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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SUNY Broome Community College is a public community college in Broome County, New York. It is part of the State University of New York . The college was founded in 1946 and has gone through several name changes. The school is located in the Town of Dickinson, just north of the City of Binghamton, New York. The college had a 2010 enrollment of over 6,000 students and has alumni of over 41,000.
Institute of Management and Computer Studies is an Indian business school, in Thane, Maharashtra. Parentage IMCOST is a part of the ASM family. Audyogik Shikshan Mandal is an autonomous, non - profit making education body. The trust was set up in 1983.
James Sprunt Community College is a public community college in Kenansville, North Carolina. Founded in 1960 as James Sprunt Technical Institute, the college is named for James Menzies Sprunt , a Scottish immigrant who became a teacher, Presbyterian minister, and the longtime pastor of Grove Presbyterian Church in Kenansville. James Sprunt Institute, active from 1897 to 1923, was also named for him. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System.
St Joseph's College of Law is a Jesuit law school in Bangalore, in Karnataka, in south-western India. It was founded in 2017. It is part of St. Joseph's Institutions. It is affiliated to Karnataka State Law University, Hubballi, and approved by the Bar Council of India in New Delhi.
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University formerly Anambra State University is a Nigerian tertiary institution located in Uli, a town in Anambra State. It has its permanent site in Igbariam in Anambra East local government area under the Anambra North Senatorial District. The campuses in Uli and Igbariam have libraries that provide e-resources and reference services to the students, staff and the members of the academic community.
University of Computer Studies , located in Maubin Township, about west of Yangon, is one of three computer universities in Ayeyarwady Region, which provides education in the area of ICT. The university offers both computer science and computer technology to its undergraduate students. The university's campus has an area of and is situated between Ward 1 and 2, on Sein Mya Kan Thar Street, Maubin, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar.
Gwebi College of Agriculture is an agricultural college located near Harare, Zimbabwe. History Formal agricultural education in Southern Rhodesia began in 1930, when an agricultural college opened at Matopos. However, it closed after a few years. Gwebi Farm was established by the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland's Ministry of Agriculture in the early 20th-century as an experimental station. In the decades that followed, the farm lapsed in and out of active use. After World War II, Gwebi Farm hosted agricultural courses for ex-servicemen, where they were instructed in skills such as ploughing, herding, and milking.
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Vignan Schools
Vignan Schools, located in several places in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India, consists of 20 campuses. Established in 1982, Vignan started as Vignan Tutorials and in 1983 started its first high school.
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Colegio de Montalban
Colegio de Montalban is a government-funded university in Kasiglahan Village, Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines. It was established on September 25, 2003 by virtue of Municipal Ordinance No. 03-24, and approved by the Sangguniang Bayan ng Rodriguez to provide vocational-technical and higher education to help alleviate poverty.
Sivas University of Science and Technology is a public university in Sivas, Turkey. It was founded on 18 May 2018 as the second public university in Sivas Province. Sivas University of Science and Technology is providing education in technical sciences with the aim of educating students who will contribute to science and technology with a focus on research activities.
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Skerry's College
Skerry's College was a series of colleges which primarily prepared candidates for Civil Service examinations across the UK and Ireland. History 1878-1885 Skerry’s College was inaugurated as a small training centre in Edinburgh in 1878 by George Skerry, a civil servant in Edinburgh who saw the need to prepare candidates for the new Civil Service examinations, resulting from the findings of the Royal Commission 1875, whereby entry to the Civil Service, Post Office or Custom and Excise, was to be by competitive examinations. It was the first college in the country to provide Civil Service training for young men seeking to enter H.
The Government College University Faisalabad is a public university located in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. History The institute was established as a primary school in 1897 in the present building of Government College for Women, Karkhana Bazar, Faisalabad. It was promoted to high school and intermediate college in 1905 and 1924 respectively. In 1933, it was elevated to the degree level and postgraduate disciplines were introduced in 1963. The government of Punjab declared it as an autonomous institution in 1990. It was further given the status of a university in 2002.
Cox's Bazar Polytechnic Institute is a technical institutions in Bangladesh. This polytechnic institute was established in 2004. This organization currently has 4 departments running in the four-year Diploma-in-Engineering course.
CAPSTONE is a joint service professional military education courses for newly promoted brigadier generals and rear admirals serving in the United States military. The National Defense University conducts the CAPSTONE course at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, DC. The course objective is to ensure senior military leaders understand how military forces and other elements of national power are integrated and used to support national military strategies, and how joint, interagency, and multinational operations support strategic national objectives.
