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 Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo , is located in Quevedo, Ecuador central city and economic capital of the province of Los Ríos Province. It began on January 22, 1976, as University Extension career with the Forestry and Animal Husbandry Engineering , under the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at The university "Luis Vargas Torres" of Esmeraldas Province. It was created as Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo through Law of the Republic of January 26, 1984, published in Official Gazette No. 674 of February 1, 1984.
The University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , and known as Mohaghegh Ardabili University, is a public university in Ardabil province, Iran. It is named in honor of Allama Mohaghegh Ardabili . The university was established in 1978 as a college of agriculture under the supervision of Tabriz University. It became a separate, independent university in 1996.
Jalpaiguri Government Medical College and Hospital, established in 2022, is a full-fledged tertiary referral Government Medical college. It is located at Jalpaiguri town of West Bengal. The college imparts the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery . The hospital associated with the college is one of the largest hospitals in the Jalpaiguri district. The yearly undergraduate student intake is 100 from the year 2022.
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Aletheia University
Aletheia University is a private university in Tamsui, New Taipei City and Madou, Tainan in Taiwan. It was founded by George Leslie Mackay as Oxford College. It has close links to the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, and is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Taiwan.
The Faculty of Law of Sorocaba is a law school in the state of Sao Paulo and Brazil is in Sorocaba.
The Academy of Christian Humanism University is a Chilean non-profit private university, founded in 1988 but whose origins date back to 1975 when establishing the Academy of Christian Humanism, led by Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez , whose purpose was to bring together a group of intellectuals to discuss the politics, society, economy and culture of Chile.
The University of Tifariti is a university in Tifariti, Western Sahara. History The University of Tifariti is the first Sahrawi university, established in 2013 under Presidential Decree 24/2012 of 23 December 2012. President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Mohamed Abdelaziz also appointed Khatari Ahmudi Abdallahi as its first president.
Central Carolina Community College is a public community college with campuses in Chatham, Harnett and Lee counties. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System. It offered its first classes in 1961.
Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute is a university in Beijing, China. It is a major research institute of information security in China. It consists of five departments. It belongs to the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Notre Dame of Maryland University is a private Catholic university in Baltimore, Maryland. NDMU offers certificate, undergraduate, and graduate programs for women and men. History The Roman Catholic academic/educational religious congregation of the School Sisters of Notre Dame founded the school in 1873. It originally established and named the Notre Dame of Maryland Preparatory School and Collegiate Institute.
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune , is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology, a group of institutes of Higher education in India focused on Information Technology. It is established by the Ministry of Education , formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and few industry partners as Not-for-profit Public Private Partnership Institution. IIIT Pune was declared as an Institute of National Importance in August 2017.
The National Pedagogic University is a national public normal university in Bogotá, Colombia. The university is under the Ministry of National Education of Colombia and began academic works as a female education institution. In 1962, it acquired a national and joint character.
The University of Medicine, Mandalay , located in Mandalay is one of five medical universities in Myanmar. The university offers Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree and postgraduate degrees in medical science.
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Al-Shahba University
Al-Shahba University , is a private university in Syria, established in 2005. It is located in the southern suburbs of the city of Aleppo. It was known as the Gulf University until February 2012 when the name was changed to al-Shahba University.
The Institute of Translation and Arabization is the first Saudi academic institute specialized in translation and Arabization services. It is one of Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University specialized Institutions.
The Scuola Superiore IUSS or the "Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori" of Pavia is a higher learning institute located in Pavia, Italy. The Scuola Superiore IUSS was founded in 1997 by the University of Pavia - one of the most ancient universities in the world - the Borromeo College and the Ghislieri College, and it is supported by the Italian Minister of Education. The IUSS reunites all the university colleges of Pavia, forming the Pavia Study System, including the Collegio Borromeo and the Collegio Ghislieri, founded in the 16th century. There are only three other comparable institut...
Durgapur Government College, India, is the only government college not only in the home district of Paschim Bardhaman, but also in the neighbouring districts of Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum. It was established on 15 September 1970. It is affiliated to Kazi Nazrul University. It is funded and administered by the Government of West Bengal. Direct administrative control lies with the Director of Public Instruction, Higher Education Directorate, Government of West Bengal.
Donetsk State University of Management is a Ukrainian University founded in 1992 as the Donetsk State Academy of Management and was awarded the status of University in 2004 by the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science.
Meiji Gakuin University is a Christian university in Tokyo and Yokohama that was established in 1863. The Reverend Dr. James Curtis Hepburn was one of its founders and served as the first president. The novelist and poet Shimazaki Toson graduated from this college and wrote the lyrics of its college song.
Midwestern University is a private medical and professional school with campuses in Downers Grove, Illinois and Glendale, Arizona. As of the 2020–21 academic year, a total of 2,987 students were enrolled at the Downers Grove campus and 3,902 were enrolled at the Glendale campus.
Alioune Diop University of Bambey is a public higher education institution located in Bambey in the Diourbel region of west-central Senegal. The university is a member of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie.
The Government Degree College, Kelam is a co-education college located in Kelam, Kulgam in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The college was established in 2008 and is affiliated with Kashmir University. The college is recognized by University Grants Commission.
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata is an Indian public pharmaceutical research university, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. As one of the seven National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research it is granted the Institute of National Importance status. It offers 2-year MS programmes and doctoral programmes in pharmaceutical sciences. On 2016 Institute pact with Sanofi India to promote academic excellence and research in the areas of pharmaceuticals and consumer healthcare products, to cater to the current and future needs of the pharmaceut...
