Top Ten Universties in America :

1.Princeton University :

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ,

08544 USA.

Telphone Number : (609) 258 3000.

Website : http://www.princeton.edu/

2.Harvard University :

Telphone Number : +617 495 1000.

Website : http://harvard.edu/.

3.Yale University :

Website : http://www.yale.edu/.

4.Standford University :

450 Serramail, Stanford, California 94305.

Telephone Number : 650 723 2300.

Website : http://standford.edu/.

5.University of Pennsylvania :

3451 Walnut street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Telephone Number : 215 898 5000.

Website : http://www.upenn.edu/.

6.California Institute of Technology :

Pasadena, California 91125.

Telephone Number : 626 395 6811.

Telex : 3730923.

Facsimile : 626 795 1547.

Website : http://www.caltech.edu/.

7.Massachusetts Institute of Technology :

77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 021394307.

Telephone Number : 617 253 1000.

Website : http://web.mit.edu/.

8.Duke Universities :

Durham, NC 27708, USA.

Telephone Number : 919 6846 8111.

Website : http://www.duke.edu/.

9.Columbia University :

2960 University, New york, NY 100276900, USA.

Telphone Number : +1 212  854  1754.

Website : http://www.columbia.edu/.

10.University of Chicago :

5801 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL60637, USA.

Telphone Number : 773 7021234.

Website : http://www.uchicago.edu/.

Top Ten Universities in Australia :

1.Australia National University :

Canberra, The Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Phone number : 6126125511

Website : http://www.anu.edu.au/

2.University of Melbourne :

Victoria - 3010, Australia.

Telphone : +(613) 83444000.

Fax : +(613) 83445104.

Telex : Unimel AA35185.

Website : http://www.unimelb.edu.au/.

3.University of Sydney :

NSW 2006,

Australia.

Phone Number : +612 93512222.

ABN : 15211513464.

CRICOS Number : 00026A.

Website : http://www.usyd.edu.au/

4.University of Queensland :

Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia.

Phone Number : +61733651111.

(Mon - Fri : 8.00 am - 5.00 pm)

Website : http://www.uq.edu.au/.

5.University of  Western Australia :

35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009,

Perth, Australia.

Telphone Number : +618 64886000.

Fax : +618 64881580.

6.University of New South Wales :

Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.

Telphone Number : +612 93851000.

7.Macquaire University :

NSW 2109, Australia.

Telphone Number : +61298506410.

Website : http://www.mq.edu.au/.

8.Monash University :

Victoria 3800, Australia.

Telphone Number : +61399026000.

Website : http://www.monash.edu.au/

9.University of Adelaide :

Adelaide, Australia.

Telphone Number : +61883034455.

CRICOS Provider Number - 00123M.

10.Flinders University :

Sturt Road, Bedford park, Adelaide, South Australia.

Postal Address : GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, SA.

Telphone Numbers : +61882012727.

Top Ten Universities in UK and Details :

1.University of Oxford

University offices, Wellington Square,

Oxford OX12JD,

UNITED KINGDOM.

Telephone Number : +441865270000.

Fax : +441865270708.

Website : http://www.ox.ac.uk/

2.University of Cambridge

The old Schools, Trinity lane,

Cambridge CB21TN.

Website : http://www.cam.ac.uk/.

Telephone Number : +44 1223 337733.

3.Imperial College London

Exhibition Road, South Kensington,

London, SW172DD,

UNITED KINGDOM.

Telephone Number : +442075 895111.

Website : http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/

4.The London School of Economics and Political Science

Houghton Street, London WC 2A 2AE,

UNITED KINGDOM.

Telephone Number : +44(0)2074057686.

Website : http://www.lse.ac.uk/.

5.University of St.Andrews

No SC013532, COLLEGE GATE, St.Andrew’s,

Fife kY169AJ, Scotland,

UNITED KINGDOM.

Telephone Number : +44 (0) 1334 476161.

Website : http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/.

6.University of Warwick

Coventry, West Midlands, England,

UNITED KINGDOM.

Website : http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/

7.University College London

Gower street, London. WC1E6BT.

UNITED KINGDOM.

Telephone Number : +44(0) 2076792000.

Website : http://www.ucl.ac.uk/.

8.Durham University

University office, Old Elvet,

Durham DH13HP,

UNITED KINGDOM.

Telephone Number : +441913342000.

Website : http://www.dur.ac.uk/

9.University of York

Helington, York,

Y0105DD,

UNITED KINGDOM.

Telephone Number : +44 1904 433737.

