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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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is a campus of Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania and it is located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education . The campus is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education with some degree programs accredited by specialized accreditors.
Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin is a private German university of applied sciences founded in 1998. The university is based in Berlin and has supplementary campuses in Baden-Württemberg. The university mainly offers extra-occupational study courses in economics. It offers Bachelor's, Master's, and doctorate programs.
Gazi Eğitim Enstitüsü was a teacher's college in Ankara, Turkey. Established in 1927, it was incorporated in the Gazi University as the Gazi Faculty of Education in 1982. Secondary education in Turkey Enacted in the Ottoman Empire in 1913, the "Temporary Law on Elementary Education" added secondary schools to the six-year lasting primary education. In 1924, right after the proclamation of the Republic, the primary education was shortened to five years, and apart from this a three-year secondary education was established. With other words, the secondary schools, closed in 1913, were re-established.
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Azabu University
Azabu University is a private university in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1890. The school has no relation to Azabu High School in Tokyo. History The predecessor of Azabu University was the Tokyo Veterinary Training School, established in September 1890. It was renamed Azabu Veterinary School in January 1894 and Azabu Veterinary Technical School in 1934. The facilities of the school in downtown Tokyo were destroyed by the bombing of Tokyo in World War II in May 1945.
Joetsu University of Education is a national university in Joetsu, Niigata, Japan, founded in 1978. External links Official website
Donbas State Technical University is an institution of higher education located in Lysychansk, Ukraine. Today, the university is a major regional educational and scientific center in the field of technical education.
Qinghai University for Nationalities is a university in Xining, Qinghai, China. It was established in December 1949 and was Qinghai's earliest university of higher education. External links Official website
The National Forestry and Wood-Technology University of Ukraine is a Ukrainian university in Lviv. History Austro-Hungarian period Establishing of forestry education in western Ukraine had a long prehistory. In 1807, Galychian foresters appealed to the Government with a request to open a secondary forestry educational establishment. In 1812, the project of creation of a department and professional studios at Lviv University was submitted for consideration. In 1852, a Forestry Section began to operate at the Galychina Economic Society, and soon in 1874 the Galychina Forestry Society appeared.
Sapporo Ōtani University is a private university in Higashi-ku, Sapporo Hokkaidō, Japan, established in 2006. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1906. Faculties Art Sociology History Sapporo Otani University was founded in 1906 as Private Hokkai Girls School by Eisei Kiyokawa.
Penn State Abington is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University located in Abington, Pennsylvania. The campus is set on of wooded land. The roughly 4000 undergraduate students are taught by a full-time staff of over 150 professors and teaching assistants.
Siberian State Industrial University is the oldest university in Novokuznetsk, Russia. It was established on June 23, 1930, to train professional personnel for the construction of the Kuznetsk Metallurgical Combine . Prior to raising the status in 1994, it was named the Siberian Metallurgic Institute , then it was renamed the Siberian State Mining-Metallurgic Academy . In 1998, the status of the university had risen to the level of the Technical University and it received the title of Siberian State Industrial University . The university is located in the central district of Novokuznetsk.
Penn State Greater Allegheny is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University that sits on the border of McKeesport and White Oak in Pennsylvania. History As early as 1934, the Pennsylvania State College has offered technical courses in the Pittsburgh and McKeesport region to train industry workers for the booming technology and steel industries surrounding Pittsburgh. In 1948, the Penn State McKeesport Center opened in Dravosburg, offering courses in occupational training and self-enrichment for returning veterans. The center eventually moved to McKeesport in 1952 and establishe...
The Simón Bolívar United World College of Agriculture was part of the United World College movement, one of eighteen such schools around the world . In 2012 it was closed as a result of action taken by the Venezuelan government.
The Universidad Europea de Canarias also known as the UEC, is the first private higher education institution in the Canary Islands . It began its activity in October 2012, having its headquarters in the municipality of La Orotava . The university is integrated into the Laureate International Universities network.
Universidad Del Pacífico – Ecuador : Escuela de Negocios is an Ecuadorian non-profit private university. History The Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Cultura Empresarial was founded in 1992 as a non-profit organization. In June 1994 the foundation started Escuela de Negocios Del Pacífico an academic institution.
The School for Creative and Performing Arts is a magnet arts school in Cincinnati in the US state of Ohio, and part of the Cincinnati Public Schools . SCPA was founded in 1973. Of the approximately 350 arts schools in the United States, SCPA is one of the oldest and has been cited as a model for both racial integration and for arts programs in over 100 cities.
