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Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876 in Baltimore, is a private research university that introduced the German-style research university model to the United States and is closely tied to its hospital and school of public health.

Monash University is a public research university founded in 1958, with its main campus in Clayton, Melbourne, and other campuses in Victoria, Malaysia and Indonesia.

University College Cork is a public university in Cork, founded in 1845 as Queen's College, Cork, and a constituent university of the National University of Ireland.

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

UCLA is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, founded in 1919 as the southern branch of the University of California.

Hong Kong's oldest tertiary institution, founded in 1911, with 39,166 students across 10 faculties and teaching in English.

University of Lisbon

The University of Lisbon is Portugal's largest university, formed in 2013 by merging the former Technical University and University of Lisbon, and includes Instituto Superior Técnico and ISEG.

The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is Scotland's largest university, with nearly 50,000 students from more than 156 countries.

The National University of Costa Rica (UNA), founded in 1973 in Heredia, is a public university known for environmental sciences, veterinary medicine, education and the arts.

The University of Canterbury, founded in 1873, is a public university in Christchurch, now based at a campus in the suburb of Ilam.

Cambridge is the second-oldest surviving university, founded in 1209. It operates through a collegiate system with 31 colleges serving over 22,700 students from 140+ countries.

Lund University

Lund University, founded in 1666, is one of Scandinavia's largest and oldest universities, a public research university in southern Sweden with eight faculties and many English-taught master's programmes.

New York University, founded in 1831, is a private research university whose main campus is centred on Washington Square in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, with degree-granting campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.

The American University of Beirut, founded in 1866, is a private, non-sectarian university on the Mediterranean seafront in Ras Beirut.

The Australian National University, founded in 1946 by the federal parliament, is a public research university on a campus in Acton, Canberra.

American University of Sharjah (AUS)

The American University of Sharjah is a private, not-for-profit university founded in 1997 in University City, Sharjah, offering American-style programmes in engineering, business, architecture, arts and sciences.

National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, founded in 1931, is one of Taiwan's largest research universities, known for engineering, medicine and close ties with industry.

The University of Bahrain, established in 1986, is the kingdom's national public university, with its main campus in Sakhir.

Unicamp is a public research university in Campinas, São Paulo state, founded in 1966 and known for engineering, sciences, medicine and strong industry collaboration; undergraduate study is tuition-free.

Aarhus University is Denmark's second-oldest and second-largest university, founded in 1928, with a distinctive yellow-brick campus park and strengths in natural sciences, health, business and arts.

A public research university in Beijing, founded in 1911, a member of the C9 League and known for engineering and the sciences.

Thailand's oldest university, founded in 1917, with programmes in medicine, engineering, science and the humanities.

A public research university in Taipei, founded in 1928, with 35,043 students across 17 colleges.

Kenyatta University is a public university on the Thika Road in Nairobi, opened as a college in 1970 and granted university status in 1985.

The University of British Columbia is a public research university founded in 1908, with campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna, known for research, sustainability and a large international student community.