Nobel Laureates

Applying to College
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<p>Does anyone know what college has the most noble laureates presently teaching on campus? A list would be good.</p>

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<p>It will probably vary quite a bit depending on how you define "teaching." Does it just mean on the faculty in any capacity including say emeritus prof or adjunct prof? Or does s/he have to actually teach a class? Or does s/he have to teach undergraduates?</p>

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<p>Harvard</p>

<p>See Nobelprize.org</p>

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<p>Uh ... no not Harvard.</p>

<p>Columbia University (83) total nobel laureates
5 nobels in the last 5 years- more than any other US university
Cambridge
Harvard (76)</p>

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<p>If you are using wikipedia then that list is wrong.</p>

<p>Columbia has 15, Harvard has 24. Cambridge has 16(17 if you include Trinity College).</p>

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<p>I mean, what college currently has the most nobel laureates that teach undergraduates? someone told me chicago, but i didn't think that could be true.</p>

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<p>Chicago's #3 in total, right behind Cambridge & Columbia, with 79. So, why would that be so far fetched?</p>

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<p>Nobel Laureates get their nobel prizes through research, not teaching. The number should not be a factor in choosing a college. Universities retain their nobel laureates by reducing or even eliminating the number of classes, especially undergraduate, they need to teach so they can focus on research. The chance one will take a class by one of them is very small; furthermore, greater researchers might not be great teachers. I know some that just lead a one-credit lab class every year so they would still be "teaching"</p>

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<p>b/c chicago doesn't seem as prestigious as say HYPC, and I would've thought that the nobels would teach there.</p>

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<p>Woo Woo for Cal - 61!</p>

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<p>lakerskingdom -- Chicago is an excellent school, actually. </p>

<p>Frankly, the number of Nobel laureates as professors scarcely matters. They won't be teaching many undergrad classes anyway, and even if they do one can't guarantee that they'll be fantastic teachers (as a matter of fact, I reckon that anyone of that calibre would probably have some difficulty fathoming how on earth someone can not know about, say, linear differential equations. This is from personal experience.).</p>

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<p>Chicago has a t-shirt that has the list of nobel laureates on the back. And you'd probably get a better undergrad education at UC than HYP. </p>

<p>Not that it means anything, but I just think that kicks ass (UC, I still love you).</p>