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 Divine Word College of Bangued is a private, Catholic higher education institution run by the Philippine Northern Province of the Society of the Divine Word in Bangued, Abra, Philippines. It was founded by a Divine Word Missionary priest in 1920 and given the name Colegio del Sagrado Corazon. In 1964 it was renamed the Divine Word College of Bangued. The college is the most famous in the province.
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women , is an all women's university located in New Delhi, India on the heritage campus at Kashmere Gate, Delhi. It was founded as the Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology in 1998. In May 2013 it gained autonomy and became the first women's technical university in India established by Govt. of Delhi. The university offers BBA and BTech, MTech, and PhD programs in four branches of engineering i.e. in the field of Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical and Automation Engineering and Information Technology.
The Esa Unggul University is a private university and located in 4 different areas in Jakarta, Tangerang dan Bekasi. Esa Unggul University was established on 1993. History Esa Unggul University was founded in 1993 under the auspices of the “Kemala Bangsa Education Foundation”, a leading private university and one of the best private universities in Indonesia that has a vision which is to become one of World-class universities based on intellectuality, creativity, and entrepreneurship which excels in quality management and execution of University’s value of education, research, and community service.
American National University, formerly National Business College, is a private for-profit university with multiple campuses in the United States, including Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky. History The university was founded in 1886 as a business school in Roanoke, Virginia. It later expanded to a national business school and developed multiple campuses.
San Joaquin Delta College is a public community college in Stockton, California. It was founded in 1935 as Stockton Junior College. The college serves a district area that includes all of San Joaquin County and parts of Alameda, Calaveras, Sacramento, and Solano counties.
Amrita Lal Dey College is a college in the city of Barishal, Bangladesh. It was established by Amrita Lal Dey and opened on 22 April 1992. The college has approximately 2,500 students.
The Royal and Pontifical Higher University of San Francisco Xavier of Chuquisaca is a public university in Sucre, Bolivia. It is one of the oldest universities in the New World. In many historical texts, it is also referred to as the University of Charcas.
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Honam University
Honam University is a private university located in Gwangsan-gu, South Korea. External links
West Bengal Survey Institute, or WBSI, is a public technical education college located in Bandel, West Bengal. It is affiliated with West Bengal State Council of Technical Education and approved by All India Council For Technical Education . It provides Diploma level technical education to its students in Surveying, Civil Engineering and GIS-GPS Engineering. WBSI was established in 1947 with the intention of providing professional, technical and engineering education.
Purdue University Northwest is a public university with two campuses in Northwest Indiana, one in Hammond, and another in Westville. It is part of the Purdue University system and offers more than 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to approximately 6,200 students with more than 64,000 alumni.
Delta University for Science and Technology, was founded in 2007 by the higher education system of Egypt, is an Egyptian private university, located in Mansoura. Delta University for Science and Technology in Mansoura is one of the entities of Delta Group, established by presidential decree No. 147 for the year 2007 as the first private university in the Egyptian Delta and Lower Egypt. It is a University that operates according to the highest national and international accreditation standards and includes many faculties.
Glendale Community College is a public community college in Glendale, California. History The college was founded as Glendale Junior College in 1927, to serve the Glendale Union High School District which at the time included La Crescenta, Glendale, and Tujunga. From 1927 to 1929 classes were held in the buildings of Glendale Union High School at Broadway and Verdugo in the City of Glendale. In 1929 the junior college moved to the Harvard School plant of the Glendale Union High School District where it remained until 1937. In this year a new plant, part of the present one, was completed and occupied.
The University of Distance Education, Yangon , located in Yangon, is one of two universities under the University of Distance Education system in Myanmar. With over 500,000 students mostly studying liberal arts and economics, the UDE system is the largest university in Myanmar. The Yangon university serves distance education students in Lower Myanmar whereas the University of Distance Education, Mandalay serves Upper Myanmar.
Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University is a public technical university in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, founded in 1917. The university was renamed in honour of a famous alumnus, engineer Rostislav Alexeyev, in 1992.
College of the Muscogee Nation is a public tribal community college in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the capital of the Muscogee Nation. History It was established in 2004 by an act of the Muscogee Nation National Council. On 7 November 2009, Muscogee citizens voted in support of the College of the Muscogee Nation becoming a constitutional college. Passage of the referendum resulted in the College Board of Regents becoming Article XIII in the Constitution of the Muscogee Nation.
Seminary in Lviv - Roman Catholic seminary founded in Lviv in 1703. The university was founded in 1703 as a seminary Cathedral in Lviv. After the partition of Polish, Austrian authorities in 1783 in Lviv formed the so-called General Seminar for all the dioceses of Galicia. The place of the seminar were the buildings of former monastery Carmelite Calced in Lviv
The Instituto Superior de Tecnologia em Ciências da Computação do Rio de Janeiro is a technological university maintained by the FAETEC. IST-Rio is one of the newest and innovative universities of technology of Brazil, using new teaching methodology determined "Escola Mandala" associated with the use of material from the latest technologies. As a result, the IST-Rio won the eighth best rating of Brazil in ENADE in 2008, when we evaluated courses in computing, being still second in the state of Rio de Janeiro, only behind the IME.
