University of Oxford

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• Country : United Kingdom
 
• Phone : 44 1865 270000

• Address :  
Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD United Kingdom

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Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and lays claim to nine centuries of continuous existence. As an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research, Oxford attracts students and scholars from across the globe, with almost a quarter of our students from overseas. More than 130 nationalities are represented among a student population of over 18,000. 
Oxford is a collegiate university, with 39 self-governing colleges related to the University in a type of federal system. There are also seven Permanent Private Halls, founded by different Christian denominations. Thirty colleges and all halls admit students for both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Seven other colleges are for graduates only; one has Fellows only, and one specializes in part-time and continuing education. 
There is no clear date of foundation, but teaching existed at Oxford in some form in 1096 and developed rapidly from 1167, when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris.

Oxford is one of Europe's most innovative and entrepreneurial universities. Drawing on an 800-year tradition of discovery and invention, modern Oxford leads the way in creating jobs, wealth, skills and innovation for the 21st century. The leading UK university for knowledge transfer and commercial spin-outs, Oxford was also the UK pioneer in developing a university intellectual property policy.

Each year, Oxford welcomes students with great potential, at both undergraduate and graduate level, from all over the globe. Our students are attracted by the chance to study at an internationally-renowned seat of learning, with a centuries-old reputation for outstanding academic achievement and innovation. 
Oxford meets the needs of students, teachers and the international research community with an extremely rich and diverse range of library resources provided by over 100 separate libraries. 
Oxford's museums and collections are world renowned. They provide an important resource for scholars internationally, and welcome visits from members of the public. Admission is free, except for the Botanic Garden, where visitors are charged a small admission fee, and Christ Church Picture Gallery, which makes a small charge, with concessions for children, students and senior citizens.

The University of New South Wales

• Country : Australia
 
• Phone : 61 2 93851000

• Address : 
Sydney 2052 Australia

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The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is one of the leading teaching and research universities in Australia - renowned for the quality of its graduates and its commitment to new and creative approaches to education and research. Its motto - Scientia Manu et Mente ("Knowledge by Hand and Mind") - encapsulates the University's central philosophy of balancing the practical and the scholarly.
UNSW graduates are highly employable and command some of the best starting salaries.
As a result, more than half of New South Wales' top HSC students consistently make UNSW their first preference, more than all other universities in the State combined.
The University also enjoys the reputation of Australia's leading international university with the largest on-campus enrolment of international students and over 200 sister university partnerships around the world, amongst many other international activities.

KTH, Royal Institute of Technology

• Country : Sweden
 
• Phone : 46 8 7906000

• Address : 
Valhallavagen 79, Stockholm 100 44 Sweden

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The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan), KTH, is responsible for one-third of Sweden�s capacity for engineering studies and technical research at post-secondary level. Our university has over 12,000 undergraduate students, 1,600 active postgraduate students and a staff of 3,000 people.

KTH conducts top-notch education and research of a broad spectrum; from natural science to all branches of technology, including architecture, industrial economics, urban planning, work science and environmental technology. Apart from research performed at our departments, a large number of competence centres are housed at KTH and the university contributes to another three national ones. Strategic research foundations are also funding other research programmes or graduate schools.

Studies at KTH can lead to a number of degrees: Architect, Master or Bachelor of Science, or Doctor/ licentiate in either science or philosophy. Continuing education is also an important part of our activities.

KTH is a public university, mainly funded by government grants.

It was founded in 1827 and is the largest of Sweden's technical universities. Since 1917 KTH has been housed in central Stockholm in beautiful buildings which today have historical monument status, and associated colleges etc. are also found in various places in the Stockholm surroundings: Haninge, Kista, Södertälje.

In Kista, the main Swedish resource centre of information technology, KTH co-operates with Stockholm University, other research centres, and with industry.

Extensive co-education schemes are also carried out with a number of regional university colleges, where many of the MSc engineering students may complete their first two years before going to KTH in Stockholm.

KTH is an international institution with established research and educational exchanges all over the world, especially in Europe, the USA, Australia and Southeast Asia. Cooperation schemes with the Baltic states and Russia are on the increase. It is KTH�s ambition to play an even stronger role in the EU research programmes than today. Various joint efforts with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and other development bodies are also part of our international programme.

