American Universities

The best higher educational institutions the USA are Prinston University, the Harward University, Yale University.There are more than 3.5 thousand colleges and universities in the USA. Americans don't make the big difference between words "college" and "university". Both these concepts mean the same - an educational institution giving an opportunity to receive higher education. Distinction may be, that the university is much more bigger, it has the greater number of students and it can consist of several colleges. There is a League of an ivy in the USA.

League of an ivy (English Ivy League) is association of eight oldest American universities. This name occurs from the runaways of an ivy twisting old buildings at these universities. It is considered, that members of league differ high quality of education and, in this connection, the certain snobbery in relation to other American universities.

Members of league in alphabetic order:

Brown University- Providence, state Rhode Island, is based in 1764, under a name College of Rhode Island.

Harward university - Cambridge, state Massachusetts, is based in 1636.

Dartmouth College- Гановер, the state Nju-Gempshir, is based in 1769.

Yale University- New Haven, state Connecticut, is based in 1701 under a name Joint school.

Colombia university - New York, state New York, is based in 1754 under a name Royal college

Cornell University- Itaka, state New York, is based in 1865.

University of Pennsylvania- Philadelphia, state Pennsylvania, is based in 1751 under name Philadelphia academy.

Princeton University - Princeton, state New Jersey, is based in 1746 under a name College of New Jersey.

Yaleis one of the best universities of the world. 11 thousand students from 50 staffs of America and from more than 110 different countries study in it. The two-thousand faculty differs the highest qualification in the fields of knowledge. Among 225 buildings many are constructed by the well-known architects of time. These buildings, towers, lawns, court yard, arches and a gate create that unique whole which one architect has named «the most beautiful campus of America». The university also posesses different sports constructions and forest and park zones.

Princeton University is private university, one of the oldest and the famous universities in the USA. It enters into League of an ivy and in the twenty of the most prestigious high schools the USA. It is located in the city of Princeton, a state New Jersey. It is based in 1746 as College of New Jersey (College of New Jersey). It is consist of Princeton college, magistracies and the research centers. The structure of university includes leading regional theatre Makkartera, an art museum and a museum of a natural history. The library totals more than 4,8 million volumes. About 5 thousand students.

The Harward university is one of the most known universities the USA, is is located in the city of Cambridge, state Massachusetts. Harward is the oldest of universities of the USA, it has been based on September, 8, 1636. About 2300 teachers works and about 6650 students and 13000 post-graduate students studies in Harward.

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