The Most Influential Schools in the World
Find the most influential colleges and universities in the world in nearly 25 academic disciplines
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The Salesian Pontifical University is a pontifical university in Italy run by the Salesians of Don Bosco. It has three campuses, one in Rome, one in Turin, and one in Jerusalem. The Salesian Pontifical University is an ordinary member of the International Federation of Catholic Universities, the European Federation of Catholic Universities, the European University Association and the International Association of Universities.
Cardinal Tien College of Healthcare and Management is a private, Roman Catholic, junior college in Xindian District, New Taipei and Sanxing Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. The college was initially named the Cardinal Tien College of Medicine and Nursing, but it was later renamed the Cardinal Tien College of Healthcare and Management in 2005 to reflect its expanded scope of programs.
Jurong Junior College was a junior college located in Jurong West, Singapore. It was the ninth junior college to be established by the Ministry of Education of Singapore. History Jurong Junior College was first situated at West Coast Road. The college started in April 1981 and opened its doors to the first batch of students in 1982. In January 1985, Jurong Junior College was relocated to 800 Corporation Road.
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Phillips University
Phillips University was a private university in Enid, Oklahoma. It opened in 1906 and closed in 1998. It was affiliated with the Christian Church . It included an undergraduate college and a graduate seminary. The university was also home to the Enid-Phillips Symphony Orchestra, and its campus regularly hosted events for the Tri-State Music Festival.
St. Angela's College, Sligo is a college of the Atlantic Technological University located beside Lough Gill, County Sligo. History St. Angela’s College was founded by the Ursuline Order in 1952 and was a recognised college of the National University of Ireland from 1978-2006. In 2006 the college became a recognised constituent college of the National University of Ireland Galway. It became a college of the Atlantic Technological University in 2022.
Notre Dame of Jolo College is private school run by Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines, founded on June 14, 1954 by Bishop Francis McSorley, OMI. in order to bring educational benefits to the people of Sulu Province. The founders were particularly interested in training teachers who would bring advantages of good education at the grassroots level in all the far-flung islands of Sulu. Notre Dame of Jolo College is a member of Notre Dame Educational Association Philippines.
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Cavan Institute
Cavan Institute is a third level college located in the town of Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The college's main locations are at several locations in the town and at the former Army Barracks on the Dublin Road, which was purchased by County Cavan VEC and opened in 2023.
New England Institute of Technology is a private university with its main campus in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. It was established in 1940 and Richard I. Gouse has been the president since 1971. Campuses New England Tech's main campus is located on One New England Tech Blvd, East Greenwich with two smaller campuses located in Warwick.
Greenfield University is a private university in Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It was established in January 2019, and commenced the 2018/19 session in May 2019. According to the pro chancellor Simon Nwakacha, "the university has completed arrangement to start with two faculties, namely; the faculty of social and management sciences and the faculty of science and technology."
The Saint Louis University-International School of Medicine is one of the nine academic units of Saint Louis University, a private, Roman Catholic, CICM university in the Philippines. It is housed at Dr. Jose Rizal Building inside the SLU Main campus adjacent to its partner hospital, the Saint Louis University-Hospital of the Sacred Heart founded a year after the school's foundation in 1976.
Blue Mont Central College was a private, Methodist institute of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. The college was incorporated in February 1858, and was the forerunner of Kansas State University.
The United World College of South East Asia is an independent international school in Singapore, and is a member of the United World College movement. The school provides a K–12 education consisting of five interlinking elements: academics, activities, outdoor education, personal and social education and service. The UWCSEA learning programme leads to the IGCSE in Grades 9 and 10 and the IB Diploma in Grades 11 and 12.
Ponjesly College of Engineering is an engineering college located at Alamparai, 5 km from Nagercoil, Near Parvathipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established in 2004. The total build–up-area of college is around 6 lakh sq.feet.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University is a public institution of higher learning in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It provides a variety of certificate courses, Diploma and degree programs through distance education mode, and other flexible mediums for its students. It is named after Indian political leader and the architect of the Indian Constitution Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.
Concordia University Chicago is a private university in River Forest, Illinois. Formerly a college exclusively for parochial teacher education, Concordia-Chicago now offers more than 100 undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and enrolls more than 5,000 students. The university is a member of the Concordia University System, a nationwide network of colleges and universities affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod .
Writtle University College is a university college located in Writtle near Chelmsford, Essex. It was founded in 1893. Writtle obtained University College status in May 2016. In July 2023, Writtle University College announced a merger with Anglia Ruskin University. ARU Writtle has its own campus alongside ARU Chelmsford, ARU Cambridge, ARU Peterborough, and ARU London.