Technical University of Denmark

• Country :  Denmark
 
• Phone : 45 45 252525

• Address :
Anker Engelundsvej 1, Building 101A, Kgs. Lyngby 2800 Denmark

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DTU is a self-governing university that covers most engineering disciplines and educates engineers at the Bachelor, Master and PhD levels.

The University has approximately 900 researchers, 6,000 students, 600 PhD students and 400 international students a year in English-language programmers. In addition, we offer a comprehensive continuing education programme.
With activities in, among other areas, biotechnology, communications technology and nanotechnology, DTU has a high international standard within the technical-natural sciences, based on 15 individual departments as well as a number of research centers on campus in Lyngby, north of Copenhagen.
DTU houses a coherent innovation system that stretches from research and teaching to patents and licensing, industrial collaboration and science park activities.
DTU’s mission is to contribute to value creation in society on a sustainable foundation: through collaboration on R&D activities with private enterprises; through applications for patents and establishment of new enterprises and through the University’s education of Master’s students and young, new researchers. 

At the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) we offer ten full time 2-year International Master of Science Programmes: Environmental Engineering Computer Systems Engineering Computing and Mathematics Electronics Telecommunications Electromagnetic Systems Engineering Acoustics Biotechnology Petroleum Engineering Wind Energy DTU is one of the leading technical universities in Northern Europe, with more than 150 years experience in high level research and education. The university is characterised by having an international environment with students and researchers from all over the world, and a large number of courses and programmes taught in English. DTU is located only 10 kilometres from Denmark’s beautiful capital Copenhagen, within a region of significant cultural and historical inheritance. Tuition fees for the programmes of approximately USD 8.500 per year are covered by the Danish government. Living expenses of approximately USD 600 per month are to be covered by the students themselves. Important dates for the programmes starting the last week of August 2002: March 1, 2002: application deadline for all programmes except Computer Systems Engineering May 1, 2002: application deadline for Computer Systems Engineering Last week of August: induction course First week of September: start of M.Sc. programmes Please note: we recommend early application as the number of places on the programmes are limited. Applicants for the programmes are selected by the results of their former study (at least a B.Sc. or equivalent), the scientific level of their diploma and their English language proficiency. Further information and application forms: Technical University of Denmark (DTU) International Office Building 101A DK – 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark Telephone: + 45 45 25 11 53 Fax: + 45 45 88 80 40

University of Alberta

• Country : Canada
 
• Phone : 1 780 4923111

• Address : 
114 St. - 89 Ave, Edmonton T6G 2M7 Canada

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The University of Alberta is a research-intensive, innovative institution that attracts the best and brightest minds from around the world. With world-class facilities such as Canada’s National Institute for Nanotechnology on our main campus, we are leading the way in research and discovery. 
Our students choose from 200 undergraduate and 170 graduate programs, many of which are unique in Canada. We lead the country with the most 3M teaching awards (Canada’s highest award for undergraduate teaching excellence) and rank second in Canada for external research funding, with more than $490 million. With 100 years of history, U of A is known globally. Our graduates are recognized as the leaders of tomorrow, building “Knowledge Energy.”
U of A is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada—a modern city and the major hub for Alberta’s thriving oil and gas industries. The main campus is located in the centre of Edmonton, minutes from downtown and with great bus and subway access through the city. Home to 37,000 students, including 3,405 international students from 130 countries, U of A fosters a supportive and multicultural atmosphere within a vibrant research environment.

Yale University

• Country : United States
 
• Phone : 1 203 4324771

• Address :
P.O. Box 208236, New Haven 06520 United States

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Yale University was founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School in the home of Abraham Pierson, its first rector, in Killingworth, Connecticut. In 1716 the school moved to New Haven and, with the generous gift by Elihu Yale of nine bales of goods, 417 books, and a portrait and arms of King George I, was renamed Yale College in 1718. 

Yale embarked on a steady expansion, establishing the Medical Institution (1810), Divinity School (1822), Law School (1843), Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1847), the School of Fine Arts (1869), and School of Music (1894). In 1887 Yale College became Yale University. It continued to add to its academic offerings with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (1900), School of Nursing (1923), School of Drama (1955), School of Architecture (1972), and School of Management (1974). 

