The Top 10 Universities on the QS World University Rankings 2013

    This week we are moving on to the next topic which is the pros and cons of the top universities based on the QS World University Rankings 2013.
    According to the list below, if you have the passion for these world top universities, which mostly located in US and UK, the place you are going is definitely English speaking countries. The best Asian region university you can find on the ranking list within top 30 are National University of Singapore (NUS), and University of Hong Kong. Therefore, it's time to face the urgent need of better English skills unless you want to stay and travel in Asia only. Frankly speaking, from an Asian's aspect, we've read so many materials about European history whereas we only learn the American ways from modern movies and pop cultures, the preferred place to travel will be first Europe then North America. Thus, we have University of Cambridge (#3), University College London (#4), Imperial College London (#5), University of Oxford (#6),  ETH Zurich (#12), University of Edinburgh (#17), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (#19), King's College London (#19) on our option list below.

Rank	University	Location of Main Campus
3	University of Cambridge	Cambridge, UK
4	University College London	London, UK
5	Imperial College London	London, UK
6	University of Oxford	Oxford, UK
12	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology	Zürich, Switzerland
17	University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh, UK
19	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Lausanne, Switzerland
19	King's College London	London, UK

    According to the list, these top 20 Europe Universities located in either the United Kingdom or Switzerland; luckily, English is available in both countries. Still, if you can learn German or French before you go to study in Switzerland, it will be a huge plus. The location mentioned above are mostly large cities in that country, any choice from these schools might provide you the most convenient life and transportation systems. For example, London is the capital city of UK, Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, and Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland while Lausanne ranked fourth in the same country. However, Cambridge and Oxford are university towns located in non-metropolitan district, which means the transport system might not be as convenient as that of those capital cities. Surprisingly, Oxford is served by the nearby Oxford airport within 15 minutes driving, therefore I will recommend college towns like Oxford more than those more like Cambridge.
    This week we've chose 8 out of 800 top universities from the QS World University Rankings, next week we'll go even further to take a closer look on the pros and cons of these universities. Thanks for reading!