It’s the harvest time of colleges as the new session is set to roll-on in the next few months. As such, the higher education sector is running through major updates with news bombarding from all the corners of the world.
Out of all the corners, especially the USA has been deploying a lot of foreign students in their universities. Nevertheless, the States has also stood as one of the most favourite places for students to pursue higher education.
According to the 2018 Open Doors Report on International Student Exchange, the number of Indian Students in the US has doubled since 2012-13. Looking at the latest stats, there were 1,96,271 Indian students in States, an increase of 5.4 per cent from the last year.
Here’s the list of top universities of USA
MIT: The Seventh victory in a row, the institution stands at the top of QS World Rankings for Universities. It has been a dream college for several students who choose to be in the sphere of science, engineering and technology.
Stanford University: Netflix, You-tube, WhatsApp, Google are all the companies founded by the brain seeds of Stanford University. Especially known for its high entrepreneurial spirit, the Stanford has retained its top position over the years.
Harvard University: One of the ancient universities in the world, Harvard University, is renowned for its extensive courses. Over 21,000 students, including over 2,000 international students, study at Harvard.
California Institute of Technology: The University offers outstanding research facilities and produces very high research output every year. The University has a competitive admission process, ensuring that only best reach here.
University of Chicago: Established in 1890, the University is well-known for its reputed professional schools for medicine (Pritzker), business (Booth), and public policy studies (Harris).
Princeton University: Established in 1746, Princeton is one of the oldest universities in the US. Arts and humanities faculties are considered to be the best courses here.
Cornell University: Admissions to Cornell University is highly competitive. For instance, for Fall 2018, Cornell received over 51,000 freshmen applications; 5,288 were admitted, with 10.3 per cent acceptance rate.
Yale: A private research university, Yale is known well for its law school, one of the toughest law courses to get admission to.
Basics of Application:
The curriculum of States is divided in the form of semesters. There are 4 periods of admission when students can join the university. These are spring (January/February), Fall (August/September), summer (April/May), and winter (December). A large number of universities have the intake in Fall Semester, while many are in Spring.
The eligibility criterion is stringent owing to thousands of applications received from all over the world. It is usually suggested to start the application process at least a year in advance.
