Global Universities Directory

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1861 to advance "useful knowledge", the university has played a significant role in the development of many areas of technology and science.

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636, and named Harvard College in 1639 in honor of its first benefactor, Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Its influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Jr.

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) is a branch campus of Carnegie Mellon University, located in Doha, Qatar. Funded by the Qatar Foundation, it offers standard CMU undergraduate degrees.

Koç University is a private non-profit research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Koç University comprises the Colleges of Social Sciences and Humanities, Administrative Sciences and Economics, Science, Engineering, Law, Nursing and Medicine. Koç University offers 22 undergraduate, 43 master's and 30 Ph.D. programs. The university is home to more than 8,000 students. The university accepts international students from various countries and has a network of over 250 partner-universities including the University of California, Northwestern University, Cornell University and Georgetown University.

The American University of Sharjah (AUS) is a private university in Sharjah, UAE. It is independent and modeled after American higher education, holding accreditation in both the US and the UAE.

Sabancı University is a private research university that adopts a liberal arts education approach, established in 1994 and located on a 1.26 million squaremeter campus which is about 40 km from Istanbul's city center. Its first students matriculated in 1999. The first academic session started on October 20, 1999 .