The Most Influential Schools in the World
Find the most influential colleges and universities in the world in nearly 25 academic disciplines
Find brilliant thinkers for your research papers and bibliographies. Using our proprietary AI program, we have ranked everyone in Wikipedia, Wikidata, Schematic Scholar, and CrossRef based on the number of citations, publications, and academically relevant web presence. This is how we find the most influential people in the world.
We then gather all the faculty and alumni associated with a college or university and attribute the people’s influence to their schools. Hence, the most influential schools are those that employ and graduate the most influential faculty and alumni.
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The Tokyo University of Agriculture, abbreviated as Nodai or Tokyo nodai , is a private university of agriculture in Japan. There are three campuses: Setagaya, Atsugi, and Okhotsk . Outline Tokyo University of Agriculture is a private agriculture university. It was the first such institution founded in Japan. As of 2006 it is the only private university in Japan that specializes in agriculture. Although its name is similar to Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and the College of Agriculture at University of Tokyo, the institutions are not related to one another.
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Kenkoku University
Kenkoku Daigaku or simply Kendai was an educational institution in Xinjing , the capital of Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet state in occupied Manchuria during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It operated from May 1938 to August 7, 1945.
Wadi International University , commonly referred to as the German Syrian University, is a private, internationally oriented university, located in Wadi al-Nasara in Syria. The university was founded by German Syrian immigrants living in Germany with strong connections to German higher education institutions. The university was initially named as WGSU, Wadi German Syrian University, but was later changed to WIU, Wadi International University. WIU made strong agreements with multiple German universities such as Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, University of Oldenburg and Brandenburg Uni...
Al-Andalus University for Medical Sciences is a private university based in Qadmus, Syria. Established in 2005. The university specializes in medical sciences, and runs a number of training hospitals around the country.
The Liu Institute for Global Issues is a research organization at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded by Professor Ivan Head in 1998, the institute officially opened in 2000. The institute is named after Jieh Low Liou, an international businessman, political figure and philanthropist, whose contributions through the Liu Foundation led to the research hub's creation. Its current focus is on issues related to development, environment, conflict and emerging forms of politics.
Tianjin Agricultural University is a university in Tianjin, China under the municipal government. Tianjin Agricultural University was founded in 1976. Approved by the Tianjin municipal government in 2002, Tianjin urban and rural economic school was merged into Tianjin Agricultural University. He was awarded a bachelor's degree in 1982 and a master's degree in 2006. In 1996, the first batch passed the evaluation of undergraduate teaching qualification by the Ministry of education. in 2007, it obtained " Excellence" in the evaluation of undergraduate teaching level conducted by the Ministry of Education.
Zewail City of Science, Technology and Innovation is a nonprofit, independent institution of learning, research and innovation. The concept of the City was proposed in 1999 and its cornerstone laid on January 1, 2000. After numerous delays, the project was revived by the Egyptian cabinet's decree on May 11, 2011 following the January 25 Revolution. The Cabinet labeled it a National Project for Scientific Renaissance and named it Zewail City of Science and Technology. Zewail City of Science and Technology with its three constituents – the university, research institutes, and technology park.
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City is one university of medicine and pharmacy in Vietnam. It offers graduate and postgraduate education in medicine, pharmacy. The university has seven faculties and one hospital:Faculty of Fundamental SciencesFaculty of MedicineFaculty of PharmacyFaculty of Traditional MedicineFaculty of Public HealthFaculty of Nursing and Medical TechnologyFaculty of Odonto-StomatologyUniversity Medical Center
The National University of General San Martín is an Argentine public university whose main campus is located in the city of San Martín, Buenos Aires Province. The university was established in 1992, when the executive approved law number 2409 passed by Congress after years of bills presented and demands for creation dating back to 1990. The university launched officially its regular teaching activities in 1994.
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies is a member institute of the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Founded in 1947, it is a national academic centre of excellence, serving the legal community and universities across the United Kingdom and the world through legal scholarship, facilities, and its comparative law library.
The Royal University of Bhutan , founded on June 2, 2003, by a royal decree, is the national university of Bhutan. It is the first and the oldest university in Bhutan. Colleges The university was established to consolidate the management of tertiary education in Bhutan. It is a decentralized university with nine constituent colleges and two affiliated college spread across the kingdom. The principle which influenced the development of a university system was the government's priority for equitable development. The colleges of the university are:College of Natural Resources in Lobesa, PunakhaC...
Universiti Brunei Darussalam is a national research university located in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. It was established in 1985 and has since become the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered.
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Cesar Ritz Colleges
César Ritz Colleges Switzerland is a hospitality school with campuses in Le Bouveret and Brig, Switzerland. The school offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in partnership with Washington State University and the University of Derby , and shares its campuses with sister school Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland.
