泰晤士報发布2008年全球顶尖大学排名榜前10名.pptVIP

* 泰晤士报发布2008年全球顶尖大学排名榜前10名 1 HARVARD University哈佛大学 United States 2 YALE University耶鲁大学 United States 3 University of CAMBRIDGE剑桥大学 United Kingdom 4 University of OXFORD牛津大学 United Kingdom 5 CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology加州理工学院 United States 6 IMPERIAL College London伦敦大学帝国理工学院 United Kingdom 7 UCL (University College London)伦敦大学学院 United Kingdom 8 University of CHICAGO芝加哥大学 United States 9 MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology麻省理工学院 United States 10 COLUMBIA University哥伦比亚大学 United States 哈 佛 一 角 哈 佛 全 景 哈佛的冬天 History of Harvard University Harvard University, which celebrated its 350th anniversary in 1986, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Founded 16 years after the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, the University has grown from nine students with a single master to an enrollment of more than 18,000 degree candidates, including undergraduates and students in 10 principal academic units. An additional 13,000 students are enrolled in one or more courses in the Harvard Extension School. Over 14,000 people work at Harvard, including more than 2,000 faculty. There are also 7,000 faculty appointments in affiliated teaching hospitals. Seven presidents of the United States – John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George W. Bush – were graduates of Harvard. Its faculty have produced more than 40 Nobel laureates. Harvard College was established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was named for its first benefactor, John Harvard of Charlestown, a young minister who, upon his death in 1638, left his library and half his estate to the new institution. Harvards first scholarship fund was created in 1643 with a gift from Ann Radcliffe, Lady Mowlson. During its early years, the College offered a classic academic course based on the English university model but consistent