best universities in your country

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<p>lol Schlaraffenland :P By the way: if Sciences Po Paris is not a college, what is it then? Oo</p>

<p>I'm from Italy and the best over here are...</p>

<p>Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Following the model of the Normal Schools by Napoléon in France, this is the most difficult higher education institute to get into. There are preparation courses at the school before admission tests and interviews and these are competitive, too. It has only two studying classes (sciences and classics).</p>

<p>L.U.I.S.S. (Rome)
Social sciences, politics, international relations etc. comparable to Sciences Po in France and LSE in England, though this institute is a newcomer (a very good one though).</p>

<p>University of Bocconi (Milan)
Economics, Business administration, management, etc. also has good contacts to the rest of the world, and is probably the best reputation-wise.</p>

<p>University of Bologna
Law, Classics, Literature, Humanities etc.</p>

<p>University of Pisa
Probably the best for other general subjects (geology, etc.)</p>

<p>University of Padua
Engineering, Technology, research etc. (for these, see also the other Polytech universities)</p>

<p>San Raffaele University (Milan) and Sacred Heart University (Rome)
These usually offer the best in the field of health, medicine and surgery, biotechnology, etc.</p>

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<p>I've heard that the Technology University of Munich is the hardest one to get in. So, I guess it is the best.</p>

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<p>I think so. A friend of mine who was accepted at LSE (England) wasn't accepted at the TUM.</p>

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<p>There is seriously a German public universitiy which doesn't accept everyone that applies? Wow, that's rare.</p>

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<p>Huh? I know of lots of very motivated German students who study in the Netherlands instead of Germany because they weren't accepted to their programs of choice at home.</p>

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<p>Well, yes and no.
I don't know any German public university that is GENERALLY selective, like those in the US (you have to apply to HYS no matter whether you want to study maths, French or psychology).
Most universities are just selective for some single academics programs (most typically law, economics/business, elemantary education, media design) in addition to those majors that you have to apply through a central organization anyway (psychology, medicine, biology).</p>

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<p>Hello! I'm from England and probably should be v. offended at your comments about our food, lol I don't get what's wrong with it? Most of it is internationally influenced anyway!</p>

<p>But to get to the matter in hand, it all depends on the course you want to do but in the UK there are about 4 tiers:
1. Oxbridge
2. Durham, Bristol, UCL, Imperial, Edinburgh (Oxbridge rejects usually go to these)
3. York, St Andrews, Exeter, Glasgow, Manchester, KCL, Cardiff, Nottingham, Warwick (all v.v. good)
4. Birmingham, Loughborough, Sussex etc.
But that's just my opinion lol, other people could view this quite differently.</p>

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<p>I choose Warwick over UCL and Imperial and i think i made the right choice and Warwick should be up there with Imperial and UCL and Edinburgh (even though Warwick is ranked better then Durham, Bristol and Edinburgh)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I get what your saying, sorry if I've annoyed you. I put Warwick up there then moved it - couldn't decide! I found it hard to rank over York + Notts, but then what you've said about it's leage table position has made me change my mind.</p>

<p>This thing is totally flexible according to course and what personally suits you, because for me I am applying to Cam, Durham, York, St Andrews, Exeter and Royal Holloway. Bristol, UCL + Edinburgh are not right for me - on a list of my personal priorities they would be waaaay down.</p>

<p>Congrats btw - getting into those 3 unis is a great achievement!! What subject are you doing?? Are you taking a gap year?</p>

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<p>We only have a few 4-year colleges here; the country's just really tiny.</p>

