University of San Francisco

Address: 2130 Fulton St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Admission rates: 69.2% (2013)

Phone: + 1 415-422-5555

Number of registered: 10 130 (2013)

President: Stephen Privett

Date of Foundation: October 15, 1855

Web site: www.usfca.edu

The University of San Francisco occupies the 18th position of the charts, as in 2012, after having sold a place for the benefit of the Johns Hopkins University. First University in the State of California, founded about 1868, she specializes in studies and medical and scientific research. Today, 25,000 researchers and doctors work on promising projects such as neurosurgery, gene therapy or therapies to treat cancer. The Mission Bay campus, opened in 2003, became the largest biomedical University of US. Nearly 2000 students are following teachings of medicine, nursing and pharmacy dentition.

Note on 100: 46.2

Number of students: 3 119

Country: United States of America

Position in 2012: 18^th

University Johns Hopkins

Address: Baltimore, MD 21218, United States

Date of Foundation: 1876

Admission rates: 15% (2014)

Chairman: Ronald J. Daniels

Phone: + 1 410-516-8000

Web site: www.jhu.edu

The University Johns Hopkins is the 17^th best University in the world as ranked by the Jiao Tong Shanghai University, the same place as last year. This University center, located at Baltimore in the United States, was the first in the country to teach in the form of seminar and not lectures. Divided into several schools, medicine, engineering, arts and sciences or even public health, the University combines teaching and research. During their studies, the students are quickly brought to work on research topics. The mass of literature contributes to its excellent reputation worldwide.

Note on 100: 46.9

Number of students: 15 116

Country: United States

Position in 2012: 17^th

University Washington

Address: Seattle, WA, United States

Admission rates: 55% (2013)

Phone: + 1 206-543-2100

Number of registered: 44 158 (2014)

Football stadium: Husky Stadium

Date of Foundation: 4 November 1861

Number of employees: 40 905 (2006)

Web site: www.Washington.edu

Always to 16th place in the standings is the University Washington located in the American city of Seattle. Its 150 departments provide various training: Public Affairs, social sciences, art... It has two centers of medicine among the best for United States. Side research, the University remains one of the most subsidized in the country with $ 1 billion of budget agreed by the federal Government in 2007 and paid over several years. School of medicine receives annually $ 500 million for its research including experimental treatments to cure some cancers.

Note on 100: 48.3

Number of students: 40 280

Country: United States of America

Position in 2012: 16^th