Emerson College is a private college with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. It also maintains campuses in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and Well, Limburg, Netherlands . Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," the college offers more than three dozen degree and professional training programs specializing in the fields of arts and communication with a foundation in liberal arts studies. The college is one of the founding members of the ProArts Consortium, an association of six neighboring institutions in Boston dedicated to arts education at the collegiate level.
American International College is a private university in Springfield, Massachusetts. History American International College was originally established on July 18, 1885, as the French Protestant College by Calvin E. Amaron who sought to create an institution of higher learning that would provide the local French Protestant minority with access to higher education.
The University of Agriculture is a public research university in Faisalabad, Pakistan. It's the largest university of Pakistan by area with covered area of 2550 acres as compared to Punjab University's 1800 acres which is the 2nd largest
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique is a private institution for technical education dedicated to the teaching of design. Founded in 1988, it has been managed by the Nantes-Saint Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 1991. The school is recognized by the State and is one of the two schools in its field to award a design degree which is certified by the French Ministry of Higher Education. . This degree is also registered in the Registre National des Certifications Professionnelles as a Level I Master's degree.
The Textile Institute of Pakistan is a private institute in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The Institute was established by the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association in 1994 to create textile professionals to support Pakistan's textile industry. Textile Institute of Pakistan is one of the best art and design institutes in the country.
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University of Paris
Today’s immense University of Paris System of colleges and universities traces its roots to the school attached to the great cathedral of Notre Dame (which suffered a terrible fire in April of 2019). Like all cathedral schools, this one was an institution run by and for the Catholic Church to train young men for the priesthood and/or the monastic life. Around 1150, a new corporation was chartered (i.e., licensed) by the secular power (King Louis VII) to establish and run a second school loosely associated with the Notre Dame cathedral school. It is the chartering of this corporation that is considered the founding act of the University of Paris.
Novosibirsk State Medical University is a medical university in Novosibirsk, Russia for training doctors. It was organized in 1935. Until 1999 it was known as the Novosibirsk medical institute. From 1999 to 2005 it is the Novosibirsk state medical academy. In 2005 it was renamed Novosibirsk State Medical University. The university's rector from 2008 is Prof. Marinkin I.O.
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Landmark University
Landmark University is a private Christian university, affiliated with the Living Faith Church Worldwide and located in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria. In 2014, it was featured among the top five universities in Nigeria by Webometrics.
European University of Armenia is a state-owned public university located in Yerevan, Armenia. History The European University of Armenia , was founded in October 2001 on the basis of agreement between the Government of Armenia, the European Academy of Bolzano, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Lyon, the French University of Armenia, and the Technical University of Berlin. The university's educational programs are based on the standards of the European Higher Education Area.
The Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus , Minsk, is a higher educational establishment in the Republic of Belarus. The Academy of Public Administration was established in 1991 and it acquired the status of a presidential institution in 1995.
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University of Zulia
The University of Zulia , is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela. LUZ is one of the largest and most important universities of Venezuela. The University of Zulia has three campuses: two in Zulia State, in the cities of Maracaibo and Cabimas; and one in the city of Punto Fijo, located in Falcón State.
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Longyan University
Longyan University is one of the full-time public undergraduate universities of Fujian Province authorized by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, which is located in Longyan City.
The TERI School of Advanced Studies is a higher education institute in New Delhi, India which specializes in the field of sustainable development. It was established in 1998 by The Energy and Resources Institute. In 1999, the TERI School of Advanced Studies was granted the 'Deemed to be University' status by the Indian University Grants Commission.
Samford University is a private Baptist university in Homewood, Alabama. It was founded in 1841 as Howard College by Baptists. In the fall of 2023, the university enrolled 5,791 students from 49 states, 1 U.S. territory, and 16 other countries.
North Carolina Central University is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from both Northern and Southern philanthropists. It was made part of the state system in 1923, when it first received state funding and was renamed as Durham State Normal School. It added graduate classes in arts and sciences and professional schools in law and library science in the late 1930s and 1940s.
Augustana College is a private Lutheran college in Rock Island, Illinois. The college enrolls approximately 2,349 students. Its campus is adjacent to the Mississippi River and covers of hilly, wooded land.
Grozny State Oil Technical University is the oldest oil university in Russia. It was founded in 1920 as the Higher Petroleum Technical School, with eight divisions, named after M.D. Millionshikov. Since the Soviet Era, it has been known informally as Groznensky neftyanoi . The university has its own recreation center on the Black Sea and a rest house on the Caspian Sea.
Ural State Medical University is a public medical university in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast in the Ural region of Russia. It is the only institution of higher education in the Sverdlovsk Oblast that prepares doctors and pharmacists with higher education.
The Southwest University "Neofit Rilski" is a university in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. It was founded in 1975. The patron of the university in Blagoevgrad is the patriarch of the new Bulgarian education is Neofit Rilski .
