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MIT |
Engineering, AI, innovation. |
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| 2 |
Stanford University |
Silicon Valley research hub. |
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| 3 |
Harvard University |
Law, business, medicine. |
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| 4 |
University of Oxford |
Historic academic excellence. |
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University of Cambridge |
Top in math and physics. |
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Caltech |
Physics and engineering leader. |
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| 7 |
ETH Zurich |
Robotics and engineering. |
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| 8 |
University of Chicago |
Economics and social sciences. |
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| 9 |
Imperial College London |
Medicine and engineering. |
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| 10 |
UCL |
Interdisciplinary research. |
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| 11 |
Princeton University |
Undergraduate excellence. |
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| 12 |
UPenn |
Business and medicine. |
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| 13 |
Yale University |
Law and arts. |
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| 14 |
UC Berkeley |
Public research excellence. |
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| 15 |
Columbia University |
Journalism and sciences. |
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| 16 |
NYU |
Arts, business, global programs. |
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| 17 |
Johns Hopkins University |
Medicine and health sciences. |
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| 18 |
University of Toronto |
AI and medical research. |
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| 19 |
Tsinghua University |
Engineering leader in Asia. |
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Peking University |
Top Chinese research university. |
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