The Grodno State Agrarian University is one of four agricultural universities in Belarus, established in 1951 in Grodno. It employs over 760 staff including over 320 academic educators. The GSAU offers some 13 different fields of study, 7 faculties in Agricultural Sciences, Economic Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Food Production.
Arunachal University of Studies is a private university located at Namsai.The Arunachal University of Studies has been established by Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh through an Act of State Legislature as the State University under the sponsorship and management of World Education Mission . The university is duly recognized by UGC u/s 2 and is empowered to award degrees specified u/s 22 of UGC Act 1956. AUS is the member of Association of Indian Universities , New Delhi.
Oleksandr Dovzhenko Hlukhiv National Pedagogical University is a university in Hlukhiv, Ukraine. The university was founded in 1874 as a teachers institute. It was awarded the status of pedagogical university in 2001. Hlukhiv University is an integral part of the educational system of Ukraine. It is the educational establishment of the European type with powerful and effective education system, known and famous. Based on the best pedagogical traditions it follows the time demands giving profound education and training to the young generation. In more than 100 years of history of the university different social, political and economic changes in the society were reflected.
Owens Community College is a public community college with campuses in Toledo and Findlay, Ohio. Owens was founded in 1965 in Toledo and chartered in 1967. The Findlay campus opened in 1983. Owens Community College is named after Michael J. Owens, the Toledo-based inventor of automated glass bottle-making technology.
Barclay College is a private Quaker college in Haviland, Kansas. It is known for ministry degrees but offers degrees in other professional fields. Since the fall of 2007, the college has offered full-tuition scholarships to students who enroll full-time and pay to live in the residence halls.
The College of Medicine University of Baghdad, formerly known as the Iraqi Royal Medical College, was established in 1927. In 1927, Harry Sinderson helped to establish a new medical school in Baghdad, which became the Royal Medical College when King Faisal I opened its new building in April 1930. From 1923, Sinderson was personal physician to Iraq's Kings. Sinderson served as Dean of the Medical College from 1927 until 1934, and again from 1941 until 1946.
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LIU Global
LIU Global is one of the Long Island University's schools that offers a four-year Global Studies degree program that sends students abroad to Latin America, Europe, Asia and/or Austral-asia. Academic LIU Global offers only one degree, a B.A. in Global Studies. Students from other LIU campuses and other universities can study abroad for a semester or year in one of LIU Global's centers.
Mukden Medical College was a medical school in Mukden , China, founded in 1892 as the Sheng Jing Medical School . The Mukden Medical College grew out of the Mukden Hospital or Sheng Jing Hospital, founded by Dr. Dugald Christie, a Scottish missionary doctor. His son, Ronald Christie, later became Dean of Medicine at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada. In 1883 and 1884 a 12-bed hospital was opened by Dr. Christie with support from the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland and a few young men were enrolled as apprentices to this hospital. After three years of study, they were given ...
Catholic Kwandong University is a South Korean university located in Gangneung, Gangwon-do. The university was established in 1954. The Kwandong Hockey Centre is on its grounds. Notable people Xiumin Park Gwang-hyun
Spokane Falls Community College is a public community college in Spokane, Washington. It was established in 1967 and is part of the Community Colleges of Spokane. History The land upon which SFCC is located was given to the city after the U.S. Government declared Fort George Wright to be surplus. In 1960, it was proposed that a college be built upon the site. Seven years later, in 1967, SFCC was established on the site as part of Spokane Community College, which had been established across town in the Chief Garry Park neighborhood four years prior. In 1970, the two campuses split into separat...
Scott Christian University is a private Christian university in Machakos, Kenya. History It was established by the Africa Inland Mission in 1962 as Scott Theological College , and named after AIM's founder, Peter Cameron Scott.
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Olivet University
Olivet University is a private Christian university in Anza, California. It is accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education to award certificates, bachelor's, master's, D. Min., and Ph.D. degrees.
Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences , formerly known as Mayo School of Health Sciences , is an accredited, private, nonprofit school of higher education specializing in allied health education. MCSHS operates within the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, which is the educational division of Mayo Clinic. As such, MCSHS is fully integrated with Mayo Clinic hospitals and clinics.
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University of Arusha
University of Arusha is a chartered Tanzanian, private Christian university based in Usa River, Arumeru District, Arusha Region. It is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.
Dalian Minzu University is located in Dalian, Liaoning, People's Republic of China and directly supervised by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. History Dalian Minzu University was founded in 1997. As the only Nationalities University focusing on technology and applied science, it has grown very rapidly ever since. It is now one of the leading universities in Northeast China.