As Yale enters its fourth century, it's goal is to become a truly global university—educating leaders and advancing the frontiers of knowledge not simply for the United States, but for the entire world. Richard C. Levin, the president of Yale University, says: “The globalization of the University is in part an evolutionary development. Yale has drawn students from outside the United States for nearly two centuries, and international issues have been represented in its curriculum for the past hundred years and more. But creating the global university is also a revolutionary development—signaling distinct changes in the substance of teaching and research, the demographic characteristics of students, the scope and breadth of external collaborations, and the engagement of the University with new audiences.”

RMIT University

• Country : Australia
 
• Phone : 61 3 99252000

• Address : 
GPO Box 2476, Melbourne 3001 Australia

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RMIT University began as the Working Men's College in La Trobe Street, Melbourne in 1887. The University is one of Australia's leading educational institutions, with a commitment to applied education, training and research. From an encouraging intake of 600 students, RMIT University has grown to a global university of more than 63,000 students, including 21,000 international students drawn from more than 100 countries - an institution recognised internationally for the quality of its graduates and the excellence of its research.

RMIT is an innovative, global university, with its heart in the city of Melbourne. Melbourne campuses are located in the city, Brunswick and Bundoora. Regional sites include Hamilton, Sale and Bairnsdale. In Vietnam, RMIT has campuses in Saigon South and Hanoi. 

More than 950 higher education and vocational education programs are offered across a broad range of fields. Students have the flexibility to choose from associate degrees, double degrees, dual awards, online and distance learning, and can use pathways to move between vocational education and university study. Many specialist programs are regarded as among the best of their type in Australia.

It has an international reputation for excellence in work-relevant education and high quality research which is engaged with the needs of industry and community. Strategic partnerships are thriving within five industry clusters: aerospace and aviation; automotive; built environment, construction and infrastructure; health and community services; media and communications.

RMIT is a member of the Australian Technology Network (ATN), an influential alliance of five distinctive and prominent Australian universities. The ATN's aim is to help secure Australia's reputation as the clever country, contributing to its social and economic wealth by building strategic partnerships and undertaking solution based research which is relevant to the expectations of industry and the community.

Johns Hopkins University

• Country : United States
 
• Phone : 1 410 5168000

• Address : 
Baltimore 21218 United States

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The Johns Hopkins University, founded in Baltimore in 1876, was the first university in the Western Hemisphere founded on the model of the European research institution, where research and the advancement of knowledge were integrally linked to teaching. Its establishment began a revolution in U.S. higher education.
The university is named for its initial benefactor, Baltimore merchant Johns Hopkins, whose $7 million bequest -- the largest U.S. philanthropic gift to that time -- was divided evenly to finance the establishment of both the university and The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

University of Birmingham

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• United Kingdom
 
• Phone : 44 121 4143344
• Address : 
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT United Kingdom

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From 1900 to the present day, we’ve been leading the way in research and education, making ground-breaking progress in areas that span industries such as gene structure, medicine, space research and communications. 

We were the first university to:
Accept students from all religions and backgrounds on a completely equal basis 
Build on a campus model 
Incorporate a medical school 
Create a purpose built students’ union 

Each year, over 4,000 students from 150 countries study at the University of Birmingham, enhancing our reputation as a truly international university, and adding to our diverse range of cultures, views and opinions.
Provide a sporting option for all students in the interests of promoting health and well-being 
Birmingham ranks 5th in the UK for research excellence; in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise in 2001, seven areas of Birmingham’s research achieved the six star rating – a rating only given to studies of significant international importance.
Excellent sporting facilities, a busy calendar of social events and a global reputation for teaching makes Birmingham a great place to study – and we’re proud of the calibre of our academic community.

The leafy 250 acre, self-contained Edgbaston campus has all the facilities of a busy town: bars, cafes, shops, a hair salon, concert hall, bank, art gallery, doctor’s surgery, museums and its own railway station- all of the facilities you need to support your learning, social life, sporting and other interests at the University.
Birmingham has some of the best sports facilities in the country and a reputation for sporting excellence reflected in its consistent top three ranking in British inter-varsity sport.

Some of the organisations around the University were once used exclusively by academics, but now attract visitors from all over the world. With an impressive sculpture trail on campus, our own art gallery and botanical gardens, and important historical collections in our schools and departments, there’s a lot to see and do at Birmingham.

Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)

• Country : Indonesia
 
• Phone : 62 22 2500935

• Address : 
Jalan Cikapayan 15, Bandung 40116 Indonesia

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Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), was founded on March 2, 1959. The present ITB 
main campus is the site of earlier engineering schools in Indonesia. Although these institutions of higher learning had their own individual characteristics and missions, they left influence on developments leading to the establishment of ITB. 

