A college focusing on technology is Zurich, Switzerland, emerged as the top international university in a new ranking done by an education magazine. The United States didn't land any schools in the Top 10 but it's the country with most colleges at 64 in a ranking of 200 schools.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, also known as Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule or ETH, earned the top spot and was graded 97.1 in a survey that chose the world's Most International Universities. According to Times Higher Education, the survey determined which schools around the world provide the best experience and learning opportunities for students to become "global citizens." The site looked into the school's international reputation, its curriculum and the population of international students, teachers and staff.
The survey also revealed that Swiss schools provide the best and ideal proportion. Following ETH in the top rank is also another Switzerland college, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, which was graded with an overall score of 96.7.
The rankings, however, revealed five of the Top 10 are U.K. universities. These are The Imperial College London (5), the University of Oxford (6), the University of Cambridge (8), the University of London (9) and London School of Economics and Political Science (10), according to Forbes. Other international universities that made the top 10 list are the University of Hong Kong (3), National University of Singapore (4) and Australian National University (7).
The rankings have a total of 200 universities and from this, 64 are U.S. colleges, making America the country with most number of schools in the list. Its best performing international university, however, ranked in the 22nd place - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Harvard ranked 33rd and Stanford is at 36.
The next country with the most number of schools on the list is Germany with 15 and with Free University of Berlin ranking in the 44th spot. Aside from the five in the top 10, U.K. has seven other institutions on the list.
