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Yale University
Yale University is a private League university located in New Haven, United States of America. Founded in 1701 and the university is the thirdoldest institution of higher education in the United States. Yale is widely considered one of the most prestigious and selective universities in the world.
Yale’s Origins

Yale traces its beginnings to "An Act for Liberty to Erect a Collegiate School", passed by the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut on October 9, 1701 in an effort to create an institution to train ministers and lay leadership for Connecticut.
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49 Nobel price owners have been affiliated with the University as students, faculty, and staff. Yale has produced many notable alumni, including five U.S. Presidents, 19 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and several foreign heads of state.
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The brief introduction

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country. Harvard's history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Yale’ Landscape
The motto of Yale University: Truth and light. 耶鲁大学:真理、光明。
The University of Cambridge
The brief introduction

The University of Cambridge is one of the oldest universities in the world, and one of the largest in the United Kingdom. It has a world-wide reputation for outstanding academic achievement and the high quality of research.
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Harvard landscape
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Harvard’s Origin
It was named after John Harvard, a young English clergyman from Southwark, London, an alumnus of the University of Cambridge (after which Cambridge, Massachusetts is named), who bequeathed the College his library of four hundred books and £779 pounds sterling, which was half of his estate. The charter creating the corporation of Harvard College came in 1650.
Its Features


From the time of Newton in the later 17th century until the mid-19th century, the university maintained a strong emphasis on applied mathematics, particularly mathematical physics. Study of this subject was compulsory for graduation, and students were required to take an exam for the Bachelor of Arts degree, the main first degree at Cambridge in both arts and science subjects.
Yale’s Library
Yale University Library, which holds over 12 million volumes, is the second-largest university collection in the United States. The main library, Sterling Memorial Library, contains about four million volumes, and other holdings are dispersed at subject libraries.
The John Harvard statue in Harvard Yard is occasionally a target of humorous decorations
Harvard’s Organizations

The university comprises eleven separate academic units — ten faculties and Institute for Advanced Study — with campuses throughout the Boston metropolitan area. As of 2010, Harvard employs about 2,100 faculty to teach and advise, approximately 6,700 undergraduates (Harvard College) and 14,500 graduate and professional students. Eight U.S. Presidents have graduated from Harvard and 75 Nobel price owner have been affiliated with the university as students, faculty, or staff.

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Its motto
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Plato be your friend, and Aristotle, but more let yourfriend be truth. 与亚里士多德为友,与柏拉图为 友,更与真理为友.
Its mission and Achievement
a) Harvard’s mission is to advance new ideas and promote enduring knowledge; b) 8 presidents of the US were graduates of Harvard; c) The University has produced 75 Nobel price owners.
Yale’s Achievement
The University's assets include a US$16.7 billion endowment, the second-largest of any academic institution, as well as the secondlargest academic library in the world, with some 12.5 million volumes held in more than two dozen libraries.
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