Columbia University (New York, United States)

Columbia University [ubroad.cn]

World rank: 12

Reputation rank: 15

Overall Reputation score: 20.7

Reputation for teaching: 18.7

Reputation for research: 21.7

With Barack Obama among its alumni, Columbia awards the annual literary Pulitzer Prize and boasts more Nobel prizewinners than any other institution in the world. It has three undergraduate schools, 13 graduate and professional schools and one of continuing education.