University of Pennsylvania

Address : Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States

Admission rates : 9.9% (2014)

Phone : + 1 215-898-5000

Number of registered : 21 344 (2013)

Date of Foundation : 1740, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Football stadium : Franklin Field

Founders : Benjamin Franklin , George Whitefield

Web site: www.upenn.edu

The University Pennsylvania occupies 15th place in the ranking of the best universities in the world in 2013, thus losing a place from last year. Founded by Benjamin Franklin circa 1750, it promotes always its principles: rigor, innovation, entrepreneurial spirit and attraction for the knowledge. Lessons range from communication, art, veterinarian studies or law. Its nursing schools and trade, the Wharton School, ranked among the three best in the country. The University, located in the city of Philadelphia, has 174 canters and research institutes. Its budget allocated to research of more than EUR 450 million in fact one of the most dynamic Research and Development centers.

Note on 100: 49.6

Number of students: 21 429

Country: United States

Position in 2012: 15^th

University of California, San Diego

Address : 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, United States

Admission rates : 36.8% (2013)

Phone : + 1 858-534-2230

Number of registered : 30 310 (2013)

Founder : Roger Randall Dougan Revelle

Date of Foundation : 1960

Website: www.ucsd.edu

The fourteenth best University in the world is also American: it's that of California, San Diego (UCSD), who earns a place this year surpassing the University of Pennsylvania. Located near the Pacific Ocean and the Mexican border, it remains one of the major canters of education but also an important research site. She specializes in the study of sea and space and has an Institute for Oceanography, Scripps, who is studying the changes and developments of the planet through oceans. UCSD also has the San Diego Super Computer Center who is among the most innovative computer research laboratory. Since its inception in 1960, the University has favored the emergence of more than 200 start-up.

Note on 100: 49.9

Number of students: 27 794

Country: United States

Position in 2012: 14th

University of Cornell

Address : Ithaca, NY 14850, United States

Admission rates : 14% (2014)

Number of registered : 21 424 (2012)

Phone : + 1 607-254-4636

Date of Foundation : 1865

Football stadium : Schoellkopf Field

Founders : Ezra Cornell , Andrew Dickson White

Web site: www.Cornell.edu

The thirteenth best University world is that of Cornell, located in Ithaca, in New York State. Often described as the first American University, it owes its reputation to the ideal of diversity that it promotes. Its founders, Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White defended the idea of a high level for all education in 1865. Today, it ranks among the best teachers and research teams of the world. Its 14 "college" and "schools" appear year after year at the head of major awards, including the Bachelor of Architecture, school of Management and his studies of medicine.

Note on 100: 50

Number of students: 20 515

Country: United States

Position in 2012: 13th

University of California, Los Angeles

Address : Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States

Date of Foundation: 1919

Admission rates : 20.4% (2014)

Number of registered : 42 163 (2013)

Phone : + 1 310-825-4321

Devise: Fiat Lux

Web site: www.ucla.edu

The University of California in Los Angeles, UCLA, remains stable for two years, she places herself in the twelfth position in the ranking of the best universities according to the survey by the University of Shanghai . University recently, founded in 1919, the campus of Los Angeles climbed over the years among the places of the most popular teachings of the planet. It provides courses in arts and sciences with professional courses and schools specializing in the sciences. UCLA has several schools of medicine, nursing, dentist and a medical center ranked among the top 5 hospitals of  United States.

Note on 100: 52.9

Number of students: 37 633

Country: United States of America

Position in 2012: 12th

Yale University

Address: New Haven, CT 06520, United States

Admission rates: 6.3% (2014)

Phone: + 1 203-432-4771

Date of Foundation: 1701

Number of registered: 12 109 (2013)

Football stadium: Yale Bowl

Founders : Timothy Woodbridge , Samuel Andrew , James Noyes

Web site: www.Yale.edu

The American University Yale ranks eleventh in the best universities of the world. Founded in 1701, Yale represents one of the most important universities in the United States. It is here that have trained five heads of States such as Bill Clinton and George W. Bush or several presidents of the Supreme Court. Generalist University, it has thirteen 'schools' specialized architecture to medicine, music and law. Rival Harvard, Yale has the second budget of the continent with nearly 1.4 billion euros. During the past academic year, it had 1 902 students on its campus of Connecticut.

Note on 100: 55.4

Number of students: 11 491

Country: United States

Position in 2012: 11th