Harvard University, referred to as Harvard, is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is a world-renowned private research university and a member of the famous Ivy League school. The United States of America has eight presidents, 133 Nobel Prize winners, 18 Fields Prize winners and 13 Turing Prize winners. It has a lofty academic status and extensive influence in many fields such as literature, medicine, law and business studies, and is recognized as one of the top higher education institutions in the world today.
Harvard is also the oldest institution of higher learning in America. It was born in 1636 and was first created by the colonial legislature in Massachusetts. It was originally named New Citizen College in memory of Pastor john harvard who gave generous support in the early days of the college. The school was renamed Harvard College 1639 in March. 1780, Harvard College was officially renamed Harvard University. By the end of 20 17, there were more than 6,700 undergraduates and 5250 master students and doctoral students.