世界著名大学

1、World-famous UniversitiesHarvard Harvard UniversityUniversity Harvard University is an American private Ivy League research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the

2、 United States and the first corporation (officially The President and Fellows of Harvard College) chartered in the country. Harvards history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the worldSchool Motto:Amicus Plato, Amicus Aristotle, sed Magis Amicus VERITAS

3、.Let Plato be your friend，and Aristotle，but more let your friend be TruthJohn Harvard Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd President of the United StatesJohn F. Kennedy 35th President of the United StatesGeorge W. Bush 43rd President of the United StatesBarack Obama Liang SichengHis wife-Lin HuiyinYale Univer

4、sity Yale Universitya) Motto: Lux et Veritas b) Its one of the worlds distinguished centers n of learning and research ;c) It offers outstanding facilities for research; faculty governance; the second biggest library with 11milion volumesd)13 Nobel laureates; five presidents: William Howard Taft (27

5、th), Gerald Rudolph Ford (37th,38th), George Walker Bush(43th), Bill Clinton (42th); Meryl streep (fomous acttess) The Universitys assets include a US$16.7 billion endowment, the second-largest of any academic institution, as well as the second-largest academic library in the world, with some 12.5 m

6、illion volumes held in more than two dozen libraries.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. University o

7、f CambridgeSchool Motto:School Motto:Here light and sacred draughts.学术难挣高下 好友约定划船见分晓19世纪20年代，两个分别跻身于这两大名校的好友突发奇想，既然牛剑在学术教育上互不服输，不如举行一次划船对抗赛来较量一番。原来这两所大学都位于河畔，分别依傍着康河和查韦尔河。划船运动在两校都很受欢迎，更加巧合的是划船比赛的两个创始人碰巧都叫做查尔斯。1829年3月12日，剑桥向牛津下了战书：剑桥大学在此向牛津大学挑战，在伦敦或靠近伦敦的泰晤士河上进行一次8人赛艇比赛，时间定在复活 节期间。同年6月10日，划船赛在伦敦泰晤士河牛津

8、郡的亨利段河面进行，牛津大学在首次比赛中获胜，从此拉开了两校间百年恩怨的序幕，前一年的失败者就成为下一年的挑战者。，从此这项赛事的传统就被保留下来，直至今天。 轻轻的我走了，正如我轻轻的来；我轻轻的招手，作别西天的云彩。那河畔的金柳，是夕阳中的新娘；波光里的艳影，在我的心头荡漾。软泥上的青荇，油油的在水底招摇；在康河的柔波里，我甘心做一条水草 徐志摩 Here light and sacred draughts.University of Oxford Cambridge university . during the past 800 years, the Oxford university

9、 as an important education center , they made a significant contribution to the human civilization development. The Oxford university s researching work involves a lot of fields such as mathematics, computer science, physics, biology, medical science and other fields. Dominus illuminatio mea (latin)The Lord is my light The Oxford university originated in the early twelfth century at the town of oxford. after a dispute wi