The Uganda Technology and Management University is a private university in Uganda founded in 2012 and licensed by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education . Location The university campus is located at Plot 6, Erisa Road, Kiswa, Bugoloobi, in Nakawa Division, one of the five administrative divisions of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. This is about , by road, east of the central business district of the city. The coordinates of the university campus are: 0°19'19.0"N 32°37'17.0"E ,
The Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas is an institution of higher education located in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. Along with the Tuxtla Gutierrez Institute of Technology, it is considered one of the two most important educational institutions in the state of Chiapas.
Wayne College is a satellite campus of the University of Akron in Orrville, Ohio. It offers the first two years of general bachelor's degree coursework for students who plan to complete their degrees at the Akron campus or other colleges and universities. The college also offers two bachelor's programs including organizational supervision and social work. An MBA is also available at the campus through The University of Akron College of Business Administration.
Sulaiman Al-Rajhi University is a private research university in al-Bukayriyah, Qassim Province, Saudi Arabia, comprising three private institutes that offer courses in medicine, nursing and applied medical sciences. Established in 2009, it is named after the Saudi businessman and billionaire Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz al-Rajhi], who is the eponymous founder and inaugural chairman of the university.
Portland Bible College is a four-year Bible college in Portland, Oregon, United States that offers theological and church ministry degrees. It was founded in 1967 and is associated with Mannahouse Church, which is associated with Ministers Fellowship International. The campus is adjacent to Mannahouse Church on Rocky Butte in northeast Portland.
Jagadguru Ramanadacharya Rajasthan Sanskriti University formerly known as Rajasthan Sanskrit University, is a public state university situated in Madau Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It was established by Government of Rajasthan to promote Sanskrit education.
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Bramson ORT College
Bramson ORT College was a nonprofit private two-year college in New York City. Its main campus was located in Forest Hills, Queens, with a satellite campus in Brooklyn. It was affiliated with ORT America, a volunteer organization that is the umbrella organization of ORT in the United States, and World ORT, the parent nonprofit global Jewish organization that promotes education and training in over 100 countries. Founded in 1979, the institution closed in January 2017.
Southwestern Christian University is a private Pentecostal university in Bethany, Oklahoma. It was founded in 1946 as Southwestern Bible College in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and was the first Pentecostal educational institution in the state. While it was established as a Bible college for the training of Christian church leaders within the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, the denomination planned to quickly expand the school into a junior college.
Strate School of Design is a French private institution for technical education founded in 1993. Its main campus is in Sèvres south-west of Paris. It is dedicated to the teaching of industrial design, 3D modeling and design thinking. The school is recognized by the French state and its design degree is certified by the French Ministry of Higher Education.
La Rochelle Université is a French public university, based in La Rochelle. Founded in 1993, La Rochelle Université belongs to the Academy of Poitiers. In 2021, the university counted nearly 9000 students.
The Norman Manley Law School is a law school in Jamaica. Building and location The Norman Manley Law School is located on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, yet it is a distinct and separate institution. Its building, designed by architect firm Rutkowski, Bradford & Partners, is noted as an example of Caribbean modernist architecture. It is a , two-storey reinforced concrete block masonry building; construction was finished in 1975. It was badly damaged by Hurricane Gilbert in September 1988; a clerestory window broke and let the wind into the building, placing significant u...
Maharaja Agrasen University is a private university located at the HIMUDA Education Hub, near the village Kallujhanda, District Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. It was founded by Nand Kishore Garg in the town of Barotiwala in 2013. The university established under Maharaja Agrasen Act, 2012 .
The Faculty of Electronic Engineering is a faculty of Menoufia University. It was formally designated and established in the city of Menouf as the Higher Institute of Electronics under supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education, in 1964. Menouf city lies to the south west of delta at about 65 km north of Cairo.
Rama Devi Women's University, formerly known as Rama Devi Women's Autonomous College, is a state university for women in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India named after freedom fighter and social reformer Ramadevi Choudhury.
Cyprus Science University was founded in 2013 by the Özok company. It is accredited by YÖK, the Higher Education Council of Turkeyl; and YÖDAK, the Higher Education Planning, Evaluation, Accreditation and coordination Council of Northern Cyprus; but not yet by any international accrediting agency. Lale Ayşegül BÜYÜKGÖNENÇ is the Acting Rector.
The Shizuoka University of Art and Culture is a public university in Hamamatsu, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Its mission is to foster the exchange of ideas between the fields of cultural studies and design by having the two combined at one relatively small institution. It is one of Japan's newest universities, established in December 1999 and enrolling its first class in April 2000. SUAC hosted NIME-04, the 4th International Conference on New interfaces for musical expression in June, 2004. The conference featured public invited lectures by synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog and media artist Tos...
Caritas Junior College is a private Roman Catholic women's junior college in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, established in 1966. It concentrates on French and English foreign language studies. External links
The Institute of Technology, Tralee was an institute of technology, located in Tralee, Ireland. It was established in 1977 as the Regional Technical College, Tralee. In January 2021, itself and the Cork Institute of Technology were dissolved to become the Munster Technological University, Ireland's second technological university.
