Harvard University

Address: Cambridge, MA 02138, United States

Admission rate: 5.9% (2014)

Founder: General Court of Massachusetts

Date of Foundation: September 8, 1636

Number of participants: 28 147 (2012)

Phone: + 1 617-495-1000

Web site: www.Harvard.edu

In 2013, Harvard remains the first University the world according to the classification of the Jiao Tong Shanghai University. Located in the city of Cambridge, in the United States, it hosts the intellectual elite with its 10 faculties ranging from medicine to art in law, business or health. Oldest American University, it was founded in 1636, Harvard is distinguished once again by his high-level education. She has trained dozens of Nobel Prize. But if it is the first place, education is expensive: more than 25 000 euros year without housing. What makes the most expensive Harvard and the richest universities, with a budget of EUR 2.6 billion in 2010.

Note on 100: 100

Number of students: 21 260

Country: United States of America

Position in 2011: 1^st