The Top 10 Universities for Employability 2017

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MEET THE WORLD’S TOP 10 UNIVERSITIES

FOR GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY

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as a high-flying

entrepreneur in the

making?

The QS Graduate

Employability

Rankings 2017 are

out now.

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Here’s some facts you

might not know about the

top 10 universities for

graduate employability.

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10. Princeton

University

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Princeton University was founded in 1754

as the ‘College of New Jersey.’

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The institution is part of the US’s prestigious ‘Ivy

League’.

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Princeton is associated with 41 Nobel

laureates. Famous alumni include First

Lady Michelle Obama, Amazon CEO and

founder Jeff Bezos, and writer F. Scott

Fitzgerald.

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9. University of

California,

Berkeley (UCB)

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Berkeley is the oldest college of the 10

which make up the University of

California.

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The institution’s motto is the Latin Fiat lux, which means ‘Let there be light.’

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Berkeley students and alumni have won 117 Olympic gold medals

to date.

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8. University

of Oxford

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Founded in 1096, the University of Oxford is

the oldest in the English-speaking

world, and the world’s second-oldest in

continuous operation.

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Oxford has educated 27 prime ministers of the UK, and many

foreign heads of state.

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7. Columbia

University

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Columbia University is located in Upper Manhattan, New

York City.

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Like Princeton, it too was founded in 1754.

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Columbia is organized into 20 schools, and

has outpost institutions all around

the globe.

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6. École

Polytechnique

ParisTech

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ParisTech is a French collegiate

university, which specializes in science

and businesssubjects.

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The university is made up of several

Parisian institutions, some of which were founded in the 18th

century.

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5. University

of Cambridge

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The University of Cambridge is the

world’s fourth-oldestsurviving university, and was founded in

1209.

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The university is comprised of 31

separate colleges, each with their own

history and set of famous alumni.

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4. University

of Sydney

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Established in 1850, the University of

Sydney is Australia’s oldest, and is known as one of Australia’s ‘sandstone’ set, on

account of its campus architecture.

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The university’s buildings are regularly

featured in lists and rankings of the most beautiful university

campuses in the world.

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Five Nobel laureates are University of Sydney alumni.

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3. Tsinghua

University

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Located in the Chinese capital city, Beijing, Tsinghua

University was founded in 1911.

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It is consistently ranked as one of China’s top

universities, and placed 24th in the QS

World University Rankings® 2016-2017.

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2. Massachusetts

Institute of

Technology (MIT)

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Founded in 1861 in response to the US’s

rapid industrialization,

MIT boasts an impressive academic

reputation across many fields.

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The QS World University

Rankings® 2016-2017 ranks MIT as the world’s #1 university –

a position it has defended for several

years.

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1. Stanford

University

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Stanford occupies one of the largest

campuses in the US, and is based in (you

guessed it) Stanford, California.

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It is estimated that the total annual revenue

of companies founded by Stanford alumni and faculty

amounts to more than US$2.7 trillion…

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That’s equivalent to the 10th-largest economy in the

world!

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Which universities are

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