Columbia University, located in Manhattan, new york, USA, is a private Ivy League school, consisting of three undergraduate colleges and thirteen graduate schools. Eighty-seven alumni and professors from Columbia University won the Nobel Prize. Three American presidents, including President Obama, are all graduates of this school. In addition, medical schools, law schools, business schools and journalism schools are also among the best. The Pulitzer Prize awarded by its journalism school is the highest honor in American journalism. American News and World Report 20 10-20 1 1 ranked 4th.

Washington University in St. Louis, located in the suburb of St. Louis in eastern Missouri, USA, is one of the best 15 top research-oriented comprehensive universities in the United States. Ranked12) in 2009 and 20 10 in the comprehensive ranking list of American universities in American News, which tied with Cornell University and surpassed some famous Ivy League schools such as Brown University. Its admission competition is fierce, and it ranks fifth with Columbia University, with an admission rate of only 19%.

The professional rankings of Washington University Graduate School in St. Louis are also well-known: George warren brown School of Social Work ranks 1 in the United States, Medical College ranks 3 rd in the United States, Architecture College ranks 5 th in the United States, Biomedical Engineering Department of Engineering College ranks 12 in the United States, Law School and Olin Business School rank 19 in the United States, and other college majors are also among the best.