Monday, March 17, 2014

KU Leuven

Apart from the primary campus located in Leuven, this university also has a satellite campus in several other cities. KU Leuven extends to cities like Antwerp, Brussels, Ostend, Geel, Aalst, Ghent, Bruges, Diepenbeek, and Sint-Katelijne-Waver. The university recently began several English programs on the campus and is ranked 58 amongst the best universities worldwide. Primarily a research based university; KU Leuven has successfully ranked high in Europe and across the world. Being ranked the 13th best university in Europe, KU Leuven Law School also ranked 25th in the world. Most programs and faculties in the university are taught in Dutch except a select few in English. About 6,700 students in the KU Leuven are foreign nationals.

Karolinska Institutet

A majority of the accredited medical courses conducted at Karolinska are done in Swedish. Doctorate level projects however are mostly conferred in English. Solna campuses (Karolinska Hospital and Karolinska Institute) together host 15 departments of research, in the fields of Neuroscience, Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Oncology-Pathology, Public Health Sciences, Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics and Environmental Medicine to name a few. The Huddinge campus offers 6 departments of research. Ph.D. students can seek accreditations from the departmental director of doctoral education

King’s College London


The college is organized into 9 distinct academic schools scattered across campuses in central London and south London. Considered one of the biggest research centers for medical teaching and biomedicine for both graduate and postgraduate study, King’s College London is accredited with 6 MRC (Medical Research Council) centers, the highest for all British universities. It rakes in an annual income of £554 million, a significant section from contracts and research grants. The college is amongst the best universities in the world and is the leading choice for Marshall Scholars. It currently ranks sixth in the UK and 38th worldwide.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Durham University

The Durham University was established in 1832 by a Parliament Act, as the University of Durham in Durham, North England. It received its Royal Charter in 1837 and is one of the contenders of the oft-debated title of the third oldest university in England. It is an affiliating research university and thus, manages 16 affiliate colleges in addition to its own academic departments. The Time Magazine’s Good University Guide of 2010 referred to the University as the leading alternative to Cambridge and Oxford.

Learn more : http://europeanuniversityaccredited.com/durham-university/

Delft University of Technology

The Delft University of Technology is a public technical university, sometimes referred to as TU Delft, is the oldest and the largest Dutch university of its genre. It was established in 1842 in Delft, Netherlands, by King William II of the Netherlands. At the time, the University was a Royal Academy – created to train civil servants for the Dutch colony, the Dutch East Indies.

The University quickly expanded its academic curriculum and research to win the full university status and rights in 1905. The Times Higher Education places the Delft University of Technology at 69 in its  World University Rankings for 2013-2014.

Learn more : http://europeanuniversityaccredited.com/delft-university-of-technology/

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

European University Accredited - Technical University of Berlin


The Technical University of Berlin known as TU Berlin is a research university located in Berlin, Germany and one of the largest and most famous research and education institution in Germany.

Founded in 1879, through the merger of the Berlin College of Civil Engineering and the Royal College for Vocational Studies, two independent Prussian founding colleges

The TU Berlin is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable german institutes of technology and of the Top Industrial Managers for Europe.

Interesting facts about the Technical University of Berlin:

  • highest proportion of foreign students of Universities in Germany with 20,9% during the summer semester of 2007, roughly 6'000 students
  • the alumni and professor list includes 10 Nobel Prize winners 
  • an approximate 8'000 staff (2012)
  • an approximate 30'000 students (2012)

Monday, January 6, 2014

European University Accredited - University of Bologna



The University of Bologna is a university located in Bologna, Italy.
The date of founding is uncertain but believed by most accounts to have been 1088.
Recognized as the oldest university in continuous operation, considering that it was the first to use the term universitas for the corporations of students and masters which came to define the institution.

Interesting facts about the university of Bologna:

  • About 85'000 students 
  • 23 schools with branch centers in Imola, Ravenna, Forli, Cesena and Rimini
  • 1 abroad branch center in Buenos Aires
  • offers 101 different "Laurea" first-level degrees with 33 distinctive departments


Thursday, January 2, 2014

European University Accredited - University of Vienna


The University of Vienna is a public university locate in Vienna, Austria.
Founded by Duke Rudolph the fourth in 1365 and is the oldest university in the german-speaking world and one of the most renowned universities in Humanities.

Interesting facts about the University of Vienna:
  • more than 6'700 academic staff
  • an approximate 3'000 admin staff
  • around 92'000 students
  • associated with 15 Nobel prize winners
  • inventory of 6'657'447 books by 2007