I don't even know where to begin with Vlad's post.
Where are the highest proportion of top research Universities in the world? The United States.
What country produces the most medical literature in the world? The United States, by a longshot (US does about ~35-40%, next country is around ~10-12%)
If you want to practice international law, from the perspective of the corporate world, what countries fall under the 'you must have studied here' category? The United States and the United Kingdom.
http://channels.netscape.com/pf/pack...opuniversities
The World's Top 10 Universities
When it comes to ranking institutions of higher learning worldwide, American universities dominate.
That's the word from a new list of the world's most prestigious and famous universities created by The Times of London Higher Education Supplement, reports the AAP news service.
Led by Harvard University, fully seven of the top 10 schools are in the United States. Oxford and Cambridge are the only British universities to make the cut in the top 10, although two other schools--the London School of Economics and Imperial College came in at 11th and 14th respectively.
Why an international list? "Leading universities increasingly define themselves in terms of international competition," said John O'Leary, editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are based on the opinions of 1,300 academics in 88 countries, as well as the latest measures of research excellence and teaching.
The top 10 universities in the World University Rankings are:
1. Harvard University (United States)
2. University of California, Berkeley (United States)
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)
4. California Institute of Technology (United States)
5. Oxford University (United Kingdom)
6. Cambridge University (United Kingdom)
7. Stanford University (United States)
8. Yale University (United States)
9. Princeton University (United States)
10. ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Of the top 200 universities, all are in 29 countries. Dominating the list are the United States with 62, the United Kingdom with 30, Germany with 17, and Australia with 14.