Website : http://www.york.ac.uk/.

10.University of Bristol

Senate House, Tyndall Avenue,

Bristol BS8 1TM,

UNITED KINGDOM.

Telephone Number : +44(0) 117 928 9000.

Website : http://www.bristol.ac.uk/.

Founded in 1909 and located in Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University is one of the key universities under Ministry of Education, China. Currently, it houses 23 schools: School of Chinese Language and Literature, School of Journalism and Communication, School of History and Culture, School of Economics, School of Management, School of Philosophy and Sociology, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, School of Law, School of Politics and Administration, School of Arts, School of Education, School of Mathematics and Statistics, School of Information Science and Engineering, School of Physical Science and Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Life Science, School of Resources and Environment, School of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, School of Atmospheric Science, School of Continuing Education, School of Network Education, School of Higher Vocational Education, School of International Cultural Exchange.

There are 6 National Bases for the Training of Researching and Teaching personnel for Fundamental Disciplines. The University operates an additional 35 institutes along with 1 national key Laboratory of the Applied Organic and 3 key laboratories of Arid and Grassland Ecology, West China Environment, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, a key laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystem of the Ministry of Agriculture.

In 1981, Lanzhou University became one of the first universities entitled to enroll Bachelor, Master’s and Doctoral degree candidates; it was also authorized to set up postdoctoral research programs in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The undergraduate degree program consists of four years of study, while postgraduate and doctoral candidates complete their studies from between 2 and 3 years. In total, the University provides education for over 36, 400 students, among whom there are nearly 12,000 formal undergraduate students.

By placing emphasis on basic theoretical research, Lanzhou University has made great achievements in the fields of Organic Chemistry, Cell Biology, Theoretical Physics, Nuclear Physics and Technology, Magnetics, Plant Physiology, Ecology, Basic Mathematics, Mechanics, Natural Geography, Synoptic Dynamics, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytic Chemistry, and others. According to statistics provided by the Scientific Citation Index (SCI) and the Index Scientific Research (ISR), Lanzhou University is one of the top ten universities in contributions to academic publications in international journals frequently cited by ongoing research from around the world. Specifically, in 1992 and 1993, the university ranked third nationally in contributions to academic publications and sixth place in journal citations, thus bringing international attention to the university from academic societies worldwide. In the last decade the University has emphasized studies in the special characteristics and problems of China’s Northwestern Provinces in the fields of Customs, Economy, Society, Science and Culture, Dunhuang Studies, Northwestern History and Geography, Population, Geological Engineering, Glaciation, Plateau Atmosphere, Plant Physiology and Arid Ecology. The importance of these studies has brought high recognition and praise from the Central Government.

At the conference on Asian Higher Education held in Manila, Philippines in 1993, 100 universities were cited for their academic excellence; Lanzhou University ranks sixth among the 26 universities selected from China. In 1995, 13 Chinese universities were selected as the most Prominent universities in China and, once again, Lanzhou University ranked sixth in this category. All of these achievements help make Lanzhou University well-known at home and abroad.

Lanzhou University is active in developing international education exchange and cooperation through the international exchange of post-graduate students, visiting scholars and scientific research cooperation with universities and organizations in more than 30 foreign countries and regions including USA, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Canada, Russia, Kong Kong and many others.

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics was established in October, 1952. It is located in Nanjing, the ancient capital of six dynasties. Minggugong Campus is situated on the remains of the ancient Ming Palace, and Jiangjunlu Campus is situated in Jiangning Economic and Technological Development Zone, covering an area of more than 460 acres with a building floor space of 800, 000 square meters. The library has a collection of over 2, 000, 000 volumes. Now the total number of registered students is 24, 600, including 15, 600 undergraduates, 6, 000 postgraduates, and 200 international students. NUAA also has 5, 200 part-time students. NUAA has a staff of 2, 900, among whom over 1, 700 are faculty members and researchers, including about 1000 professors and associate professors, 10 CAS academicians, 199 Ph.D. supervisors, 3 members of Academic Degree Committee under the State Council, 3 “Changjiang Scholar Award” professors, 26 professors with national or provincial recognition for their outstanding contributions, 136 experts who enjoy special government allowance.

NUAA has gone through 3 historic periods since 1952, evolving from a teaching-oriented university to a research-oriented university. NUAA is a national key university characteristic of science and engineering. It enjoys a well-balanced development of multiple disciplines in engineering and technology, management sciences, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences with the characteristics of aeronautics, astronautics and civil aviation. NUAA has successfully entered the “211 Project” and become one of the 52 universities with the graduate school.

