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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Ukrainian medical Lyceum at Bogomolets National Medical University pursuant to its Charter is the state's secondary establishment of general education that provides with acquisition of education over state educational minimum, carries out pre-professional education of youth, prepares it to study at higher medical school and to work at health care establishments as junior medical staff.
Emmaus Baptist College is a private Landmark Missionary Baptist college in Brandon, Florida. Its focus is primarily religious with degrees in ministry and education. History The college was founded in 1954 as the Florida Baptist Institute and Seminary in Auburndale, Florida. Albert Garner served as President from 1954 to 1970. In 1957 the college moved to Lakeland, Florida, to a facility on West Olive Street overlooking Lake Beulah. The campus was centered around a circular building designed by Jacksonville architect Caleb L. Kelly, Jr.
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Tezpur University
Tezpur University is a Central University located in Tezpur in the North-Eastern state of Assam, India, established by an act of Parliament, in 1994. History The establishment of Tezpur University is considered to be one of the outcomes of the Assam Accord, along with the establishment of Assam University and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.
Saint Anthony the Abbot Seminary is a seminary in charge of preparing priests for the Archdiocese of Cuzco. It is based in Cuzco, Peru, and can be considered among the oldest in the American continent . It is named after Saint Anthony the Abbot.
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Imo State University
The Imo State University in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria was established in 1981 through law No. 4 passed by the Imo State House of Assembly. The university admitted the first intake of 392 pioneer students on 23 October 1981.
The Interamerican Open University is a private university in Argentina. Its main seat and rectorate is located in Buenos Aires. It has educational facilities in six locations in the city and in Buenos Aires Province, as well as three locations and an administrative seat in Rosario, Santa Fe.
The California State University Maritime Academy is a public university in Vallejo, California. It is part of the California State University system and the only maritime academy on the contigious West Coast. The university offers six bachelor's degree programs and one master's degree program.
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Yeungjin College
Yeungjin University, formerly Yeungjin College, is a private technical college located in Buk-gu, Daegu, South Korea. Information technology is the principal academic focus; however, courses of study in other fields such as nursing and international tourism are also provided.
Concordia College Alabama was a Private historically black college associated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and located in Selma, Alabama. It was the only historically black college among the ten colleges and universities in the Concordia University System. The college ceased operations at the completion of the spring 2018 semester, citing years of financial distress and declining enrollment.
Madison Media Institute was a private for-profit media arts college in Madison, Wisconsin. Until 2017, it ran a branch location in Edina, Minnesota. The school offered associate and baccalaureate degree programs in video, music production, game design, media technology, graphic design, and web and entertainment business.
Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College is an autonomous Arts and Science college, located in Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu, India. This premier women’s institution affiliated to Bharathidasan University., Tiruchirappalli was conferred the autonomy status in 1987. SRC is one among the first seven Higher Educational Institutions of India, to be accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council . The college has been awarded A+ grade in the 4th cycle of accreditation by NAAC. The college, spread around a sprawling campus of 24 acres, is a part of the Padmabhushan Sri N. Ramaswa...
Dr. M A Wazed Miah Textile Engineering College is located in Rangpur District, Bangladesh, and is affiliated with the Bangladesh University of Textiles. In August 2018, the executive committee of the National Economic Council approved the establishment of the college at a cost of Tk 1.746 billion Bangladeshi taka .
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.
Shahid Abdur Rab Serniabat Textile Engineering College, also known as Sarstec, is a textile engineering college located at Barisal, Bangladesh. It is a constituent college of Bangladesh University of Textiles.
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Sanskriti University
Sanskriti University is a private university located in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. Academics Like all private universities in India, the university recognized by the University Grants Commission and by the local government.
Bank Street College of Education is a private school and graduate school in New York City. It consists of a graduate-only teacher training college and an independent nursery-through-8th-grade school. In 2020 the graduate school had about 65 full-time teaching staff and approximately 850 students, of which 87% were female.