In 1920, Technische Hogeschool (TH) was established in Bandung, which for a short time, in the middle forties, became Kogyo Daigaku. Not long after the birth of the Republic of Indonesia in 1945, the campus housed the Technical Faculty (including a Fine Arts Department) of Universitas Indonesia, with the head office in Jakarta. In the early fifties, a. Faculty of Mathematics and 
Natural Sciences, also part of Universitas Indonesia, was established on the campus. 

In 1959, the present lnstitut Teknologi Bandung was founded by the Indonesian 
government as an institution of higher learning of science, technology, and fine 
arts, with a mission of education, research, and service to the community.

Government Decree No. 155/2000 pertaining to The Decision on ITB as Legal Enterprise (Badan Hukum) has opened a new path for ITB to become autonomous. The status of autonomy implies a freedom for the institution to manage its own bussiness in an effective and efficient way, and to be fully responsible for the planning and implementation of all program and activity, and the quality control 
for the attainment of its institutional objective. The institution has also freedom in deciding their measures and taking calculated risks in facing tight competition and intense pressures.

Bandung, with a population of approximately one and a half million, lies in the mountainous area of West Java, at an altitude of 770 meters. The ITB main campus, to the north of the town centre, and its other campuses, cover a total area of 770,000 square meters.

Tohoku University

• Country : Japan
 
• Phone : 81 22 2174848

• Address :
1-1 Katahira 2-chome, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577 Japan

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Tohoku University was founded in 1907 as the third imperial university, during the period when Japan had begun to transform itself into a modernized society. Since then, it has played a leading role in both research and education in Japan, and is now ranked among the top universities in the Asia-Pacific region.

From the start Tohoku University has maintained uniqueness within Japan. The university has always conceived strong loyalty to science while other former imperial universities have tried to meet the governmental needs. This has resulted in remarkable success in the University's own research and also the cultivation of brilliant students who have maintained a desire for science even after they left the university. A typical example, and probably the best known is Mr. Koichi Tanaka, the 2002 Nobel Prize laureate and a graduate of the class of 1983.

The university sees science as something to be used for the good of humanity. This has encouraged us to apply the most advanced scientific knowledge in various fields such as engineering, medicine, and law, to the needs of society. The university is widely regarded as one of the most active in industry-university cooperation in Japan.

We have also placed great emphasis on an "open door" policy. Tohoku University was the first national university to turn coeducational and there is a constant influx of large numbers of International students and scholars from all over the world. In April 2004, all national universities in Japan became incorporated body and therefore legally independent of the national government. We are firmly convinced that the key to success to this new organizational structure is our existing "open door" policy and in particular, our ambitious plans for continued transnational research collaboration and student exchange.

Tohoku University is located in the northern part of Honshu Island--the main island of Japan--, in the City of Sendai. There are several campuses, fully equipped with everything necessary to a modern academic environment in scenic surroundings and a mild climate. Sendai itself is a historic port city, close to the mountains and permeated with woodland areas.

Tohoku University is situated in an extremely comfortable place to live and work and has some of the most friendly and exciting colleagues you will find in Japan.

Lomonosov Moscow State University

• Country : Russia
 
• Fax : +74959390126

• Address : 
GSP-1, Leninskie Gory,, GSP-1, Vorobievy Gory, Moscow 119992 Russia

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As a centre learning, MSU publishes a wide range of scientific literature, reference books, popular science editions, up to 400 titles and 3,000,000 copies a year, on various aspects of philosophy, psychology, history, economics, law, politics, philology, journalism, mathematics, physics and astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology and geography. The books, published under the title "University Library" include works of well-known philosophers and historians, both ancient and modern, memoirs, classical Russian and European authors. The books published under the title "Physics: ideas, achievements, prospects" are for specialists and for anyone interested in the field. The latest findings of MSU historians are presented in the series " The French Revolution". There is a special series including the works of outstanding Russian philosophers and historians.
MSU Library. Photo N.N.Molchanov

MSU library is one of the largest in Russia, with its 9,000,000 books, and the average number of readers 55,000, using 5,500,000 books a year.

MSU collaborates with the International Association of Universities and has links with about 60 educational institutions, centres and unions in Europe, the USA, Japan, China and some other Asian countries, in Australia, Latin America, Arab countries.