NUAA consists of the following colleges: College of Astronautics, College of Aerospace Engineering, College of Energy & Power Engineering, College of Automation Engineering, College of Information Science and Technology, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, College of Material Science and Technology, College of Civil Aviation, College of Flight, College of Science, College of Economics and Management, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Foreign Languages, College of Arts, Jincheng College, College of Global Education, College of Continuing Education and Department of Physical Education. NUAA has set up 83 research institutes, such as unmanned aircraft vehicle research institute and helicopter technology research institute, and 51 laboratories including 1 National Key Laboratory, 12 Ministerial Key Laboratories, 2 National Engineering Teaching Bases and 2 National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centre, providing the first class facilities and conditions for teaching and research.

NUAA offers a wide range of programs including 46 undergraduate programs, 127 master programs and 52 doctoral programs. 2 first grade and 9 second grade disciplines are awarded national key disciplines. The former includes Aerospace Science & Technology and Mechanics. The latter includes Aircraft Design, Aerospace Propulsion Theory & Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering of Aerospace Vehicle, Man-Machine and Environmental Engineering, General and Fundamental Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanical Manufacture & Automation. 8 disciplines are key disciplines of the Commission of National Defense Science, Technology and Industry, such as Tele-Communication & Information Systems, Technology of Micro Air Vehicles, etc. 10 disciplines are key disciplines of Jiangsu Province, such as Mechanical Design and Theory, Navigation Guidance & Control, etc. 4 disciplines such as Aircraft Design, Mechanical Manufacture & Automation, Engineering Mechanics, Manufacturing Engineering of Aerospace Vehicle are especially set up for “Changjiang Scholar Award” professors. Besides, NUAA has set up 12 postdoctoral programs, such as Aerospace Science & Technology, etc.

For a long time, NUAA has been sticking to high quality education and focusing on the cultivation of students’ creative and comprehensive abilities, which has made great achievements in teaching. Since 1989, NUAA has won a total of 77 teaching awards above provincial and ministerial levels, 14 of which are national awards. Students from NUAA have done good jobs in the national competitions of Mechanics, Mathematical Modeling and “Challenge Cup” (National extracurricular science and technology competition) for undergraduates. So far NUAA has cultivated more than 90, 000 talents of different specialties. Many of them have become the backbones in different fields and made great contributions to the modernization of national defense and economic development.

NUAA has attached great importance to scientific research and shown great advantages in the research of basic sciences after 55 years’ development. NUAA is leading domestically in 15 research areas such as Mechanics, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mechanical Manufacture and Automation, etc. NUAA is placed in national advanced level for 21 research areas such as Aerospace Engine, Aircraft Control and Imitation, Electric Power and Electron, etc. Every year NUAA takes on more than 10 “973 Project”, “863 Project” and National Natural Science Fund Projects. Presently the amount of Natural Science Fund reaches over 10, 000, 000 yuan annually. NUAA accomplished a group of important key programs of science and technology.

Since the implement of the policy of reform and opening-up, NUAA has sped up its management reform with more support from the central and local governments. It has been enhancing the linkage and cooperation with the industries and enterprises. At the same time, NUAA actively developed wide international cooperation and exchange, established long-term cooperative relationships with over 50 universities and many famous enterprises from Germany, France, Russia, Britain, U. S. A., Canada, Australia, Korea, Japan and other countries and Hongkong and Taiwan areas. It has formed a new pattern of development with special focus on national defense, serving Jiangsu, radiating China and facing the world.

Within only 55 years, NUAA has created a campus culture with unique characteristics. Motivated by the motto “cooperative, economical, practical and creative”, the faculty and students have made great achievements. For 18 years in succession NUAA has gained the titles of “Civil Unit in Jiangsu Province”, “National Model Family”, “National Advanced Unit of Education Union “, “National Advanced Unit in Administrating Affairs Openly” and other honorary titles.

Turning from a teaching-oriented university to a research-oriented university, NUAA decides to implement the strategy of “relying on faculty and students, giving full play to potentials, highlighting features, accelerating development”. Faced with new challenges and opportunities, the administration, faculty and students are determined to build NUAA into a first class university with international renown.

Hunan University is located in Changsha,capital city of Hunan Province.