Ukrainian medical Lyceum at Bogomolets National Medical University pursuant to its Charter is the state's secondary establishment of general education that provides with acquisition of education over state educational minimum, carries out pre-professional education of youth, prepares it to study at higher medical school and to work at health care establishments as junior medical staff.
The Spiru Haret University is a private university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1991 by the president of Tomorrow's Romania Foundation, Aurelian Gh. Bondrea, as part of the teaching activities of this foundation. The university claims this has been done according to the model used by Harvard University. The university bears the name of a scientist and reformer of the Romanian education, Spiru Haret, who lived before World War I.
Sunan Ampel State Islamic University Surabaya, also abbreviated as UIN Sunan Ampel , is one of the state Islamic universities in Indonesia based in Surabaya which organizes multidisciplinary Islamic education as well as secular education including science and technology. The university has history of cultivating the intellectual background for Islamic movements and organizations, especially for Nahdlatul Ulama. UIN Surabaya is named after Sunan Ampel, one of Wali Sanga, the legendary Sufi figures who greatly contributed to the spread of Islam in Indonesia.
Monash University Malaysia, established in 1998, is a significant branch of Australia's largest university, Monash University. It is the first foreign university campus in Malaysia and the third largest campus of its parent institution. Monash University Malaysia's commitment to academic excellence and research has earned it a prominent position in global rankings.
West Virginia Wesleyan College is a private college in Buckhannon, West Virginia. It has an enrollment of about 900 students from 35 U.S. states and 26 countries. The school was founded in 1890 by the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is currently affiliated with the United Methodist Church. West Virginia Wesleyan College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
China Medical University is a private university in Taichung, Taiwan. The university has enrolled approximately 8,000 students. History Brief Introduction CMU was established as China Medical College on June 6, 1958, and was renamed to China Medical University in 2003. It is the first academic institution in Taiwan where Chinese professors offer medicine and pharmacy programs. The university has two major campuses, Taichung and Beigang;
Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ is a liberal-arts, private university located in Quito, Ecuador. It was the first totally private self-financed university in Ecuador and the first liberal-arts institution in the Andean region.
United International University is a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh approved the establishment of United International University in 2003. The university is owned by United Group.
The Eastern Mediterranean University is a public university in Northern Cyprus. It was established in 1979 under the leadership of Onay Fadıl Demirciler as a higher-education institution of technology for Turkish Cypriots. In 1986, it was converted to a state university. The campus is located within the city of Famagusta.
The University of Mary Washington is a public liberal arts university in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the Fredericksburg Teachers College, the institution was named Mary Washington College in 1938 after Mary Ball Washington, mother of the first president of the United States, George Washington. The General Assembly of Virginia changed the college's name to the University of Mary Washington in 2004 to reflect the addition of graduate and professional programs to the central undergraduate curriculum, as well as the establishment of more than one campus.
The School of International Studies is an academic institution created in 1955 which merged with the Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1970. It was founded by Pandit Hriday Nath Kunzru, Prof. A.Appadorai and Professor M.S. Rajan, under the auspices of the Indian Council of World Affairs. In the 15 years of its existence, it came to be noted as the leading institute of research in the area of International Relations and Area Studies in India. Many of its former faculty and students went on to occupy academic positions in other universities and research institutes across the country.
The Omsk State Medical University is a school of medicine in Omsk, Russia. History It was founded as the Medical Faculty of the Siberian Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Zoology in 1920, and reorganized as the West Siberian State Medical Institute in 1921. It was renamed the Omsk State Medical Institute in 1925, and the Omsk State Medical Academy in 1994.
Northern Kentucky University is a public university in Highland Heights, Kentucky. Of its 15,000 students, over 10,000 are undergraduate students and nearly 5,000 are graduate students. Northern Kentucky University is the third largest university, behind the University of Cincinnati and Miami University, of Greater Cincinnati's four large universities and the youngest of Kentucky's eight. Among the university's programs are the Salmon P. Chase College of Law and the College of Informatics.
Ubon Ratchathani University was established as a campus of Khon Kaen University, Thailand, in 1987. It gained independent university status in 1990. History Ubon Ratchathani University was founded in 1987 as a regional campus of Khon Kaen University. It was established as a university by the Royal Charter in 1990.
University College Capital is one of eight new regional organizations of different study sites in Denmark offering bachelor courses of all kinds in Copenhagen and North Zealand. Profession School UCC was formed by the merger of Greater Copenhagen CVU and CVU Copenhagen & North Zealand.
Kumoh National Institute of Technology is a national research and business development university in the Republic of Korea . It is located in the South Korean industrial center of Gumi, Gyeongbuk province. The university is made up of 4 colleges . 18 out of the 21 undergraduate departments and 15 out of the 19 graduate departments are in the college of engineering. The university offers undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degrees.
