University of Chicago

The University of Chicago, referred to as the University of Chicago for short, is located in Chicago, the international financial center of the United States. It is a world-famous private research university. Many Chicago schools focusing on humanities and social sciences, such as the Chicago School of Economics, have been born here, and about 40% of the world's Nobel Prize winners in economics have become one of the world's economic research centers. Since the Manhattan Project, a large number of scientists have gathered here and established the world's first controllable nuclear reactor ("Chicago No.1 Reactor", Chicago Reactor 1), which successfully opened the era of human atomic energy, and founded the first national laboratory in the United States-Argonne National Laboratory and later the famous Fermilab, thus establishing the important position of the University of Chicago in the field of natural science.

Cornell University

Cornell University, referred to as Cornell for short, is a world-class private research university located in Ithaca, new york, USA (the other two branches are located in new york City and Qatar Education City respectively), and is a member of the famous Ivy League. Cornell University was founded by ezra cornell and andrew dickson white in 1865. It is the only one of the eight Ivy League universities established after the American War of Independence. Cornell University enjoys a high academic reputation in the world, and its university ranking has always been within the top 15 in the world. 20 1 1 In July, Cornell University ranked fourth in the world in the ranking of Spanish Web global universities. In 2008, Cornell University ranked 12 in the academic ranking of world universities of Shanghai Jiaotong University. In the world university ranking of Times Higher Education (THES-QS), it ranks 14. For American high school students, Cornell is undoubtedly a "dream university". 20 12 years, American news &; In the ranking of high school counselors in the World Report, Cornell is tied with Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University in the United States1; In 2006, Cornell University ranked ninth in the United States among the most popular "dream universities" for high school students in the United States selected by Princeton Review. Ranked 12 in the comprehensive ranking of universities. Of course, the most widely known thing is that the school also belongs to the famous Ivy League. In addition to Cornell University, the other seven universities are Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College and Brown University. The name "Ivy League" originated from the sports league composed of these eight northeastern universities in the early 20th century. Because these universities have the characteristics of long history, academic leadership and aristocratic campus, over time, the name of "Ivy League" has gradually become a symbol of the academic strength of universities and synonymous with top universities in the United States (for example, calling top universities in other regions "Ivy in the West" or "Ivy in the South" and so on. ).

Cornell University's professional rankings are mostly in the leading position in the United States. In American News and World Report (American News &; World Report), Cornell University's national ranking of engineering science undergraduate majors1; Agricultural engineering undergraduate major ranks second in the United States; The third place in the United States is a graduate student majoring in literary criticism and theory; The fourth graduate student of information security in the United States; The fourth place in the United States is a graduate student majoring in logic; The sixth graduate student in ecological biology in the United States; English graduate students rank sixth in the United States. Other science and engineering majors such as chemistry, biology, quantum physics, computer engineering, communication engineering, aerospace engineering, manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, etc. Are among the top ten in the United States. In addition, Cornell Law School, Johnson Business School, Weill Medical College and other professional colleges are also among the best, ranking between the 7th and 12 in the United States. Cornell Hotel Management College has also been praised as "the best school in the world" by Conrad Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels Group. According to the latest ranking of the National Research Council, Cornell ranks among the top teachers in the United States, among which humanities ranks fifth, engineering ranks fifth and mathematics and physics ranks sixth.

Cornell, like other Ivy League universities, not only has an excellent academic reputation, but also ranks among the best in cultivating alumni and making money. According to Forbes magazine's 20 10 inventory of the universities with the largest number of billionaires in the United States, Cornell University has 9 billionaire alumni, ranking among the top universities in the United States 10, and ranked/kloc-0 in the Forbes list of American universities in 20 13 (released by Forbes magazine in July 20 13).