Russian State Stroganov University of Industry and Applied Arts informally named Stroganovka is one of the oldest Russian schools for the industrial, monumental and decorative art and design. The University is named after its founder, baron Sergei Grigoriyevich Stroganov.
Albertus Magnus College is a private Roman Catholic university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded in 1925 by the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs . Its campus is in the Prospect Hill neighborhood of New Haven, near the border with Hamden.
Capital Medical University is a municipal public university in Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Beijing Municipal People's Government, and co-sponsored by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the National Health Commission, and the Ministry of Education.
University of the Humanities is a public university in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in fields including foreign languages, translation, education, journalism, computer science, economics business.
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune is an autonomous public university established in 2006. It is one of the seven Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, and was one of the first IISERs to be established along with IISER Kolkata. It is located in the city of Pune, India.
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, also known as RMLNLU or NLU Lucknow is a public law school and a National Law University located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established as Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law Institute undergraduate and post-graduate legal education, later in 2006 it was renamed as RMLNLU to give a NLU touch to its name . It is one among the 26 NLUs across India and the only one in Uttar Pradesh. It is among the top 10 National Law Universities / Law colleges in India.
The Quaid-e-Azam Law College is a Government law college located in Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan. It is the first Government sector law college in Shaheed Benazirabad region. QLC is affiliated with University of the Sindh. The college offers LLB degree which is accredited by Pakistan Bar Council. QLC was established in 1998. The college started classes in the APWA girls public school Kacheri Road recently sindh government approved a new site for the college. In 2012, the college was shifted to its new location.
The Universidad Piloto de Colombia, is a private, national, coeducational research university, located primarily in Bogotá, Colombia. It offers academic programs in undergraduate, specializations, masters and doctorates. Its president is Patricia Piedrahíta Castillo.
The Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences is a university of applied sciences and, after the Technical University Dresden, the second largest university of the city of Dresden . It offers 36 study programmes in engineering, design, economics and the environment.
Karnataka State Open University is a distance learning university founded in 1996, located in Mysore in the Indian state of Karnataka. Controversy De-recognition and re-recognition UGC de-recognized several courses of KSOU with effect from 2012-13. The university was de-recognized in 2015 after it was found violating several norms of UGC and DEC, IGNOU. The university had violated the norms related to territorial jurisdiction by establishing study centres across India and also offered admission to courses within India and abroad in violation of regulations. Even after a show cause notice was issued, it continued this practice.
Yosu National University was a government-run university in Yeosu City, on the coast of South Jeolla province, South Korea. It is now the Yosu campus of Chonnam National University, after merging with it in March 2006. Although it has a strong traditional focus on fisheries study, the university now offers programs in a wide range of fields, such as Chinese studies and business administration. The 2002 undergraduate enrollment was reported at 6,461, with 453 graduate students. 166 full-time instructors were employed.
The Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology is a public professional graduate school at Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, established in 2006. The school offers professional education programs in project-based learning method.
Karagandy State University named after E. A. Buketov is a university in Karagandy, Kazakhstan, founded in 1972. Karaganda State University is the second university in the history of Kazakhstan, and it is one of the largest universities in the country.
City and Islington College is a further education college in the London Borough of Islington, England, established in 1993. The college has four major centres throughout the borough, including a dedicated sixth form centre. It is part of Capital City College Group, alongside Westminster Kingsway College and The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London, which altogether have 25,000 students in 2020.
The Modern University for the Humanities , established in 1992. The university has been deprived of license order No.179-07 of January 30, 2017, accreditation cancelled April 26, 2015. This higher educational institution in Moscow, Russia offers primarily distance-based undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate studies and vocational education.
Baku Higher Oil School History The Baku Higher Oil School was established as a subsidiary of SOCAR by the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, dated 29 November 2011.
Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute, Hisar is a public funded agricultural and farm training and testing institute located on Sirsa road, Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is one of the four such institutes established by the Government of India's Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. It had provided training to students hailing from all over India and more than 27 other nations and annual Krishi Darshan Expo is held at institute in October.
Don Bosco College, Tura was established in 1987 to provide education to the people of Meghalaya. The college employs over 100 teaching and support personnel. The college enrolls over 2000 students from the various states of North East India. In addition to its co-educational high school, Don Bosco College Tura offers Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, and Bachelor of Business Administration degrees.
The Political Academy of the Socialist Party of Albania or simply Political Academy is the first academy of modern left-wing leadership in Albania. It is an academy established by the Socialist Party of Albania and the contribution of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The academy holds its lectures in Golem, near Durrës.
