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Columbia University
Columbia University Columbia is led by President Lee C. Bollinger. The University’s governance is directed by the 24-member Board of Trustees and by the […]
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Yale University
Yale University The university traces its roots to the 1640s when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a local college to preserve the tradition […]
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University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley From a group of academic pioneers in 1868 to the Free Speech Movement in 1964, Berkeley is a place where […]
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University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann’s far-reaching vision for the University builds on the success of the original Penn Compact, which she launched at her […]
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Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University Gilman believed that teaching and research go hand in hand—that success in one depends on success in the other—and that a […]
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich ETH
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich In order to cope with humanity’s major challenges, a combination of disciplinary approaches in multidisciplinary teams, or a multidisciplinary […]
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Cornell University
Cornell University Cornell is a private, Ivy League university and the land-grant university for New York state. Cornell’s mission is to discover, preserve and disseminate […]
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University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles For nearly 100 years, ucla has been a pioneer, persevering through impossibility, turning the futile into the attainable. Since our […]
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Imperial College London
Imperial College London Imperial College London is a science-based university with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. Discover some of the definitive […]
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University College London
University College London UCL is London’s leading multidisciplinary university, with more than 11,000 staff and 38,000 students from 150 different countries. Founded in 1826 in […]
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reading, maths and science
World education rankings: which country does best at reading, maths and science?
https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-rankings-maths-science-reading
|
Country Name
|
Reading score
|
Maths score
|
Science score
|
|---|---|---|---|
| OECD average | 493 | 496 | 501 |
| Shanghai-China | 556 | 600 | 575 |
| Korea-South | 539 | 546 | 538 |
| Finland | 536 | 541 | 554 |
| Hong Kong-China | 533 | 555 | 549 |
| Singapore | 526 | 562 | 542 |
| Canada | 524 | 527 | 529 |
| New Zealand | 521 | 519 | 532 |
| Japan | 520 | 529 | 539 |
| Australia | 515 | 514 | 527 |
| Netherlands | 508 | 526 | 522 |
| Belgium | 506 | 515 | 507 |
| Norway | 503 | 498 | 500 |
| Estonia | 501 | 512 | 528 |
| Switzerland | 501 | 534 | 517 |
| Poland | 500 | 495 | 508 |
| Iceland | 500 | 507 | 496 |
| United States | 500 | 487 | 502 |
| Liechtenstein | 499 | 536 | 520 |
| Sweden | 497 | 494 | 495 |
| Germany | 497 | 513 | 520 |
| Ireland | 496 | 487 | 508 |
| France | 496 | 497 | 498 |
| Chinese Taipei | 495 | 543 | 520 |
| Denmark | 495 | 503 | 499 |
| United Kingdom | 494 | 492 | 514 |
| Hungary | 494 | 490 | 503 |
| Portugal | 489 | 487 | 493 |
| Macao-China | 487 | 525 | 511 |
| Italy | 486 | 483 | 489 |
| Latvia | 484 | 482 | 494 |
| Slovenia | 483 | 501 | 512 |
| Greece | 483 | 466 | 470 |
| Spain | 481 | 483 | 488 |
| Czech Republic | 478 | 493 | 500 |
| Slovak Republic | 477 | 497 | 490 |
| Croatia | 476 | 460 | 486 |
| Israel | 474 | 447 | 455 |
| Luxembourg | 472 | 489 | 484 |
| Austria | 470 | 496 | 494 |
| Lithuania | 468 | 477 | 491 |
| Turkey | 464 | 445 | 454 |
| United Arab Emirates | 459 | 453 | 466 |
| Russian Federation | 459 | 468 | 478 |
| Chile | 449 | 421 | 447 |
| Serbia | 442 | 442 | 443 |
| Bulgaria | 429 | 428 | 439 |
| Uruguay | 426 | 427 | 427 |
| Mexico | 425 | 419 | 416 |
| Romania | 424 | 427 | 428 |
| Thailand | 421 | 419 | 425 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 416 | 414 | 410 |
| Colombia | 413 | 381 | 402 |
| Brazil | 412 | 386 | 405 |
| Montenegro | 408 | 403 | 401 |
| Jordan | 405 | 387 | 415 |
| Tunisia | 404 | 371 | 401 |
| Indonesia | 402 | 371 | 383 |
| Argentina | 398 | 388 | 401 |
| Kazakhstan | 390 | 405 | 400 |
| Albania | 385 | 377 | 391 |
| Qatar | 372 | 368 | 379 |
| Panama | 371 | 360 | 376 |
| Peru | 370 | 365 | 369 |
| Azerbaijan | 362 | 431 | 373 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 314 | 331 | 330 |
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mining schools
The 20 best mining schools in the world
http://www.mining.com/20-best-mining-schools-world/
- Colorado School of Mines
- Curtin University
- The University of Queensland
- Pennsylvania State University
- The University of New South Wales (UNSW Australia)
- McGill University
- Queen’s University of Kingston
- University of British Columbia
- Technische Universitat Bergakademie Freberg
- Universidad de Chile
- The University of Western Australia
- RWTH Aachen University
- The University of Arizona
- The University of Melbourne
- St. Petersburg Mining University
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
- University of Toronto
- University of Alberta
- University of Utah
- The University of Adelaide
- King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
- Universidad de Concepcion
- University of Witwatersrand
- Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
- Kyushu University
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Surf Schools
Top 10 Surf Schools
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/surf-schools/
- Kauai, Hawaii
- Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica
- Montauk, New York
- Byron Bay, Australia
- Itacare, Brazil
- Surfers Point, Barbados
- Sayulita, Mexico
- Tofino, Canada
- Hossegor, France
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school systems
The 11 best school systems in the world
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/11-best-school-systems-in-the-world-a7425391.html
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