<p>Universities in Kuwait:</p>

<p>1. Kuwait University (KU): The main university in Kuwait, the oldest, and the biggest. It's also the country's official university. Most colleges under KU teach their classes in Arabic, except for the College of Business Administration, which is in English. The university is in the process of making all classes in English at all colleges. <a href="http://www.kuniv.edu.kw/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.kuniv.edu.kw/&lt;/a>
2. The American University of Kuwait (AUK): the first American university in Kuwait. It's okay. It's getting accredited this year, I think. It's really easy, you just gotta pay and you basically pass. It has a "memorandum of understanding" with Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. <a href="http://www.auk.edu.kw/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.auk.edu.kw/&lt;/a>
3. Gulf University of Science and Technology (GUST): The first private university in the country. It's a really easy college to pass in (you pay, you pass). Works with the University of Missouri – St. Louis. <a href="http://www.gust.edu.kw/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.gust.edu.kw/&lt;/a>
4. Australian College of Kuwait (ACK): The newest, I believe. Don't know much about the academics. I know one person that goes there, and she really effed up in High School, so I'm guessing it's pretty darn easy. Its partners are The Australian Maritime College (AMC), Institute of Technical and Further Education Tasmania, and Central College of Technical and Further Education WA. <a href="http://www.ackonline.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ackonline.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>All of them but KU is new. KU's by far the best one out of all of these, with the best resources and it's also internationally respected and accredited. Definitely not easy to get into the college of your choice and not very easy to pass in. But the buildings of the other colleges are much nicer, except for KU's College of Business Administration, which is really nice and new.</p>

<p>There are also several 2-year colleges in the country.</p>

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Just a stupid question: Hong Kong isn't considered Chinese, is it?

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<p>I doubt Hong Kong is considered Chinese. I'm from Hong Kong and I admit I'm a Chinese, but there is a LITTLE difference between two, an inexplicable difference.</p>

<p>Hong Kong:
Hong Kong University
Hong Kong University of science and technology</p>

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<p>no im not im actually going there this year my major is economics for UCL and Warwick and I did Business Management for Imperial College at Kent (I believe this is very new). Yeah it really depends on the subject of ur major it could be flexible like you said</p>

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<p>[zules01] What about the "Grandes </p>

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<p>The Grandes Ecoles are way better than all Universities, actually. But the thread, again, was about universities, so grandes ecoles apart, the universities I named are the best. Besides, Polytechnique and Normale are more grad schools than undergrad.</p>

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<p>Jimmy@Killarney Institute of Technology. Canada's number one institution for higher education.</p>

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<p>Alrite, I'm Bangladeshi but in New Zealand, so I'll try naming both</p>

<p>Bangladesh:
1. BUET- So selective, people have been accepted to MIT but not here. Have to take entrance exam.</p>

<ol>
<li> Dhaka University - Bangadesh's Harvard
Dunno</li>
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<p>New Zealand</p>

<ol>
<li> University of Auckland- where I'm studying engineering woohoo! Ranked 52nd in world according to THES.</li>
<li> University of Otago- oldest, think it's 64th, or was it 164th?</li>
<li>University of Canterbury</li>
</ol>

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<p>Is the University of Auckland expensive, and hard to get in for an international student?</p>

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I choose Warwick over UCL and Imperial and i think i made the right choice and Warwick should be up there with Imperial and UCL and Edinburgh (even though Warwick is ranked better then Durham, Bristol and Edinburgh)

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<p>Yeah, yeah. I always though Warwick is an excellent school and at par to Imperial, LSE and UCL, and is only bettered by the Oxbridge by a very small margin. I know a couple of friends who turned down economics at Cambridge for Warwick's business programme.</p>

<p>I, on the other hand, was rejected at Cambridge. :)</p>

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<p>God, i'm not from china and i still understand the difference..
For CHINA:and hk is under china, just that it's independent in Government policies.
Uni courses taught in Chinese
1: Beijing Uni
2: Tsing Hua Uni
Uni courses taught in English
1: HKU
2: HKUST
That's the difference!! </p>

<p>Singapore:
NUS ( in most courses )
NTU ( mostly science and tech courses )
SMU ( only business related courses, like econs,finance,ba, worth 2 cents is they are collaborated with Wharton!! )</p>

<p>Malaysia:
UM ( university of Malaya)
UKM
USM</p>

<p>UK ( as i was told by seniours)
Oxbridge
Warwick,LSE, Imperial,Manchester,Durham</p>

<p>Taiwan
National university of Taiwan</p>

<p>Thailand
Chulalongkorn university</p>

<p>Canada
UofT, Mcgill, British Columbia</p>

<p>Well, that is my research and opinion... : )</p>

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<p>Well no need to be cocky either and you don't have to bash your face on the keyboard either. Sorry if some of us are unfamiliar with Asian geopolitics...</p>