No 1 Name: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 2 nd place: Cambridge University; Third place: Oxford University; Fourth place: Harvard University; Fifth place: Stanford University

6th place: Imperial College London, London; 7th place: Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology); 8 th place: National University of Singapore; 9 th place: University College London; No. 10: University of California at Berkeley

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), founded in 186 1, is located in Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Its main campus is built on the Charles River. It is a world-renowned top private research university and a member of the Global University Presidents Forum.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) focused on applied science and engineering in its early days. After World War II, the demand for R&D relying on American defense technology rose.

During World War II and the Cold War, researchers at MIT contributed to the scientific and technological development of computers, radars and inertial navigation systems. By 2020, MIT has produced 8 Fields Prize winners and 26 Turing Prize winners.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a comprehensive private university in the United States, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts (Cambridge belongs to the Boston metropolitan area, and Boston metropolitan area belongs to the Greater Boston area), with a campus area of 166 acre, just across the river from Boston's Back Bay.

MIT was founded in 186 1 by the famous natural scientist william barton rogers. He hopes to create a free college to cater to the rapid development of the United States.

Due to the civil war, MIT didn't welcome the first batch of students until 1865, and then it developed rapidly in the fields of nature and engineering. During the Great Depression, MIT was once considered to merge with Harvard University, but was forced to cancel the plan under the protest of its students.