Mizan–Tepi University is a tertiary institution situated in Mizan Teferi and Tepi in southwest Ethiopia. It is one of the new public universities in the country. Overview Mizan–Tepi University was inaugurated in May 2006, when Mizan Teferi Agricultural TVET College became the founding center of the university. It has over 5,00 students and more than 200 lecturers. The university landed on 52 hectares on each both campuses. The university is surrounded by vegetation and natural resources.
STI West Negros University, also referred to by its acronym STI WNU or colloquially as West Neg, is a private university located in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines established in 1948. The university is accredited by the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities - Commission On Accreditation as a level II school and awards degrees in associate, bachelor, master, and doctorate levels through its Colleges and School of Graduate Studies. It also offers complete basic education through its School of Basic Education, formerly Integrated School . Senior high school is being offer...
The Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary is a Reformed Presbyterian seminary in Point Breeze, Pennsylvania. RPTS is a ministry of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America and was founded in 1810, making it the fifth oldest seminary in the United States.
Shobhit Institute of Engineering & Technology , also known as Shobhit Deemed University and unofficially Shobhit University, is higher-education institute deemed-to-be-university located in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Jashore Medical College is a government medical school in Bangladesh, established in 2010. It is located at Horinar Beel near Chanchra New Bus Terminal in Jashore District. It provides 5 year MBBS degree and it offers all the opportunities of advanced medical science. One-year internship after graduation is compulsory for all graduates. The degree is recognized by the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council.
Queen Margaret College was a women-only higher education institution based in North Park House in Kelvinside, Glasgow, Scotland. History The idea of a college arose as the result of English literature lectures for women that were suggested by Janet "Jessie" Campbell to Professor John Nichol of the University of Glasgow. The Glasgow Association for the Higher Education of Women was established, as women were not at the time permitted to study at Scottish universities. The first secretary of the College was Janet Anne Galloway.
Notre Dame College is a private Roman Catholic college in South Euclid, Ohio. Established in 1922 by the Sisters of Notre Dame as a women's college, it has been coeducational since January 2001. The Sisters of Notre Dame ended their sponsorship of the college in 2023. Notre Dame College offers 30 majors and individually designed majors and confers undergraduate and graduate degrees through five academic divisions. The college had a total enrollment of 1,106 undergraduate students in fall 2020. The main academic and residential campus is located east of Cleveland in South Euclid.
Monroe Community College is a public community college in Monroe County, New York. It is part of the State University of New York. The college has two campuses; the main campus in the town of Brighton, and the Downtown Campus in the City of Rochester. The college also has off-site learning at the Applied Technologies Center, Monroe County Public Safety Training Facility, and offers online classes. , MCC has enrolled more than a half a million students.
The Cologne University of Music is a music college in Cologne, Germany. Founded in 1850, it is Europe's largest academy of music. History The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln. In 1895 German violinist Willy Hess was appointed as principal professor of violin at the Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln.
Notre Dame of Midsayap College is a private, Catholic basic and higher education institution run by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Midsayap, Cotabato, Philippines. Established by the Oblates on 13 June 1941 making it as the First Notre Dame School in Asia and in the Philippines, it was the first in the long list of schools named Notre Dame in the Philippines that form the Notre Dame Educational Association under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the school Patroness and St. Eugene De Mazenod as the school's patron saint.
Latina University of Panama is a private university, located in Panama City, Panama. Established in 1991, it is now considered one of the largest private universities in the country. History The university has its roots in the Latina University of Costa Rica, established in Paso Canoas, Province of Puntarenas in 1989. In Panama it was inaugurated on September 4, 1991, with facilities in Panama City and David, Chiriquí. Two other facilities were later opened in Veraguas and Herrera. The College of Health Sciences was opened on September 26, 1999.
Biyani International Institute of Engineering & Technology was a private girls engineering college run by Biyani Shikshan Samiti in the State of Rajasthan, India. The campus was in Kalwar, Jaipur. Biyani Shikshan Samiti is registered under the Rajasthan Society Registration Act, 1958 having Reg. No. 500/Jaipur/1997-98.
Adelaide College of Divinity was an accredited higher education provider offering diploma, associate and bachelor's degrees, graduate diplomas, master and doctoral degrees in ministry, it also was a Registered Training Organisation offering certificates and a diploma.
Dibrugarh Polytechnic is a premier technical Institute of upper Assam which was established in 1965. It is affiliated to State Council for Technical Education, Assam under the Directorate of Technical Education, Government of Assam and is recognised by the All India Council for Technical Education.