Since 1946, when the first international students were admitted, over 11,000 highly qualified specialists from 150 countries have graduated from MSU. Over 2,000 undergraduate and post-graduate students enroll every year, with over 400 students in intensive Russian/University preparation programmes.

Moscow University has well-established contacts with the most distinguished universities in the world, exchanging students and lecturers with the leading universities abroad. Moscow University houses the UNESCO International Demography Courses, the UNESCO Hydrology Courses, the International Biotechnology Centre, The International LASER Centre, courses and seminars on Russian as a foreign language. In 1991 the French University College, the Russian-American University, the Institute of German Science and Culture were opened. MSU has awarded honourary degrees to more than 60 scientists, statesmen and politicians from abroad; in their turn, many prominent University scholars and scientists hold honorary degrees from foreign academies and universities.

In January 2005 Lomonosov Moscow State University celebrates its 250th anniversary. Over 800 various events are planned on the occasion.

All the history of the University is the evidence of the outstanding role its alumni have played promoting the ideas of freedom, common good, humanity, and truth.

University of Maryland, College Park

• Country : United States
 
• Phone : 1 301 4051000

• Address : 
College Park 20742 United States

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The University Archives is the repository for a broad range of materials, including official office records, printed publications, photographs, and memorabilia, documenting the history and present activities of the University of Maryland, and in particular, the College Park campus. The holdings of the University Archives are strongest in the post-1916 period.

With the release of the these rankings, Maryland had 79 programs overall in the magazine's Top 25 rankings (undergraduate and graduate), 32 programs in the top 10, 51 in the top 15, 67 in the top 20. 

The University of Maryland, College Park, is a public research university, the flagship campus of the University System of Maryland, and the original 1862 land-grant institution in Maryland. It is one of only 61 members of the Association of American Universities (AAU). In keeping with the legislative mandates of 1988 and 1999, the University of Maryland is committed to achieving excellence as the State's primary center of research and graduate education and the institution of choice for undergraduate students of exceptional ability and promise. While the University has already attained national distinction, it intends to rank among the very best public research universities in the United States. To realize its aspirations and fulfill its mandates, the University advances knowledge, provides outstanding and innovative instruction, and nourishes a climate of intellectual growth in a broad range of academic disciplines and interdisciplinary fields. It also creates and applies knowledge for the benefit of the economy and culture of the State, the region, the nation and beyond.

Vienna University of Technology

• Country : Austria
 
• Phone : 43 1 588010

• Address : 
Karlsplatz 13, Vienna 1040 Austria

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The Vienna University of Technology was founded in 1815 as Imperial-Royal Polytechnical Institute, it was the first University of Technology within present-day German-speaking Europe. Today the university finds high international and domestic recognition in teaching as well as in research and is a highly esteemed partner of innovation oriented enterprises.

The TU offers a wide range of possibilities for studying: At the university's eight faculties (Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation; Faculty of Physics; Faculty of Chemistry; Faculty of Informatics; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Faculty of Civil Engineering; Faculty of Architecture and Regional Planning) students can study from Architecture and Planning up to Chemical Engineering, Technical Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics but also the Secondary School Teacher Accreditations Descriptive Geometry, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics. Profound expertise and the large pool of specialists active at the TU in teaching, research and as partners in business and commerce, make interaction among disciplines a prerequisite for maintaining the TU's position as one of the best on the international scene. The students get a practice-oriented basic knowledge and have the possibility to participate in research programs. Because of this excellent education graduates of the TU are quickly employed in industry and business right from the university.

Not only in teaching but also in research the TU is involved in many different fields: from atomic and particle physics over material physicists, surface science, interface and thin-layer research, plasma technology up to the development of modern production technologies, the research of information and communication technologies and business and investment mathematics. The TU is also providing impetus for the continuing development of equipment using regenerable energy resources. Furthermore the TU research is an important contribution to the stimulation of the domestic economy.

Smarter, smaller, thinner, lighter, faster, these demands made on future-oriented developments in technology are realized at the Vienna University of Technology.

Trinity College Dublin

• Country : Ireland
 
• Phone : 353 1 8961000

• Address : 
College Green, Dublin 2 Ireland

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Why This University?

