Top 20 universities by academic performance
- By Lin Liyao
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Stanford University, U.S.
Total score:72.8
2011 rank:2
2011 score:72.6
Located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University is recognized as one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions. The university was established by Leland and Jane Stanford in 1891 to "promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization." Today, Stanford has 1,934 tenure-line faculty, senior fellows and center fellows at specified policy centers and institutes, and Medical Center-line faculty, including 17 Nobel laureates, 4 Pulitzer Prize winners and 24 MacArthur Fellows.
Website: http://www.stanford.edu/
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