These countries have the best education system and the most Nobel Laureates!

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United States

New York tops the list of preferred destinations for international students in the US, followed by Chicago! With their research-oriented approach, US colleges have always strived to produce the best talent, and accommodate the best from around the world.

The University of Chicago has 97 Nobel Laureates as its alumni and 90 of them are listed as ‘UChicago’s Nobel Laureates’.

The Nobel laureates from Princeton include chemists Edwin McMillan and Richard Smalley, economists Angus Deaton and Paul Krugman, and physicists Robert Hofstadter and Richard Feynman. Other prominent persons who have gone through Princeton University include Woodrow Wilson and James Madison both of whom being former US presidents, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and former US First Lady Michelle Obama.

 

United Kingdom

4 UK institutions are ranked amongst the top 10 global institutions, making it the world’s second-leading study destination hosting more than 442,000 international students. Also, 76 UK universities also feature in the ‘QS World University Rankings 2019’.

Indira Gandhi studied at Oxford and Mahatma Gandhi was the alumni of the University College London. More than 30 prominent world leaders, 26 Nobel Prize winners and 26 British Prime Ministers were educated at the University of Oxford.

 

Germany

Home to some of the world’s oldest universities, Germany is the most preferred destination for international students after US and Uk. LMU Munich has produced 34 Nobel laureates and renowned scientists. Further, 13 Nobel Prizes have been awarded in areas of Physics, Chemistry, and Medicine to the academics related to the Technical University of Munich. Heidelberg University has produced 56 Nobel laureates and other scientists and philosophers.

13 German universities make to the world’s top 250 and 30 in the top 500. This itself is enough to place Germany amongst the world’s best education providers.

Albert Einstein and Walter Benjamin studied at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and the university has 40 Noble prize winners to its credit.

 

Australia

The place of Vegemite and Kangaroos! Australia’s excellent higher education system was ranked third in the ‘QS Higher Education System Strength Rankings 2018’. Australia’s Group of Eight (like the US Ivy League) features into the global top 100 and 37 universities appear in the top universities rankings globally.

Six Nobel Prize winners were among the faculty and alumni of the Australian National University. Top 5 Australian universities have produced Nobel laureates, scholars and famous world leaders whose work has impacted the world. The University of Sydney was attended by 5 Australian Prime Ministers.

 

Canada

Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec are the most preferred destinations for international students in Canada. 26 Canadian universities featured in the Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings 2018 and the QS World University Rankings 2019 out of which 3 are included in the global top 50. Additionally, 11 more universities are included in the world’s top 300.

With 10 Nobel laureates and 5 Canadian PMs, The University of Toronto features on top of student choice list for colleges in Canada. University of British Columbia (UBC) also has the credit of churning out 7 Nobel Prize winners!

 



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