The University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), founded in 1952, is a national key university under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Education of China . USTB is famous for its study of metallurgy and material science. While engineering is the focus, there are also programs in basic science, management, humanities, economics and law. USTB is one of the 33 Universities in China that are entitled to establish state-approved graduate schools. In 1997,USTB was listed as one of the first group of universities admitted to China ’s “211 Project”, i.e to be built up into one of the 100 first rate universities in 21 century.

USTB consists of 9 schools, provides 39 undergraduate programs, 65 master programs, 26 doctoral programs and 7 postdoctoral research fields. USTB attaches great importance to the establishment and development of its academic disciplines. As a result of many years of development, seven national key disciplines such as Ferrous Metallurgy, Materials Science, Materials Processing Engineering, Mechanical Design and Theory and Mining Engineering etc. have long enjoyed established fame both at home and abroad, so are Management Science and Engineering, History of Science and Technology which have won a high reputation as well. Disciplines such as Control Theory and Control Engineering, Thermal Engineering, and Mechatronic Engineering are being developed on a solid basis. In addition, newly-developed disciplines such as Computer Science, Information Technology, Environmental Engineering, and Civil Engineering, are glowing with vigor and vitality.

In October of 2003, the total enrollment of over 14,000 full time students includes 9,661 undergraduates, 3,080 master candidates, 1140 doctoral candidates and 81 international students.

USTB prides itself a strong faculty known for their meticulous scholarship and academic excellence. Among its 1063 faculty are 255 professors, 347 associate professors. Including 7 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science and 3 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Scientific researches in USTB focus on the solution of major scientific and technology problems in the modernization of metallurgical and materials production, as well as the development of new technology. Many breakthroughs have been achieved in the areas of technological research and major technical problems have been solved for metallurgical and materials industries. From 1978 to 2002, 776 research projects have been awarded prizes at state, provincial or ministerial level, 106 prizes were at the state level. USTB has been awarded 153 prizes of various kinds since 1998, including 13 National Invention Prize, National Prize for Natural Sciences and National Prize for Advancement in Science & Technology. Among the 84 patents granted, 3 have been transferred to the American Iron & Steel Association, five have been rewarded with profit of over ten million yuan. From 1991 to 1993, USTB ranked sixth, fourth and fifteenth respectively among universities nationwide for winning the National Prizes for Natural Sciences, for Advancement in Science & Technology and the National Invention Prize. Besides, USTB plays an important role in academic disciplines. In 2002, USTB ranked the sixteenth and twenty-third respectively among Chinese universities for the number of theses included in EI and SCI.

USTB total area 557,858 square meters is located in Haidian District of Beijing faced Fourth Ring Road, where most key institutions of higher learning are gathered.

USTB is an institution involving the Chinese Government Scholarship Program and has been accepting the international students since 1954. More than two thousands of students from 74 countries and regions have been studying and doing research work in the university. In fall of 2003,there are 81 international students, including 34 undergraduates, 15 master candidates, 8 doctoral candidates and 24 non-degree students (21 of them are language students).

Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), located at Xizhimenwai of Beijing, is a national key university of China, directly under the administration of the Ministry of Education. Her predecessor is Beijing Railway Management Training Institute and Beijing School of Posts and Telecommunications, set up by Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Qing Dynasty. In 1921, the school merged with two industrial technical schools in Shanghai and Tangshanto form the National Jiaotong University, with three branch universities in Beijing, Shanghai and Tangshan respectively. BJTU was then called as Beijing Campus of National Jiaotong University. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China in October 1st 1949, BJTU was re-named as Northern Jiaotong University (NJTU) by the State Council. Chairman Mao Zedong appointed Academician Mao Yisheng, a nationally renowned expert in bridge engineering, as the first president of NJTU. In 1951, Chairman Mao Zedong autographed the name of the university. 1981, BJTU became one of the first key universities authorized by the central government to confer master’s and doctoral degrees, and subsequently to confer titles of associate professors, professors and Ph.D. advisors. In July 1994, BJTU was selected as one of the first universities in the National 211 Project. In April 2000, Beijing Electrical Power College was merged into NJTU. Then the university was transferred from the Ministry of Railways to the Ministry of Education. In September 2003, the university restored the name Beijing Jiaotong University.

Over the past hundred years, after arduous efforts and struggles of generations, BJTU has developed into a multidisciplinary key university, featuring Engineering, Management, Economics, Science and Humanities. Meanwhile, our university is a key base for training talents tackling vital problems concerning technologies and policies in reforming and modernizing railway. For the past several years, more progress has been made in our university. The campus is taking on an ever-changing new look, the education quality and level of scientific research are improving steadily, academic exchanges are more frequent and in all, the comprehensive ability of the university is on a constant rise.

