The University of Toronto (U of T, or simply Toronto) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated north of the city’s Financial District on the grounds that surround Queen’s Park. It was founded by Royal Charter in 1827 as King’s College, the first institution of higher learning in the colony of Upper Canada. Originally controlled by the Church of England, the university assumed the present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution. As a collegiate university, it comprises twelve colleges that differ in character and history, each retaining substantial autonomy on financial and institutional affairs.

Academically, the University of Toronto is noted for influential movements and curricula in literary criticism and communication theory, known collectively as the Toronto School. The university was the birthplace of insulin and stem cell research, and was the site of the first practical electron microscope, the development of multi-touch technology, the identification of Cygnus X-1 as a black hole, and the theory of NP completeness. By a significant margin, it receives the most annual research funding of any Canadian university.

The Varsity Blues are the athletic teams that represent the university in intercollegiate league matches, with particularly long and storied ties to gridiron football and ice hockey. The university’s Hart House is an early example of the North American student centre, simultaneously serving cultural, intellectual and recreational interests within its large Gothic-revival complex.

The University of Toronto ranked as the nation’s top medical-doctoral university in Maclean’s magazine for twelve consecutive years between 1994 and 2005, and places 24th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, 18th in the Newsweek global university ranking, and 29th overall in the Times Higher Education ranking. The university has educated two Governors General and four Prime Ministers of Canada, four foreign leaders, fourteen Justices of the Supreme Court, and has been affiliated with nine Nobel laureates.

University of Toronto
Latin: Universitas Torontonensis
Motto Velut arbor ævo (Latin)
Motto in English As a tree through the ages
Established March 15, 1827
Type Public university
Endowment C$1.286 billion
Chancellor David Peterson
President David Naylor
Faculty 2,551
Staff 4,795
Undergraduates 33,371
Postgraduates 11,638
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
43°39′42″N 79°23′42″W / 43.66167°N 79.395°W / 43.66167; -79.395Coordinates: 43°39′42″N 79°23′42″W / 43.66167°N 79.395°W / 43.66167; -79.395
Campus Urban, 71 hectares (176 acres)
Former names King’s College (1827–1849)
Colours Blue White
Nickname Varsity Blues
Athletics CIS, OUA, CUFLA
44 varsity teams
Affiliations AAU, ACU, AUCC, G13, IAU, URA, WUN
Website utoronto.ca

Overview
The University of Seoul has been providing higher education opportunities since its foundation in 1918. As a public institution, the University of Seoul is committed to addressing the social, regional, technological, and creative issues of the urbanized world. It has thus dedicated itself to cultivating leaders who will shape the urban future of Korea and the world. The University of Seoul insists on quality and breadth, committed to both theory and practice, and endorses an openness towards students, unique among Korea’s elite institutions. With more than 10,000 students enrolled, the University of Seoul consists of seven undergraduate colleges and almost 90 fields of study in the Graduate School. It offers courses of study in eight schools and twenty seven departments.

University of Seoul
서울시립대학교
Motto Truthness, Creativity, Service
진리·창조·봉사
Established May 1, 1918 as Keijo Public Agricultural College
March 1, 1956, Re-established as a university
Type Public
Endowment N/A
President Lee Sang Bum
Faculty 372 (2008)
Staff 229 (2008)
Students 15,058 (2008)
Undergraduates 12,193 (2008)
Postgraduates 2,865 (2008)
Location Dongdaemun, Seoul, South Korea
Campus Urban
270,600 m²/66.87 acre
Colors Blue
Mascot Hawk
Website www.uos.ac.kr

Institutions
KAIST was founded with government funding and was initially staffed with a number of Korean engineering and science talents educated in the United States. From the onset, the emphasis has been in theoretical as well as applied research. KAIST continues to be Korea’s foremost center of strategic R&D projects. The University helped pioneer the establishment of competitive research oriented graduate school programs in Korea.

