 it is certainly antique and hosts lot of traditions.”
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“Stanford University is known for its entrepreneurial spirit, forming the heart of the innovative, self-sufficient community that would become Silicon Valley. Google's co-founders met at Stanford, and alumni include the founders of Hewlett-Packard, Nike…”
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#9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
“The first chemical synthesis of penicillin, the development of radar, and the invention of magnetic core memory, which enabled the development of digital computers, all took place at MIT.
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“Harvard is the oldest university in the USA, and the most prestigious in the world. It is also the richest, with an endowment of USD$38 billion. Getting in isn't easy, however. For the class of 2019, only six percent of applicants were accepted.“
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#1 Harvard University