At Ireland's premier university, the pursuit of excellence through research, scholarship and teaching is at the heart of a Trinity education. Founded in 1592, Trinity College Dublin is the oldest university in Ireland and one of the older universities of Western Europe. On today's campus, state-of-the-art libraries, laboratories and IT facilities stand alongside historic buildings on a city-centre 47-acre campus. 

Trinity College Dublin (TCD) offers a unique educational experience across a range of disciplines in the arts, humanities, engineering, science, human, social and health sciences. 

TCD has an outstanding record of publications in high-impact journals, and a track record in winning research funding which is among the best in the country. Students also benefit from a scholar teacher model where they have the opportunity of being taught by world-leading experts in their field. 

Interdisciplinarity forms a key element in the College strategy in increasing Trinity's international standing as a research-led university. TCD has developed significant international strength in research in eight major themes which include globalisation; cancer; genetics; neuroscience; immunology and infection; communications and intelligent systems; nano and materials science as well as Irish culture and the creative arts. 

Most of the university's activities are carried out on the historic campus located in the heart of Dublin. The west end of the campus is laid out in five quadrangles with distinguished buildings from the 18th century, notably the Old Library. The Library of Trinity College is the largest research library in Ireland and is an invaluable resource to scholars. In addition to purchases and donations accrued over four centuries, the College has had 200 years of legal deposit. By this right Trinity can claim a copy of every book published in Ireland the UK. The Library contains 4.25 million volumes, 30,000 current serial titles as well as an extensive collection of manuscripts, the most famous being the Book of Kells.

Towards the east end of the campus the recently built Hamilton, O'Reilly and Lloyd buildings house many of Trinity's science and technology laboratories and complement the recently completed Dental Hospital. The Samuel Beckett Theatre is located towards the north of the campus and the Douglas Hyde Art Gallery to the south. The construction of the country's first purpose-built building for a nanoscience research institute has just been completed which houses Ireland's first Science Gallery. This new building also includes a state-of-the-art sports complex. 


Trinity College launched its new Strategic Plan Update 2006 last year. The strategy is reflective of national policy and the objective of doubling the number of PhDs across all disciplines by 2013 in order to move towards a knowledge society. In order to achieve this, the College has received some of the largest allocations of Irish Government funding which have become competitively available to date. Trinity College has also embarked on a major fundraising campaign to fund the implementation of this Plan.

Trinity continues to attract intellectually strong students from Ireland and abroad. More than half of its incoming undergraduates have earned in excess of 500 out of a maximum 600 points in the national Leaving Certificate examination or the equivalent. The accessibility of a Trinity education to all students of ability is also very important. Trinity College was the first university in Ireland to reserve 15% of first year undergraduate places for students from non-traditional learning groups, students with a disability, socio-economically disadvantaged students as well as mature students. The College has met its target in this respect. There is also an exciting international mix of its student body where 16% of students are from outside Ireland and 40% of these students are from outside the European Union. TCD students also have an opportunity to study abroad in other leading European universities through Trinity's partnership agreements. 


People?
Many of Trinity College Dublin's alumni have helped shape the history of Ireland and Western Europe. Two of Trinity College's alumni have won Nobel prizes - Ernest Walton for physics in 1951 and Samuel Beckett for literature in 1968. The first president of Ireland, Douglas Hyde was a graduate as was the first female president of Ireland, Mary Robinson. Other notable alumni include authors, Jonathan Swift and Oliver Goldsmith; philosopher, George Berkeley; political philosopher, Edmund Burke; wit and dramatist, Oscar Wilde; historian, William Lecky; religious scholar, James Ussher; scientists, John Joly, George Johnstone Stoney and William Rowan Hamilton; and physicians, William Stokes and Denis Burkitt.


What do students say?

Postgraduate student, Haiyan Wang, from the Shandong Province in China completed a Masters degree in Economics and is currently doing a PhD also in Economics at Trinity College Dublin. Haiyan chose TCD because it is Ireland's premier university and enjoys an international reputation for its high quality of teaching and competitive research strength, attracting students from all over the world. "I am confident that the internationally recognised education which I received at Trinity College Dublin will enable me to pursue my career both in Ireland and worldwide," said Haiyan. She also found the College academic staff very supportive and accessible throughout her studies and enjoyed the friendly atmosphere in the department where she studied.

