The world's top 5 universities

New Delhi:The word “university” is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, which roughly means “community of teachers and scholars. In this modern era of competition every person wants to graduate from one of the leading universities in order to be at par in terms of knowledge with others.We bring you the world's best five universities: 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US MIT is located in Boston, US. It has five schools and one college with 32 academic departments. This private university has a strong emphasis on scientific, engineering and research. Around 100 faculties are employed in MIT. The current 168-acre campus opened in 1916 and extends over 1.6 km along the northern bank of the Charles River basin. In the past 60 years, MIT's educational disciplines have expanded beyond the physical sciences and engineering into fields such as biology, economics, linguistics, and management.2. University of Cambridge, UK It is the second largest university after Oxford University in the United Kingdom and the third oldest surviving university in the world. The university has 114 libraries.The Cambridge University Library is the central research library, which holds over 8 million volumes. The University has research departments and teaching faculties in most academic disciplines, and spends around £650 million in a year for research. All research and lectures are conducted by University Departments.3. Harvard University- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USIt is one of the prestigious universities in the world. It was established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. It is the oldest institution in the United States of higher learning. The university constitutes 11 separate academic units with campuses all over the Boston area. Eight US presidents have studied from this university and around 75 Nobel laureates have been It offers 46 undergraduate concentrations (majors),[ 134 graduate degrees, and 32 professional degrees. For the 2008–2009 academic year, Harvard granted 1,664 baccalaureate degrees, 400 masters degrees, 512 doctoral degrees, and 4,460 professional degrees.4. University College London, UK It is a public research university located in London. and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London. UCL has the highest number of academic and research staff in any British University.It was the first university to give admissions to the students on secular basis and to admit women. ULC has 100 departments, institutes and research centers It has around 26,220 students and 10,100 faculties. 5. University of Oxford, UK This is the second oldest surviving university in the world. Its foundation years are unknown. However it dates back to the 11th century. Students from different countries study post-graduate courses at Oxford through Rhodes scholarship. The University maintains the largest university library system in the UK. It does not have a main campus. Instead colleges, departments, accommodation, and other facilities are scattered throughout the city centre. The Science Area, in which most science departments are located, is the area that bears closest resemblance to a campus. The ten acre Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in the northwest of the city is currently under development. However the larger colleges' sites are of similar size to these areas.