Baldwin Wallace University is a private university in Berea, Ohio. Established in 1845 as Baldwin Institute by Methodist businessman John Baldwin, it merged with nearby German Wallace College in 1913 to become Baldwin-Wallace College.
Government College for Women, M.A. Road, Srinagar commonly known as Women's College Srinagar is located on 8.5 acre campus in summer Capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar near Lal Chowk opposite SP College. It was founded in 1950. The college is affiliated to Cluster University of Srinagar, recognized by UGC and accredited with ‘A’ grade by NAAC.
Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur is a National Law University located at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was established by the Madhya Pradesh Dharmashastra National Law University Ordinance in 2018. As of 2021, the chancellor of the university is Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE RAVI MALIMATH and the vice-chancellor is Prof V Nagaraj
Lenore Blum ranks among our Top Influential Computer Scientists Today.
Universidad Finis Terrae is a Chilean university. It is a private autonomous institution in Santiago de Chile owned by the Anahuac University Network. External links UFT website
The University of Antelope Valley is a private, for-profit university in Lancaster, California. It offers masters, bachelors, and associate degrees as well as certificate programs and continuing education courses. The university is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission but was placed on probation in 2023 for failing to meet several of the accreditor's standards following the university's 2022 purchase by Genius Group Limited, a Singaporean technology group.
The Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology is center of Excellence for Higher Education, Research & Development in Damascus, Syria. It belongs to the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center .
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Busitema University
Busitema University is a university in Uganda. It is one of the eight public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country. BU has its main focus on the instruction of agricultural sciences, agricultural mechanization, and agribusiness.
The University of Southeastern Philippines ; , The university has four campuses: Obrero and Mintal campuses in Davao City, Tagum-Mabini Campus which has two units—one in Tagum City in Davao del Norte and one in Mabini in Davao de Oro, and Sto. Tomas External Studies Program Center in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte.
The Government Law College, Kozhikode or Kozhikode Law College situated on the outskirts of Kozhikode, India, is owned by the Government of Kerala and affiliated to the University of Calicut. The college caters to the needs of the north Malabar region of Kerala. Students are selected through a state level entrance test. The college offers LL.B and LL.M courses.
The Institute of Nano Science and Technology is an autonomous research institution of Department of Science and Technology , under the Society Registration Act, 1960, under the umbrella of national mission on Nano Science and Technology ", which aims to promote growth and outreach of nanoscience and technology for the benefit of country. INST has been set up to undertake research and generate products/devices and technology in the area of Nanoscience and Technology. The institute aims to carry out research in the diverse and rapidly growing areas of nanoscience and technology with specific...
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Bethany College
Bethany College was a Christian Bible college in the town of Hepburn, Saskatchewan, Canada, until 2015. History It was established in 1927 by the Mennonite Brethren Churches of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the Saskatchewan Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference churches. The mission of Bethany College was to nurture disciples and train leaders to serve. It was named after the village of Bethany near Jerusalem, a location of several significant encounters with Jesus, as mentioned in the New Testament. It was announced by the board of directors on December 9, 2014, that Bethany's last year of operation "in its current iteration" would be academic year 2014–15.
Anwer Khan Modern Medical College is a private medical school in Bangladesh, established in 2008. It is located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. It is affiliated with the University of Dhaka as a constituent college.
Jeju National University is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities. founded in 1952 in Jeju City, the provincial capital of Jeju, South Korea. In 2008 Cheju National University and the Jeju National University of Education merged into Jeju National University. The Naewat-dang shamanic paintings are preserved there.
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War College
The Salvation Army War College was an incarnational discipleship training school established in 2003 by Founders Majors Stephen Court and Danielle Strickland, along with Pioneers Captains Ruth and Ian Gillingham. The War College began in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In 2006 a War College campus was opened in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States by Death and Glory Alumni Heather and Rob Dolby and in 2008 another in Chicago Illinois, United States by Envoys Jen and Josh Polanco.
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Moneague College
Moneague College is a multidisciplinary institution located in Moneague, Saint Ann, Jamaica on the main road between Kingston and Ocho Rios. The college is partly situated in the former colonial-era Moneague Hotel.
