<p>“Of course Oxbridge still carries the highest international prestige but those really in the know will always want to know which college you attended there. It makes a real difference unlike at Harvard or Yale.”</p>
<p>Not true - Americans seem to have this hype about “Trinity college” or whatever famous ones you’ve heard of, and in social gatherings amongst people educated at Oxbridge you might swap colleges and friends/contacts/teachers, but otherwise no one could care less. The education is almost identical at all of the colleges, with the deviation of Tripos exam results within a couple of percent…</p>
<p>“Oxford and Cambridge are on the same level as Harvard to me and everyone I know.”
Indeed. It’s incredible how short-sighted so many people are on here, in that they insist on throwing in as many US universities as they can before they mention Oxbridge or any other non-US universities. People go as far as to blatantly throw in their alma mater as a “casual” mention…</p>
<p>It’s these kind of ignorant posts:
Harvard >> Princeton, Yale, MIT, Chicago >> Cornell, Michigan, Stanford >> Oxbridge</p>
<p>Which are the worst.</p>
<p>Oxbridge is clearly less “prestigious” than Harvard. It is on par with YPSM.</p>
<p>In Europe, it’s Oxford, Cambridge > Harvard, Stanford > LSE, Imperial, Princeton, Yale, Duke, Berkeley, Ecoles Superieures in France > other ivies, UCLA, university of Edinburgh, Manchester, ETH Zurich, TU Munich, sort of.
This is based on graduate degrees though. Most employers don’t know any American universities except Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale and Berkeley, but people assume that you can by your way into the ivies (private universities), thus Oxbridge is regarded as more prestigious.
I know that Oxbridge is probably the most well known brand all over the world, just because they have been excellent for around 800 years. So many spectacular inventions have been made there; European heritage an identity to an extent is built upon there legacy. I don’t think that Harvard is equally integral to American identity.</p>
<p>“In Europe, it’s Oxford, Cambridge > Harvard, Stanford > LSE, Imperial, Princeton, Yale, Duke, Berkeley, Ecoles Superieures in France > other ivies, UCLA, university of Edinburgh, Manchester, ETH Zurich, TU Munich, sort of.
This is based on graduate degrees though. Most employers don’t know any American universities except Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale and Berkeley, but people assume that you can by your way into the ivies (private universities), thus Oxbridge is regarded as more prestigious.
I know that Oxbridge is probably the most well known brand all over the world, just because they have been excellent for around 800 years. So many spectacular inventions have been made there; European heritage an identity to an extent is built upon there legacy. I don’t think that Harvard is equally integral to American identity.”</p>
<p>Manchester? Okay… 
(just that in the UK you have Cambridge/Oxford, Imperial/LSE/UCL, Warwick/Durham/Bristol/Edinburgh/St Andrews, and then Manchester… :)</p>
<p>Manchester Not for Sciences and such, but for business, yes. Probably not in overall prestige, so I guess it should be demoted.</p>