The University’s some 540 faculty conducts research in cooperation with academics and industries all over the world. KAIST offers grants and fellowships to international students.

The President of KAIST, Nam Pyo Suh, is an authority in axiomatic design technology. Soon-Heung Chang, a nuclear scientist, serves as Provost and Ji-won Yang, a chemical engineer, as Vice President for external affairs.

The University has for many decades, recruited faculty from overseas. The current KAIST President Nam Pyo Suh taught for many years at MIT. His predecessor, Robert Laughlin, a Nobel Prize laureate and a physics professor from Stanford University, was the first foreigner to head a Korean university. Professor Emeritus Cho Jang Hee, was a dual professor at both Columbia, New York, and KAIST, and played major role in the development of the PET scanning technology.

The vast majority of professors come from US higher education institutions. The school engages in many international programs with leading European and Asian universities. The university is a member of LAOTSE, an international network of universities in Europe and Asia. It is also a member of the Association of East Asian Research Universities.

KAIST
Established February 16, 1971
Type Government-run
President Nam-Pyo Suh
Faculty 526 (as of September, 2009)
Staff 322 (as of January, 2008)
Students 8,929 (as of September, 2009)
Undergraduates 3,839 (as of September, 2009)
Postgraduates 2,213 (as of September, 2009)
Doctoral students 2,877 (as of September, 2009)
Location Yuseong, Daejeon, South Korea
Campus Urban
1,432,882m² (Daedeok Campus)
413,346 m² (Seoul Campus)
Affiliations AEARU, LAOTSE, AOTULE
Website http://www.kaist.edu

St Andrews is a member of the 1994 Group, a network of smaller research-intensive British universities.

University of St Andrews
Latin: Universitas Sancti Andreae apud Scotos
(University of St Andrew amongst the Scots)
Motto ΑΙΕΝ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΥΕΙΝ (AIEN ARISTEUEIN) (Greek: Ever To Be The Best)
Established 1410–1413
Type Public university
Endowment £34.8 million
Chancellor Sir Menzies Campbell
Rector Kevin Dunion
Principal Dr Louise Richardson
Staff 1,804 (all)
817 (academic)
Students 8,645
Undergraduates 6,760
Postgraduates 1,885
Location St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK
Colours University of St Andrews
St Mary’s College
Bute Medical School
St Leonard’s College
Affiliations 1994 Group
Website st-andrews.ac.uk

Founded in 1895, the School joined the federal University in 1900 as the Faculty of Economics, beginning to issue its degrees from 1902. Today it remains a specialist single-faculty constituent college of the University, the only such institution in Britain. It describes itself as “the world’s leading social science institution for teaching and research”.

The School is a member of the Russell Group, the European University Association, Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Community of European Management Schools and International Companies, The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs and Universities UK as well as the Golden Triangle of British Universities.

London School of Economics and Political Science
Arms of the London School of Economics and Political Science
Motto Latin: Rerum cognoscere causas
Motto in English “To Understand the Causes of Things”
Established 1895
Endowment £56.9m
Chancellor HRH The Princess Royal (University of London)
Director Sir Howard Davies
Visitor The Lord President of the Council ex officio
Staff 1,303
Students 8,810
Undergraduates 3,860
Postgraduates 4,950
Location London, England, UK
Coordinates: 51°30′50.40″N 0°07′0.12″W / 51.514°N 0.1167°W / 51.514; -0.1167
Campus Urban
Newspaper The Beaver
Clare Market Review
Colours Purple, Black and Gold
Mascot Beaver
Affiliations University of London
Russell Group
EUA
ACU
CEMS
APSIA
RISE[6]
‘Golden Triangle’
Universities UK
Website http://www.lse.ac.uk

Imperial was placed 5th overall in the world in the 2009 THE – QS World University Rankings of universities worldwide, and 27th in the world by the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities.

Imperial College London is a member of the Russell Group of Universities, a part of the Golden Triangle, the IDEA League, the European University Association, AMBA, the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and the League of European Research Universities.