St. Thomas the Apostle Minor Seminary is the preparatory seminary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad in Pakistan. It was started in 1981 at the initiative of Bishop Paul Andreotti OP in a rented property at Nalka Kohala on Sargodha Road in Faisalabad. Father Bashir Francis was the first Rector. The late Father Giles Amarasekera became the second Rector in 1983.
Gower College Swansea is a further education college in Swansea, Wales. It was formed in 2010 by the merger of Gorseinon College and Swansea College. Mark Jones, previously principal of Bridgend College, became principal in July 2013
West Los Angeles College is a public community college in Culver City, Los Angeles County, California. It is part of the California Community Colleges System and the Los Angeles Community College District. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. The school offers associate degrees including 18 vocational-oriented programs in addition to 25 transfer programs. The college awards more than 600 degrees and certificates annually in 39 fields.
Shamsipour Technical and Vocational College is one of the higher education centers in Tehran, Iran. Before the 1979 revolution, it was being called "Tehran Institute of Technology", which changed to "[Martyr] Shamsipour Technical University " after Hossein Ali Shamsipour. STVC has always number 1 rank between all of the TVU Colleges.
Tafila Technical University , is a public university in Jordan. According to a royal decree which was issued to establish the Tafila Technical University , the was founded in January,2005 in order to develop the educational process in Jordan.
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.
The Université Alassane Ouattara is a public university in Côte d'Ivoire. It was known as Université de Bouaké prior to a name change in August 2012. The school was founded in 1992. It was temporarily relocated to Abidjan in 2002, but reopened in Bouaké in 2011. Its units include:Communication, Environment and SocietyAdministrative, Managerial and Legal SciencesEconomic and Developmental SciencesMedical SciencesMedical and Veterinary CentreResearch and Development CentreMultipolar InstituteRegional Higher Education of KorhogoThe university is one of twelve worldwide to host a UNESCO chair in b...
Ravensbourne University London is a digital media and design university, with vocational courses in fashion, television and broadcasting, interactive product design, architecture and environment design, graphic design, animation, moving image, music production for media and sound design.
Daegu Haany University is a South Korean university specialized in providing training for practitioners of Oriental medicine. The main campus is located a short distance outside Daegu in Gyeongsan City, North Gyeongsang province. Another campus, along with the university hospital, operates within Daegu. The current president is Chang-Hoon Byeon.
Daegu Arts University is a South Korean private university specializing in training for the fine arts. Its campus is located a short distance north of Daegu metropolitan city, in Gasan-myeon of Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang province. About 35 instructors are employed. The current president is Lee Seong-geun .
Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka was founded in 1996 and is located in Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka. Notable alumni Bodagama Chandima , Buddhist monk
Astrakhan State Technical University is a technical university located in Astrakhan, Russia. History Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Astrakhan State Technical University" is the legal successor of the Astrakhan Technical Institute of Fishing Industry and Economy, established in accordance with the Order of the People's Commissariat of Foreign and Domestic Trade of the USSR from May 9, 1930, No. 695 "On fish schools, colleges, rybfakah and courses".
Boston Architectural College is a private college in Boston. It is New England's largest private college of spatial design. The college's main building is at 320 Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood.
Robert Morris University is a private university in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1921 and is named after Robert Morris, known as the "financier of the American revolution." It enrolls nearly 5,000 students and offers 60 bachelor's degree programs and 35 master's and doctoral programs. Most students are from the Pittsburgh area, while 16 percent of freshmen in 2018 were from outside Pennsylvania.
Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University is an agriculture state university headquartered from Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. It was established under The Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Act, 1998. It was officially established on 3 December 2000 by carving seven colleges out of the other four state agriculture universities in Maharashtra.
Harrington College of Design was a for-profit college in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois, USA, that closed in 2015. It offered students programs leading to either a master's, bachelor's or associate's degree upon completion of the interior design, digital photography or communication design programs. Each program was credentialed with multiple levels of accreditation. The college was owned by Career Education Corporation.