Mercy College of Health Sciences is a private Roman Catholic college focused on healthcare and located in Des Moines, Iowa. Established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1899, Mercy College bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, and certificate programs in the health sciences.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology is an agricultural university at Meerut in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 2002. External links Official website
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Grenada College
Grenada College was a college for women, founded by Baptists, in Grenada, Mississippi in 1850. It opened as Yalobusha Female Institute in 1851 and was also known as the Emma Mercer Institute and the Grenada Female College.
The Middle East Theatre Academy is a programme aimed to introduce young actors to the art of theatre and stage performance in the Middle East. The academy was launched by Emirati businessperson Badr Jafar and Hollywood screen actor, director and producer Kevin Spacey. The program was launched in February 2011.
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Basel School of Business
The Basel School of Business is a private business school in Basel, Switzerland. Founded in 2012, it offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Business Administration. BSB is known for its focus on Practical Experiential Learning™ , an approach that combines theoretical education with hands-on experience to bridge academia and industry.
The Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation, and Rhetoric is an interdisciplinary research group within the University of Windsor, Canada, which supports research in the fields of argumentation, informal logic, and rhetoric. Notable members include the widely published argumentation theorist Douglas N. Walton, and early founders of the informal logic field Ralph Johnson and J. Anthony Blair.
Hagoromo Gakuen Junior College was a junior college in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, and is part of the Hagoromo Gakuen network. The institute was founded in 1923, and developed as a Junior College in 1964; in 2006, the Junior College was closed.
South Thames Colleges Group is a large further education institution operating four colleges in south-west London: South Thames College, Kingston College, Merton College, and Carshalton College. The four main campuses are in Wandsworth, Kingston upon Thames, Morden and Carshalton.
The Government Degree College, Ganderbal is a Government education College in Ganderbal district located at the right bank of Nallah Sindh in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir of India. The college is affiliated to the University of Kashmir.
L. J. Institute of Management Studies is a private management institute located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Institute is approved by All India Council for Technical Education and is the part of L.J. Group of Institutes managed by Lok Jagruti Kendra Trust. Institute is affiliated to Gujarat Technological University.
The College of Agricultural Engineering and Post Harvest Technology , located in Ranipool, Gangtok , is one of the seven constituent colleges of the only Central Agricultural University in India, funded by the Government of India through the Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture Research and Education . This college is considered among the top three colleges under the UGC-ICAR system. It imparts education, research and extension in the field of agricultural engineering. It aims to provide qualified technical human resource in agricultural and food process engineering to the publi...
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Markaz Law College
Markaz Law College, is a centre of higher legal education in Kozhikode, India. The law college is the first project launched under the Knowledge City of Markazu Saquafathi Sunniyya, the college is affiliated to the University of Calicut and is recognised by the Bar Council of India. It offers integrated five-year course BBA with Bachelor of Laws and three-year course LLB.
The Kissinger Institute on China and the United States is a non-profit research organization dedicated to promoting greater understanding of issues in the relationship between the People's Republic of China and the United States and its impact on both countries and the world. It was inaugurated in 2008 and is part of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Its current director is Robert Daly.
North Sichuan Medical College , is a provincial medical school with campuses in Shunqing District and Gaoping District, Nanchong city, Sichuan Province, China. North Sichuan Medical University is a government-run college of medicine in Sichuan Province and is in the second largest higher education center of Sichuan Province — Nanchong, a famous city, the origin of the Three Kingdoms Culture. Its two campuses occupy an area of over 823,693 square meters.
Ansbach University is a university of applied sciences, involved in education and research. It is located in Ansbach in the southern German state of Bavaria. It is located 2km from the Ansbach Residence. Since 2008 it has been a partner university of elite sport and has many German national, Olympic, and world champions among its alumni.
Sree Ramkrishna Silpa Vidyapith , established in 1953, is a government polytechnic located in Suri, Birbhum district, West Bengal. This polytechnic is affiliated to the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education, and recognised by AICTE, New Delhi. This polytechnic offers diploma courses in Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Pharmacy.
Raja Mansingh Tomar Music & Arts University is a state university located at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was established in 2008 by the Government of Madhya Pradesh and is named after Maharaja Mansingh Tomar. The university offers courses in music, dance, fine arts and drama & theater. It has 170 affiliated colleges.
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Salem University, Lokoja
Salem University, Lokoja is a privately owned university located in Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria. The institution was founded by Archbishop Sam Amaga, the president of Salem International Christian Center in 2007 the University has vision of producing graduate with sound knowledge and spiritual body of leadership to contribute to global impact.
