Harvard University

Top 10 Medical Colleges in the World Harvard University Harvard University's medical school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and is ranked as the number one medical college in the world, according to the 2010 rannking published in "U.S. News & World Report" magazine. Harvard Medical School was established in 1782 and has many Nobel laureates. hms.harvard.edu University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge's School of Clinical Medicine located in England s ranked No.2 as the best medical college in the world, according to "U.S. News & World Report" magazine. The teaching of medicine at Cambridge dates all the way back to 1540. medschl.cam.ac.uk Yale University Yale University is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and is ranked No.3 among the best colleges in the world according to "U.S. News & World Report"magazine. The Yale School of Medicine was founded in 1810 and is a world-renowned center for biomedical research. medicine.yale.edu University College of London The University College of London (UCL) medical school is located in London, England, and is No.4 among the best colleges in the world according to "U.S. News & World Repor" magazinet. UCL Medical School was established in 1987and is one of the top-ranking universities in all of the UK. ucl.ac.uk/medicalschool Imperial College London Imperial College London is located in England is and is the 5th best college in the world according to the 2010 report by "U.S. News & World Report" magazine. Its Faculty of Medicine was established in 1997 and is one of Europe's largest medical institutions. imperial.ac.uk/medicine/ University of Oxford The University of Oxford in England is one of the oldest universities in England and is tied in 5th place with the Imperial College of London on the list of the best colleges in the world. Oxford University offers a large range of degrees in its Medical Sciences Division, such as neuroscience, diagnostic imaging, clinical embryology and more. medsci.ox.ac.uk University of Chicago The University of Chicago's Prtizker School of Medicine is located in Chicago, Illinois, and is the 6th best college in the world, according to "U.S. News & World Report." The Pritzker School of Medicine was established in 1927. It offers several joint degree programs such as the Medical Scientist Training Program, which is a MD/PhD program. pritzker.bsd.uchicago.edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology The medical school for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is combined with Harvard University's medical school and is called the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST). This school is separate from Harvard's own medical school. HST is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was founded in 1971. It is 7th on the list of best medical schools in the world. hst.mit.edu California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology, or Caltech, is among the top 10 schools in the world according to the 2010 report by "U.S. News & World Report" magazine. Caltech offers a Medical Scientist training program and was established in 1919. The university has received 5 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Physics and Medicine. mstp.healthsciences.ucla.edu Columbia University Columbia University in New York is rated the 10th best medical school in the world. Columbia University's Medical Center was established in the 1920s and has four professional schools, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Maliman School of Public Health, College of Dental Medicine and School of Nursing. cumc.columbia.edu

I go to a four-year liberal arts COLLEGE (Davidson) and I think it sounds actually very different from universities. When you go to university for undergrad, you are going to college...it's the same thing, basically, but there are some slight differences. Colleges are usually a part of a bigger university (the university includes graduate programs, too). Davidson, Williams, Amherst, and so on, are colleges on their own, unaffiliated with a larger university. When you go to Harvard for undergrad, you're going to Harvard College. Not Harvard University. Harvard College is a liberal arts undergrad PART of Harvard University, but on your diploma, it would say "Harvard College." I have learned to like the liberal arts college (LAC) setting a lot more than I think I would've liked a national university, because it's smaller, overall, there are no TAs (teaching assistants -- there are TONS of them at Harvard, Duke, Yale, etc.), and there is no competition for the professors' attention between the undergrads and grad students because there are no grad students. Also, at liberal arts colleges, there is much more of an emphasis on teaching, whereas at bigger universities, the professor's job might more likely be research first, then teach. At LACs, they usually have to put teaching before research and are required to publish a little less.

