Stanford University, one of the world's leading teaching and research institutions, is dedicated to finding solution to big challenges and to preparing students for leadership in a complex world.

Oxford has a distinctive collegiate structure. Students and academics benefit from belonging both to the University, a large, internationally-renowned institution, and to a college or hall, a small, interdisciplinary academic community.

As a research university and nonprofit institution, Harvard is focused on creating educational opportunities for people from many lived experiences.

With cutting-edge brain science, path-breaking performances, innovative startups, driverless cars, big data, big ambitions, Nobel and Turing prizes, hands-on learning, and a whole lot of robots, CMU doesn't imagine the future, we create it. 

The University of California was founded in 1868, born out of a vision in the State Constitution of a university that would "contribute even more than California's gold to the glory and happiness of advancing generations."

Whether in the natural science, engineering, mathematics, architecture or management, ETH Zurich degree programmes convey knowledge with a long half-life and enable their graduates to address fundamental issues and challenges.

The National University of Singapore aspires to be
a vital community of academics, researchers, staff, students and alumni working together in a spirit of innovation and enterprise for a better world.

Princeton University offers advanced degrees spanning the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. The Graduate School focuses on and sustains excellence in doctoral education across all these disciplines and emphasizes original and independent scholarship.