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Nazi Boni University
The Nazi Boni University is a university in Bobo-Dioulasso, Houet Province, Burkina Faso. It is one of three public universities in Burkina Faso . History The university opened in 1995, under the name of Polytechnic University of Bobo-Dioulasso.
Jawaharlal Institute of Technology is an educational institute located in Borawan, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh, India. The college have been approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, and is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya.
The Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans was the name of two teaching hospitals in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Both hospitals were part of the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans commonly referred to as the LSU Medical School in New Orleans.
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Arya Vidyapeeth College
Arya Vidyapeeth College is a liberal Science, Arts and Commerce college, located at kamrup Metropolitan district.It is one of the oldest and reputated educational institution in Assam. It was established on 29 July 1958. The college is affiliated to Gauhati University.
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College and abbreviated as the GNDEC is a centre of technical education, in Bidar, Karnataka. It was established in the academic year 1980-81 by the Prabandhak Committee Gurudwara, Sri Nanak Jhira Saheb, Bidar. The college is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education .
About Noorul Islam College Noorul Islam College of Arts and Science is an offspring of Noorul Islam Trust. A. P. Majeed Khan, a philanthropist is the founder chairman of the trust. The trust has to its credit a few technical and educational institutions, namely, The Noorul Islam College of Engineering at Kumaracoil, the Noorul Islam Polytechnic College at Punkarai, the Noorul Islam Community College at Kumaracoil, the Noorul Islam Multispeciality Hospital at Neyyatrinkara, the Noorul Islam Dental College at Neyyatrinkara, and the Noorul Islam University at Kumaracoil.
Bagadhar Brahma Kishan College is located at Jalahghat in the newly formed district of Baksa under BTAD, Assam. It was founded following a public initiative in 1978 to provide higher education to the underprivileged boys and girls of the Jalah block, which is situated in the north-eastern corner of the Baksa district near the Bhutan border, and populated mostly by scheduled tribes and other native communities . It was originally called Kishan College. In 1982, it was renamed to Bagadhar Brahma Kishan College after its benefactor who is an uneducated tribal social worker. Jalah is a low litera...
The Morris County Vocational School District is a countywide public school district that provides vocational and technical education to public high school students in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The district is headquartered in Denville Township.
Dunfermline College of Physical Education, was a college for training teachers of physical education and hygiene in Scotland. The college was established in Dunfermline in 1905, moved to Aberdeen in 1950, and merged with Moray House College of Education, University of Edinburgh, in 1987.
The Faculty of Education at the Queen's University at Kingston in Canada was founded in 1907. Over 23,000 teachers and education professionals have graduated from the Faculty since 1907. The Faculty is located at Duncan McArthur Hall, an integrated educational complex that provides teaching and learning facilities, support services, and administrative offices under one roof on West Campus.
Government Thirumagal Mill's College, is a general degree college located in Gudiyattam, Vellore district, Tamil Nadu. It was established in the year 1964. The college is affiliated with Thiruvalluvar University. This college offers different courses in arts, commerce and science. K. A. Shanmuga Mudaliar donated 47 acres of his own land and Rupees 5 lakhs to build this college.
The National College of Home Economics is a constituent college of the University of Dhaka, directed by the governing body of Dhaka University. The Faculty of Biological Science of the University of Dhaka directly monitors all academic activities of the college. It was founded in 1998. It is an all girls' college.
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the establishment of high standards of practice in obstetrics and gynaecology and women’s health. The College has a strong focus on women's health advocacy and trains and accredits doctors throughout Australia and New Zealand in the specialties of obstetrics and gynaecology. Its head office is in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1998, with the amalgamation of the Australian and New Zealand organisations. As of 2018, the College had 2,211 Fellows in Australia an...
The Citadel School of Engineering is one of the five schools comprising The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. The school offers bachelor's and master's degrees as well as graduate certificates in several Engineering specialties. Having been established in 2002, The Citadel later reorganized its existing departments into five schools. Engineering has been a part of The Citadel's educational program since the founding of the school in 1842, and so ranks as the 5th oldest engineering program in the nation. The civil and mechanical engineering programs are housed in Letellier Hall while el...
Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya , formerly Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay and Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, is a first rural state university located at Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was established in 1991.
Graduate Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies is a private university in Niigata, Niigata, Japan, with branch campuses in Tokyo and in Nagaoka, Niigata. It was established in 2006. External links Official website