Rankings Master of Architecture 1. Harvard University 2. University of Cincinnati 3. Columbia University 4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4. Yale University 6. Cornell University 6. Washington University in St. Louis 6. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 9. University of Michigan 9. University of Texas at Austin 11. Clemson University 11. Kansas State University 11. Princeton University 11. Texas A&M University 11. University of Virginia 16. Rice University 17. Georgia Institute of Technology 17. University of California at Berkeley 19. Rhode Island School of Design 19. Syracuse University Bachelor of Interior Architecture/Design 1. Kansas State University 2. Pratt Institute 2. University of Cincinnati 4. Cornell University 5. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6. California College of Arts 6. New York School of Interior Design 8. Michigan State University 9. Arizona State University 9. Art Center Design College 9. Illinois Institute of Art at Chicago 9. Iowa State University of Science and Technology 9. Miami University 9. University of Missouri 9. University of Oregon 9. University of Texas at Austin 9. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Master of Interior Architecture/Design 1. Pratt Institute 2. Kansas State University 3. Cornell University 4. Rhode Island School of Design 5. Savannah College of Art and Design 6. Arizona State University 6. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 9. Washington State University of Spokane 10. Iowa State University 10. Syracuse University 10. University of Florida Bachelor of Landscape Architecture 1. University of Georgia 2. Kansas State University 2. Louisiana State University 4. Pennsylvania State University 5. Cornell University 5. Texas A&M University 7. Purdue University 8. Ball State University 9. Iowa State University 10. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 10. University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign 12. Clemson University 13. Ohio State University 14. University of Florida 15. University of Rhode Island Master of Landscape Architecture 1. Harvard University 2. University of Georgia 3. Louisiana State University 4. Texas A&M University 5. Ball State University 5. Cornell University 5. University of Virginia 8. Kansas State University 8. University of California at Berkeley 8. University of Michigan 11. University of Pennsylvania 11. University of Texas at Austin 13. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 14. Auburn University 14. North Carolina State University 14. Rhode Island School of Design

Good question. "Institution" just defines a places where people gather together in social order in some mechanism, such as a jail is an institution, because there is social order there, whereas an institution of higher learning would be a "university" for example. The word "college" now that is an interesting word. In the UK, Australia, and Canada the word college could be just used as a further training, such as a high school or trade school, but even there people use it as a constituent within a university. In the United States, and most likely I would believe that most people would be following suite, is to use the word interchangeably with university or to denote a constituent within a university. For example, Boston College is a university, whereas Harvard College is part of Harvard University for undergraduates, and is one 13 schools or institutes in Harvard. Usually if we are talking about a university there may be several colleges within it, like "the college of engineering and applied sciences" or "the college of letters and science." Also if we take the word institution and make it "institute" that word many times is used for art schools and in my opinion appears to have more flair. Going on to the next part of your group of questions, public is typically funded by the government either national or sub-national. These schools usually are easier to get into, but the learning and research can be quite innovative there, for example Purdue University, UCLA, and Berkley are all prestigious schools in their own ways, but not private schools. Private universities are not funded by the government although they may receive public subsidies, such as in the form of breaks on taxes and public student loans. Generally schools founded by Jesuit or religious groups are private, and some examples of private schools include Harvard University, Washington University in St. Louis, College of Holy Cross (Jesuit), and Notre Dame (Jesuit). As for research universities, those are defined by Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education to "indicate those universities that engaged in extensive research activity," so in other words typically large universities both public and private engaged in innovative study. The word coeducational is a bit old fashioned, but for many years most schools were geared towards men only, and thus the word was used when it was an institution of mixed-sex (coed is the slang). Coeducational is a good word to use in modern days for lets say a women's college that has become mixed-sex, like Wheaton College, identifying itself as such. Generally "independent college" is the same as "private university" depending on how the word is used and particular regions and states will have associations of independent colleges, which are schools funded not by the government. "Coeducational residential college" is one where there is onsite housing. Occasionally an institution may lump together students in an honors program or major group of study if they choose to do so. Many institutions require that a student stay in a residential hall for the first year or more of study, but there may be ways to avoid this requirement. "Independent" also can define a student that supports him or herself.

4 years bachelors degree, 4 years medical school, minimum 2 years residency. Top 10 medical schools (research) 1. Harvard University 2. Johns Hopkins University Washington University in St. Louis 4. Duke University University of Pennsylvania 6. University of California San Francisco 7. Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons 8. Stanford University University of Michigan Ann Arbor 10. Yale University Top 10 medical schools (primary care) 1. University of Washington 2. Oregon Health & Science University 3. University of California San Francisco 4. Mich. State U. Coll. of Osteopathic Medicine 5. University of Minnesota Duluth 6. University of California San Diego University of New Mexico University of Wisconsin Madison 9. University of Iowa (Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver) University of Minnesota Twin Cities University of Rochester