Imperial’s main campus is located in South Kensington in Central London, on the boundary between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster (the Knightsbridge part), with its front entrance on Exhibition Road. Including Imperial’s other campuses, there is a total of 525,233 square metres (5,653,560 sq ft) of property which is the largest operational estate of any higher education institution in the UK.

Formerly a constituent college of the University of London, Imperial became independent of the university on 8 July 2007, the 100th anniversary of its founding.

Imperial College London
Motto Scientia imperii decus et tutamen
Knowledge is the adornment and protection of the Empire
Established 8 July 1907
Type Public
Endowment £261.5 million (2007/08)
Rector Sir Roy Anderson
Visitor The Lord President of the Council ex officio
Staff approx. 8,000 (2007/08)
Students 13,410
Undergraduates 8,350
Location London, UK
Campus Urban
Affiliations Russell Group
Association of MBAs
IDEA League
Association of Commonwealth Universities
‘Golden Triangle’
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
European Quality Improvement System
Website http://www.imperial.ac.uk

Established in 1769 by Congregational minister Eleazar Wheelock with funds largely raised by the efforts of Native American preacher Samson Occom, the College’s initial mission was to acculturate and Christianize the Native Americans. After a long period of financial and political struggles, Dartmouth emerged from relative obscurity in the early twentieth century. In 2004, Booz Allen Hamilton selected Dartmouth College as a model of institutional endurance “whose record of endurance has had implications and benefits for all American organizations, both academic and commercial,” citing Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward and Dartmouth’s successful self-reinvention in the late 1800s. Dartmouth alumni, from Daniel Webster to the many donors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, have been famously involved in their college.

Dartmouth is located on a rural 269-acre (1.1 km²) campus in the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire. Given the College’s isolated location, participation in athletics and the school’s Greek system is high. Dartmouth’s 34 varsity sports teams compete in the Ivy League conference of the NCAA Division I. Students are also well-known for preserving a variety of strong campus traditions.

Dartmouth College
Motto: Vox clamantis in deserto
Motto in English: The voice of one crying in the wilderness
Established: December 13, 1769
Type: Private
Endowment: US $3.76 billion
President: James Wright
Faculty: 647
Undergraduates: 4,147
Postgraduates: 1,701
Location: Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
43°42′12″N 72°17′18″W / 43.70333°N 72.28833°W / 43.70333; -72.28833Coordinates: 43°42′12″N 72°17′18″W / 43.70333°N 72.28833°W / 43.70333; -72.28833
Campus: Rural town, 269 acres (1.1 km²)
Colors: Dartmouth green and white
Nickname: Big Green
Mascot: Indian, Keggy the Keg, and Dartmouth Moose (all unofficial)
Athletics: NCAA Division I, Ivy League
34 varsity teams
Affiliations: University of the Arctic
Website: www.dartmouth.edu

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It is served by the Tenleytown-AU station on the Washington Metro subway line, which is located roughly one mile from the main campus in the neighborhood of Tenleytown. AU is a member of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, allowing students to enroll in courses offered by other member institutions and students at other member institutions to enroll in courses at AU. A member of the Division I Patriot League, its sports teams compete as the American University Eagles.

American University
Motto: Pro deo et patria
(For God and Country)
Established: February 24, 1893
Type: Private
Endowment: $265 million
President: Cornelius M. Kerwin
Provost: Scott A. Bass
Faculty: 600 full time, 420 adjunct
Undergraduates: 6,001
Postgraduates: 2,269 (1,398 law)
Location: Washington, D.C.
Campus: Urban 84 acre (34 ha)
Study Abroad: 470 programs
Colors: AU Red and AU Blue
Mascot: Eagle
Athletics: Eagles
Affiliations: APSIA; NCAA Division I, Patriot League; IAMSCU; CUWMA; MAISA
Website: www.american.edu