1, Harvard University:

1636, founded in Boston, is a world-renowned institution of higher learning, a world-renowned private research university and a member of the American Ivy League. It consists of ten colleges and an advanced research institute. It has a lofty academic status and extensive influence in many fields such as literature, medicine, law and commerce, and is considered as the top higher education and research institution in the world.

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founded in 186 1, is a world-famous private research university. It is famous for top engineering and computer science. It has produced nearly 100 Nobel Prize winners, as well as many Fields Prize winners and Turing Prize winners. It has well-known Lincoln Lab, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, and MIT Media Lab.

3. Stanford:

Established in 189 1, the world-renowned private research university is close to the high-tech park Silicon Valley, and has trained leaders of many high-tech companies including Hewlett-Packard, Google and Yahoo, as well as a number of US congressmen.

Mainly composed of seven academic colleges, it has world-class academic influence in statistics and operational research, electrical engineering, computer science, medicine, business, social science and other disciplines.

4. Yale University:

Founded in 170 1, it is a world-famous private research university. The United States has a profound history of institutions of higher learning, is a famous member of the Ivy League. It is famous for humanities and social sciences, law, public policy, art and basic disciplines, and elite leaders come forth in large numbers. Many American political leaders and business leaders have graduated here, and it is called "the cradle of the president".

5. Princeton University:

Founded in 1746, it is a world-famous private comprehensive research university, an institution of higher learning with profound American history, a famous member of the Ivy League, and has the reputation of "the cradle of American politicians";

He is good at theoretical academic research and enjoys the world-famous tradition of attaching importance to quality, research and theory. His departments of mathematics, philosophy and physics are particularly famous, and history, English, politics, economy and architecture are also highly respected in academic circles.