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Question: which UK schools are known in the US?
by ekpyrotic 17y ago
Question: which UK schools are known in the US?
- unalone 17y agoOxford and Cambridge are the only two that come to mind, and I know nothing about them but their names.
- chris11 17y agoLondon School of Economics also comes to mind. But Oxford and Cambridge are probably the ones with the best reputation.
- falsestprophet 17y agoIn fact, there are very few international universities that are well known among the general public in the United States. The only other international schools that I suspect are well known are McGill and the Sorbonne.
- wglb 17y agoWaterloo? U of Toronto?
- unalone 17y agoLegitimate American here! Waterloo is that battle Napoleon was in, right? And U of X doesn't ever strike me as reputable unless it's Tokyo University, and I don't think many Americans know Tokyo University either. Outside of England the only schools I know of are Trinity in Ireland and IIT.
- jrockway 17y agoI don't have anything against "U of X"es. The University of Chicago, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), University of Wisconsin (Madison), and University of California (Berkeley) are all good schools. I think that in the right fields any of those schools will get you anything having gone to MIT or Stanford would (except with alumni of MIT and Stanford). Incidentally, nobody interviewing me has ever asked where I went to school. Seems like something that matters only if you have no proof of competence.
- unalone 17y agoYou forgot UPenn, which is the only U of X that is in the Ivies. But that was kind of my point. The names all run together, and while I do recognize some (and not all positively), I don't recognize any outside the United States beyond TU.
- jrockway 17y agoI guess this means that the best way for Universities to advertise is by having an iconic clock tower that is in every animated television show with high-school or college-age protagonists. I think Keio and Waseda are objectively better schools (in Tokyo), but they clearly do not advertise as well as Todai. ;)
- kurtosis 17y agoYeah this is pretty funny. I work with a guy who graduated from Moscow State University - this name has a kind of strange anti-prestige to it in the U.S. I always joke around with him about it. (This is a very prestigious Russian university)
- NonEUCitizen 17y agoin Silicon Valley, IIT is a name-brand.
- Shooter 17y agoLSE is a specialist school in the social sciences, so it can't compete in programs it doesn't offer. LSE often ranks higher than 'Oxbridge' for the social science programs. LSE graduates also tend to be more highly sought after by employers than any other UK university, based on employment statistics six months after graduation and average starting salaries (1). (1) LSE alumnus quoting HESA findings without bias ;)
- stanleydrew 17y agoUCL
- falsestprophet 17y agoUniversity College London is a very fine university, but it is not well known in the United States among the general public.
- zackattack 17y agoI've heard of it, and respect it. Non-American universities I have heard of and intrinsically respect: Queens, Waterloo, UCL, Ox, Cam, Imperial College, McGill. I know, UK and Canada-biased, sorry. Edit: neglected to mention lse