#20: Kyoto University(01 of20)
Open Image Modal#19: University Of Pennsylvania(02 of20)
Open Image Modal#18: Johns Hopkins University(03 of20)
Open Image ModalLocated in Baltimore, Maryland, Johns Hopkins is particularly known for its sciences, and research from the institution is among the most referenced in the world. (credit:Johns Hopkins)
#16: University Of Toronto(04 of20)
Open Image ModalThe only Canadian university to make it into the top 20 schools for reputation, U of T, with its three different campuses, ties with Cornell University for 16th place. (credit:University of Toronto)
#16: Cornell University(05 of20)
Open Image ModalThe iconic Uris Library and McGraw Tower sits on top of a hill at Cornell University. (credit:Shutterstock)
#15: Columbia University(06 of20)
Open Image ModalLocated in New York City, Columbia University is renowned for its business, education, and journalism programs. (credit:Shutterstock)
#14: University Of Chicago(07 of20)
Open Image ModalThe city of Chicago may be known as the "Windy City" but you're not likely to find any airheads at this university, thanks to its strong focus on academic exploration and research. (credit:Shutterstock)
#13: Imperial College London(08 of20)
Open Image ModalOne of three British Universities to penetrate the top 20, the Imperial College London has roughly 13,000 students and four faculties: business, natural science, medicine, and engineering. (credit:Imperial College London/ Christian Richter)
#12: University Of Michigan(09 of20)
Open Image ModalEstablished in 1817, the University of Michigan was one of the first public universities in the U.S. Since then, the university has expanded into three different campuses in Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint Michigan with nearly 59,000 students enrolled. (credit:University of Michigan )
#11: California Institute Of Technology(10 of20)
Open Image ModalMany students and alumni have walked the halls of the Broad Center for Biological Sciences at California Institute of Technology. The university has more than 30 graduates that have gone to win Nobel prizes, and one alumnus has even walked on the moon. (credit:Shutterstock)
#10: Yale University(11 of20)
Open Image ModalStudents attending Yale can have the satisfaction that they're studying in the same buildings as five U.S. presidents and 17 Supreme Court justices. Yale is also America's third-oldest university and the birthplace for mascots and residences. (credit:Yale News)
#9: University Of California Los Angeles(12 of20)
Open Image ModalSince this university is situated close to Hollywood, it shouldn't be a surprise that it's a school's known for its film and television program. For those looking for a program with less glitz and glamour, the university has five health science schools, seven post-graduate schools and five undergraduate colleges. (credit:University of California Los Angeles)
#8: University Of Tokyo(13 of20)
Open Image ModalThe second university from Japan to join the list, the University of Tokyo has seen 15 of its students graduate and become Prime Minister. The school also has 11 institutes focused on researching phenomena like cosmic rays and earthquakes. (credit:Shutterstock)
#7: Princeton University(14 of20)
Open Image ModalSize isn't everything and Princeton University can certainly attest to that. The university is one of the smaller Ivy League schools with its 500-acre campus and a population of roughly 7500 students. Still, it's diminutive size hasn't stopped the school from featuring 30 Nobel laureates among its past faculty and alumni. (credit:University of Princeton)
#6: University Of Oxford(15 of20)
Open Image ModalYale may be America's third oldest university, but the University of Oxford is the third oldest surviving university in history. With such an established history in post-secondary education, it's no surprise that 26 British Prime Ministers and at least 30 other world leaders have once called Oxford their home. (credit:Shutterstock)
#5: University Of California Berkeley(16 of20)
Open Image ModalHome of the iconic Campanile Tower, the University Of California Berkeley, or UC Berkeley for short, has about 36,000 students. The university is also where vitamin E and the flu virus were discovered and where the first no-fault divorce law was drafted. (credit:Shutterstock)
#4: Stanford University(17 of20)
Open Image ModalGetting into Stanford is tough -- just ask the 93 per cent of applicants the school rejects annually. But those who graduate tend to do well and have gone off to establish large corporations like Hewlett-Packard and Google. Stanford is also the third-richest university in the world. (credit:Stanford University)
#3: University Of Cambridge(18 of20)
Open Image ModalModern science and technology owes a great deal to the University of Cambridge and its graduates. Names like Issac Newton, Ernest Rutherfords, Charles Darwin, Alan Turing, James D. Watson and Sir Francis Crick all spent some time at Cambridge. (credit:Shutterstock)
#2: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology(19 of20)
Open Image ModalThe motto at the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology is Mens et manus -- meaning "Mind and Hand". It reflects the institute's hands-on approach to education, similar to European polytechnic institutes. Their approach can be seen in any one of the school's six faculties and in their over 10,000 students. (credit:Shutterstock)
#1: Harvard University(20 of20)
Open Image ModalWith age comes wisdom and Harvard is a university that certainly has age. As America's oldest university, the school has over 21,000 students and over 40 alumni that have gone on to become Nobel laureates. The school has also produced two Canadian Prime Ministers: Mackenzie King and Pierre Trudeau. (credit:Harvard University )