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Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. [5] Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, [6] with the largest financial endowment of any Oxbridge college. Trinity performs exceptionally as measured by the Tompkins Table (the annual unofficial league table of Cambridge ...
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Its influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious ...
Act to Incorporate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Acts of 1861, Chapter 183 Stereographic card showing an MIT mechanical drafting studio, 19th century (photo by E. L. Allen, left/right inverted) Original Rogers Building, Back Bay, Boston, c. 1901 In 1859, a proposal was submitted to the Massachusetts General Court to use newly filled lands in Back Bay, Boston for a "Conservatory of ...
The Tompkins Table is an annual ranking that lists the Colleges of the University of Cambridge in order of their undergraduate students' performances in that year's examinations. Two colleges— Darwin and Clare Hall —do not have undergraduate students and do not feature in the list. It was created in 1981 by Peter Tompkins, then a third-year ...
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. [6] The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 250 graduate students. [7] The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as God's House. In 1505, the college was granted a new royal charter, was given a substantial ...
University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Established in 1209, the University of Cambridge is regarded as one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world. Beyond its ...
Harvard College was founded in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Two years later, the college became home to North America's first known printing press, carried by the ship John of London. [6] [7] In 1639 the college (heretofore unnamed) [8] was named Harvard College in honor of deceased Charlestown ...
Lesley University (the United States) Show map of the United States. Lesley University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. [4] As of 2018–19 Lesley University enrolled 6,593 students (2,707 undergraduate and 3,886 graduate).