BJTU campus covers an area of 640 thousand square meters, while dormitories covering another 560 thousand square meters. Today, besides Graduate School and School of Continuing Education, we have other nine schools which are School of Electronic and Information Engineering, School of Computer and Information Technology, School of Economics and Management, School of Traffic and Transportation, School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, School of Mechanical and Dynamical Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Electrical Power Studies, School of Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and what’s more, there are three schools of vocational education and two on-the-job training centers for managerial personnel and technicians. We have 5 state key disciplines (including Communications and Information System, Signals and Information Processing, Traffic Information Engineering and Control, Traffic and Transportation Programming and Management and Discipline of Industrial Economies). Besides, there are still 11 ministerial key disciplines, 71 graduate programs, 28 doctoral programs and 8 post-Doctoral scientific research stations namely, are Information and Communication Engineering, Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Industrial Economies, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Control Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanics. 5 disciplines are granted to establish the positions of Changjiang Scholars. The university has currently 22 research institutes and centers and 39 laboratories in a variety of academic fields. Its Traffic and Transportation Simulation Laboratory and Transportation Automaton Laboratory are among the best and largest in China. Our fixed assets including equipment for teaching and scientific research cost over 1 billion Yuan in all. Our modernized library has a collection of over one million books and 3,000 kinds of periodicals both home and abroad. Many other materials have been digitalized and are accessible through computer network. The university’s computer network is part of the CERNET (China Education and Research Network), which is a broadband computer network connecting China ’s top-level higher educational and research institutions. Through the CERNET, BJTU faculty and students have easy access to the information resources on the Internet.

The university has about 2700 faculty and staff members. The faculty is joined by 8 academicians from CAS and CAE, 212 full professors and 502 associate professors. There are nearly 19,000 full-time students, including about 14,000 undergraduate students, 5,000 graduate students and 150 overseas students. Besides, there are also more than 8,000 part-time and correspondence students. To educate people through teaching, to rejuvenate the country through science and education is our task. With the main theme of “improving the teaching quality and to train the first-rate talents”, we seek after a set of educational models and methods fit for our university to assure the sustained and steady enhancement of teaching quality. In 1997, we are honored as “ Outstanding University of Undergraduate and Continuing Education” by the Ministry of Education. Advanced teaching methods, modernized teaching environment, fair strength in running the school, all this contribute to the rising fame of our university which attracts numerous excellent senior high school students and young people to get enrolled in. As you sow, you will gain, the employment rate of our graduates keeps high over 94%, and in recent years, our students have also achieved excellent results in competitions and matches either in Beijing or nationwide.

For the past decade, the scope of scientific research has become wider and broader. With the steady improvement of the research level, we have also started a new way in the industrialization of scientific research. We have assumed various tasks including National Hi-tech Plan “863 Program”, scientific program and vital programs with natural science fund offered by National Planning Committee and Science and Technology Committee. In recent 3 years, the number of the three searching papers—SCI, EI, ISTP has increased by 58.6%. In 2001, our science park was awarded University Science Park of Beijing.

BJTU is one of the first universities authorized by the central government to enroll overseas students. So far, we have trained over 2,600 foreign students and visiting scholars from as many as 40 countries and regions including Asia, Africa, Europe, America and etc. we have successively established cooperative relations with over 40 universities in America, Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Japan, Russia, Canada, Korea, Ukraine, Singapore and etc, and cooperate with Siemens, Alstom, Intel, Cisco and other internationally famous Hi-tech corporations. Furthermore, we have employed over 1,000 famous experts and professors from 20 countries and regions to visit and teach in our university, and about 30 renowned scholars take the posts of honorary professors and advisory professors, and in turn, we have sent about 500 teachers and students to attend in advanced studies abroad. We have also either held or sponsored several international academic symposiums.

In 1996, thousands of alumni from around the world gathered in Beijing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Jiaotong University. Mr. Jiang Zemin, President of the People’s Republic of China and a distinguished alumnus of Jiaotong University, wrote down his very inspiring best wishes to BJTU, “Carry on the efforts and build the university into a first-class one in the world.” He then wrote the name for the newly-built main building –“Siyuan Building”.

At the threshold of the 21st century, with the spirit of solidarity, diligence, practicality and innovation as well as humility and wariness, pioneering and enterprising, BJTU is marching ahead towards the goal of becoming a first-class socialist university nationally and well-known internationally. BJTU in the new century must have an even brighter future!