Yaroslavl State Medical University is a university in Yaroslavl, a city in European part of Russia. It was founded in 1944. YSMU is a regional center of medical education and bio-medical research. Departments There are educational faculties and divisions in YSMU, these are:General Medicine Faculty,Pediatric Faculty,Pharmacy Faculty,Faculty of Post-Graduate education and professional retraining of specialists of the healthcare,Division of Advanced Education,Pre-Education
International Centre of Technology is a college located in the outskirts of Thika in the Central Province of Kenya. The college was established in January 2007 and was registered by Kenyan Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology in 2011. Registration No. MOHEST/PC/1405/011
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a public community college in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System . History It was formed by the consolidation of Elizabethtown Community College and Elizabethtown Technical College in 2004. ECTC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools .
University Santa Úrsula is a private university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded in 1937 by Alceu Amoroso Lima. It was the first of Rio de Janeiro's higher education institutions to accept women. The main campus is located on the border of Flamengo, Laranjeiras, and Botafogo neighborhoods.
Changsha Aeronautical Vocational and Technical College is a university located in Changsha, Hunan, China. The university covers a total area of 800 mu, with more than 300,000 square meters of floor space.
Fatima Jinnah Dental College , commonly referred to by the acronym FJDC, is the oldest dental school in Karachi and one of the oldest in Pakistan. Established in 1992, it is run and managed by a duly registered Fatima Jinnah Dental College & Hospital Trust. It offers students a four-year undergraduate program leading to a degree of Bachelor of Dental Sciences in addition to sponsoring graduate students to post-graduate qualification of M.S., MPhil and Ph.D.
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Rai University
Rai University is a private university located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The university was established in 2012 by the Rai Foundation through the Gujarat Private Universities Act , 2012, the same act which established Indus University.
Westchester Community College is a public community college in Valhalla, New York, in Westchester County. It is part of the State University of New York system. History New York state opened five coed technical institutes in 1946, one each in the communities of Buffalo, Binghamton, Utica, New York, and White Plains. The five institutes were operated and financially supported by the state. The Westchester County location in White Plains was called the New York Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences and was housed in a few rooms of the Battle Hill School. The state decided to close the school...
The Hun School of Princeton is a private, coeducational, secondary boarding school located in Princeton in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The school serves students from sixth through twelfth grades. Currently, the head of school is Jonathan Brougham. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1963 and is accredited until January 2025. The acceptance rate for the school has been reported as 35%. It is also a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.
National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration is a research focused university located in New Delhi, India. The institute was set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development , Government of India.
Simón Bolívar University, also known as Unisimón, is a university located in Barranquilla, with a campus in Cúcuta, Colombia, subject to inspection and monitoring by Law 1740 of 2014 and Law 30 of 1992 of the Ministry of Education of Colombia. It has the institutional accreditation of High Quality granted by the Ministry of Education of Colombia, being the third institution of Barranquilla together with the North University and the Free University to receive this recognition.
Crowder College is a public community college in Neosho, Missouri. It serves the Community College District of Newton and McDonald counties in southwestern Missouri and other outlying areas. The school enrolled 4,398 in 2019.
The University of Management and Technology is a private for-profit online university headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. It was founded in 1998 and offers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees as well as certificate programs.
University Of Technology And Applied Sciences is a public university operated in nine governorates . It has 11 different branches spread over the different part of the country. It was the first higher education institution in Oman. Currently, it is the largest higher education institution in Oman, catering to over 46,000 students studying in various programs.
North East Institute of Science and Technology , Jorhat is a constituent establishment of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research , a premier R&D organization of India, which has a chain of laboratories across the country. This laboratory was established in 1961 under the chemical science group of CSIR and originally its main aim was to develop indigenous technologies by utilizing the immense natural resources of northeastern India like Petroleum, Coal, Natural Gas, Minerals, Tea, Microbes, Aromatic and Medicinal plants. Theme of the institute for the year 2020 is "Revitalizing NEIS...
Al-Hussein Bin Talal University is a public coeducational university located in the heart of the southern region, 210 km from the Capital Amman.about 9 km to the northwest of Ma'an city in the southern region of Jordan. It was established by a Royal Decree on April 28, 1999. AHU is a comprehensive public university in a self-contained campus, and has student population representing nearly every Governorate in Jordan. Over the past years, AHU has grown to eight colleges offering bachelor's degree programs in natural and environmental sciences, business, nursing, education, humanities, IT and...
College of Air Warfare is a defence service training institution of the Indian Air Force. The college conducts courses and programmes in the art of Joint Warfare, with special emphasis on employment of Air Power. The functional and the administrative control of the college is with the Training Command of the IAF. The current Commandant of the college is Air Vice Marshal Manish Khanna
Mrs. A.V.N. College, founded in 1860, is an arts and science college in Visakhapatnam in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. History The institution was founded in 1860 as a school and grew with the support of the public, especially the zamindars of the time. It gained the status of a high school in 1866 with a European headmaster, Mr. E. Winckler, who became the principal in 1878 when it was elevated to the status of a college in the name Hindu College as a second-grade college affiliated to Madras University.