Eindhoven University of Technology

• Country : Netherlands
 
• Phone : 31 40 2479111

• Address : 
Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven 5612 AZ Netherlands

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The TU/e intends to be a research-driven, design-oriented university of technology, with the primary objective of providing young people with an academic education within the engineering science & technology domain.
The main pillars on which the university positions itself remained unchanged in 2004: 
The primary task is the training of engineers (at Master of Science level) possessing a sound scientific basis and depth of knowledge, as well as the necessary competences that will enable them to develop successful careers in a wide range of fields and functions within the community. The bachelor’s programs (BSc) are intended to serve as a basis for further education at Master’s level. The TU/e also trains teachers (at Master of Science level), designers (at the Professional Doctorate in Engineering level) and researchers (at Doctor of Philosophy level). In addition, it provides postacademic programs and courses.
In the research field the TU/e prefers to focus, within the engineering science & technology domain, on the specific areas in which it takes or can take a significant role in the international scientific world, and in which it can make meaningful contributions to the knowledge-intensive industries and other sectors of the community with a high, or rapidly developing, technology intensity. The TU/e strives to ensure that its research results are translated into successful innovations and serve as a basis for the creation of new enterprises. It actively encourages students and staff to opt for entrepreneurship.
The quality of teaching and research must meet high international standards.
The TU/e offers its students and staff an international and academic, in other words intellectually stimulating, study and working environment that will inspire them to broadly based personal development, to social and cultural engagement and to an entrepreneurial attitude.

Nanyang Technological University

• Country : Singapore
 
• Phone : 6 5 67911744

• Address : 
50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 Singapore

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Established in 1991, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a top-tier university in Asia. Acclaimed for its science and technology curriculum, the University is also reputed for its business school which ranks among the region’s best. The University is committed to its mission in Educating Leaders and Advancing Knowledge for Singapore and Beyond, and positions itself to be a global university of excellence. NTU has a student enrolment of about 25,000 students, out of which more than 6,000 are graduate students. It offers a broad-based curriculum, which focuses on the development of global views, entrepreneurship and adaptability. 

The University offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programmes leading to the award of Bachelor degrees and the degrees of Master and Doctor of Philosophy as well as postgraduate diplomas. 
The UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES can be completed in either 3-years(Busines-related courses) or 4-years. Qualified students may be considered for the Integrated or Double-Degree Programmes. Students may tailor their studies to have "major" or "minor". Internship, either locally or overseas, is a key component in most programmes. Besides core domain subjects, students are required to select other subjects offered by other schools within NTU so that their university educations will be wholistic and broad-based. All freshmen are strongly encouraged to live in the university residential hall.

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was ranked 73rd globally in the The Times Higher Education (2009) ranking of the world's best universities. Placed 33rd among technology universities, NTU remains well within the upper echelons of the world's best science and technological universities

Expanding rapidly on a solid foundation of science and technology, the university is breaking new ground in global education as a comprehensive university. 

Its 200-ha residential campus, located in the south-western part of Singapore, was originally developed for a Chinese language university, Nanyang University, in 1955. In 1981, Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) was established on this campus to educate engineers for Singapore to support Singapore's economy. NTI became Nanyang Technological University in 1991 and the vision has since being global-focussed.

Besides having one of the largest engineering colleges in the world, NTU has a top-tier business school with one of the top 100 MBA programmes in the world, an internationally acclaimed National Institute of Education, one of the best communication and information schools in Asia, and a biological sciences school at the forefront of Singapore's life sciences initiative. The Institute of Defence & Strategic Studies is a world authority on terrorism. 

Three new schools - Art, Design and Media, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Physical and Mathematical Sciences - have been established with NTU turning comprehensive in 2005. 

Focused on grooming global leaders, NTU launched The New Undergraduate Experience in 2003 to provide students a strong, broad academic foundation, professional preparation, global immersion and an unforgettable campus experience. NTU students also hone their leadership skills through residential living and self-governance. Not surprisingly, graduates of the university are sought-after and well-paid. 

NTU has expanded its global network to accelerate collaborative research, teaching and entrepreneurship. It has many joint programmes with top universities. They include the Singapore-MIT Alliance, Singapore-Stanford Partnership, Cornell-Nanyang Institute of Hospitality Management, and Singapore-University of Washington Alliance in Bioengineering. The Global Immersion Programme, which offers an exceptional multi-country experience of language, culture, industry and entrepreneurship, allows NTU students to be engaged in study/research with renowned universities worldwide.