Chung Chou University of Science and Technology is a private university located in Yuanlin City, Changhua County, Taiwan. History CCUT was originally established as Chung Chou Vocational Institute of Engineering in 1969. In 1991, the school name was changed to Chung Chou Junior College of Technology and in 2000, the name was changed again to Chung Chou Institute of Technology. It was finally renamed the Chung Chou University of Science and Technology on 1 August 2011. In 2015, the university had been put under observation for quality issues.
Kansai University of International Studies is a private university in Miki, Hyōgo, Japan. The school was first established as a junior women's college in 1987. In 1998 it became a co-ed four-year college. It opened a campus in Amagasaki city between Kobe and Osaka in 2009.
Patan Academy of Health Sciences is an autonomous, not-for-profit, public institution of higher education established in 2064 B.S. with the charter granted by the Parliament of Nepal. The stated aim of the PAHS is to work in close partnership with the national health system to improve the health care services in the remote/rural areas primarily through producing technically competent and socially responsible health care workers. Currently PAHS has been running School of Medicine and School of Nursing and aims to run School of Public Health in near future. PAHS MBBS curriculum focuses on holistic care of individual and community.
Central University of Technology, Free State or CUT is a University of Technology in Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa. It was established in 1981 as "Technikon Free State". As part of the South African government's restructuring of tertiary education for the new millennium it was promoted to university of technology status.
Amman Arab University is a private university in Amman, Jordan. It is mainly for graduate studies. Colleges College of Education and Psychological SciencesCollege of Information TechnologyCollege of BusinessCollege of LawCollege of PharmacyCollege of Engineering
North Park University is a private Christian university in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1891 by the Evangelical Covenant Church. It is located on Chicago's north side and enrolls more than 2,600 undergraduate and graduate students.
University of Gladzor was a medieval Armenian university, one of the two "great centres of learning" along with the University of Tatev that were "essentially of a single tradition." It was established around 1280 by Nerses of Mush, a student of Vardan Areveltsi, and operated until 1340 and "left behind a rich intellectual heritage".
Boricua College is a private college in New York City designed to serve the educational needs of Puerto Ricans and other Hispanics in the United States. It was founded by Victor G. Alicea and several others.
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Red River College
"" University, Alba Iulia is a public higher education and research institution founded in 1991 in Alba Iulia, Romania. It is a state institution, integrated into the national higher education system, which functions based on the Constitution of Romania, the Law of Education, the University Charter, and its own regulations.
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership is an institution of higher Jewish education headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It offers learning opportunities that are "rooted in Jewish wisdom and culture and open to all." At its core are graduate degree and certificate programs in which students engage with Jewish ideas in the service of personal growth, community leadership, and professional advancement. These offerings educate Jewish professionals, community leaders, and those pursuing advanced education in Jewish Studies.
Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University is a private university in Bucharest. The university was founded in 1990 by Momcilo Luburici and Corina-Adriana Dumitrescu as the Dimitrie Cantemir Independent University, which has since developed 17 faculties in Bucharest, Brașov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanța and Timișoara.
Marymount California University was a private Catholic university in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Originally founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary , the university awarded associate, bachelor's, and graduate degrees. The institution was accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission. The university closed in August 2022.
Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista is a private university in the city of Lima, Peru. It offers 16 career programs categorized in 4 schools.
Université Internationale de Casablanca is a licensed private university in Casablanca, Morocco, which opened in September 2010. External links Université Internationale de Casablanca
Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce , formerly Holy Cross Academy and Jan Kochanowski University of Humanities and Sciences , is a public university in Kielce, Holy Cross Province. It is named after Jan Kochanowski and was established in 1945, dating its tradition to an educational institution specialising in pedagogy.
The National University of Pilar is a Paraguayan national and public university with a range of degree offerings. The main campus is located in the capital of the Ñeembucú Department, the city of Pilar. It was founded in 1991 and created by law in 1994.
The Alzaiem Alazhari University located in Khartoum North, Sudan. It was established in 1993 in memory of Ismail al-Azhari. It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World.
is a university in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan, commonly referred to as Obihiro University. It was founded in 1941, as the Obihiro Technical School of Veterinary Medicine. As of 2009, the university employs 136 faculty members and a full-time staff of over 100. It offers instruction to 1,300 students in bachelors, masters, and doctoral programs. The university accepts an average of 14 foreign students and sends out an average of seven study abroad students each year.
Dnipro National University of Railway Transport named after academician V. Lazaryan is a higher educational institution of the 4th level of state accreditation in Ukraine. It was founded in 1930 as the Institute of Railway Transport Engineers.
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh is a private liberal arts-based university in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in February 2002, permission to open was received from the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh in November 2003, pursuant to the Private University Act, 1992.
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Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Heiligenkreuz Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in the village of Heiligenkreuz in the southern part of the Vienna woods, c. 13 km north-west of Baden in Lower Austria. It is the oldest continuously occupied Cistercian monastery in the world.
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CMJ University
CMJ University or CMJU is a private university located in Jorabat, Meghalaya, India. History CMJ University was established in the year 2009 by an Act of Meghalaya State Legislature under the CMJ University Act, 2009 vide Notification No. LL42/09/80 dated 20 July 2009. The CMJ University is duly notified by UGC as state private University under section 2 and empowered to award degrees as specified by the UGC under section 22 of UGC Act 1956, as per Notification P.NO. 8-21/2010 dated 25 November 2010.
The Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs is a university of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, located in the city of Dnipro. It is a Higher educational institution of the fourth accreditation level.
Ivan Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University or simply Ternopil National Medical University is a government university run by the Ministry of Health as well as a medical university located in the city of Ternopil in Ukraine.
The American College of Greece is a private college, graduate business school and high school in Agia Paraskevi, Greece. It is the oldest American-accredited college in Europe and a not-for-profit institution.