RLV College of Music and Fine Arts is an academic institution situated in Thripunithura, Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. It is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University and offers graduate and postgraduate courses in music, performing arts and visual arts. The current principal is Prof. C. J. Suseela
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.
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Shaoxing University
Shaoxing University is located in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. History The University is located on the south-west side of Shaoxing city and has managed to grow in popularity and strength over the last decade. The University was founded in 1909 as the Shankuai Primary Normal School. The great modern Chinese author Lu Xun is a native of Shaoxing. He was the education inspector for the school. In 1996, Shaoxing University was established from the merger of several higher education institutions such as Shaoxing Teachers College and Shaoxing Advanced Professional College.
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Krishna University
Krishna University is a state university located in Rudravaram, Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. The university was established in 2008 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. It provides degree courses like Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts and professional courses like Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Electronics and Communication engineering. The university offers Pharmacy courses like B.pharmacy and M.pharmacy, It also consists of Master courses like Master of Technology, Master of Arts, Master of Science courses.
Kokugakuin Tochigi Junior College is a private junior college in Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan. The school was founded as a junior women's college in 1966 before it became coeducational 2004. The college is affiliated with the Kokugakuin University located in Tokyo, Japan.
EMUNI University was established on 9 June 2008 in Portorož with the objective of becoming an international, post-graduate, higher-education and research institution, fully integrated in the Euro-Mediterranean Area. It was co-founded by four universities: University of Haifa , University of Maribor , University of Sousse and University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" . In February 2009 EMUNI University became a legal entity in the Republic of Slovenia.
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Hanshin University
Hanshin University is a private university in Osan, in the Seoul National Capital Area of South Korea. Established in 1939, it is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, one of the most progressive Protestant churches in South Korea. Hanshin University was formerly a theological seminary and became a university in 1980. It currently offers undergraduate and post-graduate degree programs as well as modules for continuing education.
The Technical University of Crete is a state university under the supervision of the Greek Ministry of Education which was founded in 1977 in Chania, Crete. The first students were admitted in 1984. The purpose of the institution is to conduct research, to provide under-graduate and graduate educational programs in modern engineering fields as well as to develop links with the Greek industry. It is highly ranked among the Greek technical universities in terms of research productivity, research funding, scientific publications and citation per faculty member. It uses Daedalus as part of the em...
Bogura Polytechnic Institute or BPI is a Government Technical Institute in Bogura, Bangladesh. It is one of the largest polytechnic institutes in Bangladesh. History In early 1962, Ford Foundation established Bogura Polytechnic Institute, with a duration of 3 years long courses, based on the syllabus of Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA. The certificate issued by the then Technical Board Education was "Associated in Engineering" having provision to undergo B.S course in the US and also in the UK Its formation and academic course history details goes back to the birth of Ahsanullah E...
Sheikh Kamal Textile Engineering College is an undergraduate government engineering college located in the Jhenaidah district of the Khulna division of Bangladesh. The college offers four year BSc Engineering degree under Bangladesh Textile University. In the 2017–18 academic year, the college started its academic activities in BSc Engineering in Textile Engineering.
Ontario Tech University , also known as Ontario Tech, is a public research university located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus is located on approximately of land in northern Oshawa, while its secondary satellite campus is situated in downtown Oshawa. The university is a co-educational institution that operates seven academic faculties.
The Government College of Engineering, Chandrapur was established in 1996 in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India. It is affiliated to Gondwana University. It is the only government institute under Gondwana University, Gadchiroli. It is completely funded by Government of Maharashtra. GCOEC is situated in the city of a super thermal power plant and at the center of the region with abundant coal. The region contributes in fulfilling the demand of energy resource as well as power of the country while, GCOEC promises to fulfill quality technical human resource needed for these sectors in India. The col...
LeTourneau University is a private, interdenominational evangelical Christian university in Longview, Texas. Founded as LeTourneau Technical Institute in February 1946 by R. G. LeTourneau with his wife, Evelyn, the school initially educated veterans returning from World War II. Total annual enrollment is nearly 3,000.
Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College is a government medical school in Bangladesh, established in 2013. It is located in Gazipur. The college is affiliated with University of Dhaka as a constituent college.
Corning Community College is a public community college in Corning, New York. It was initiated in 1957 and moved to its Spencer Hill campus in 1963. This two-year college serves three counties: Steuben, Chemung, and Schuyler. It is one of the community colleges in the SUNY system.
