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Ishita Kalra

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University of California Los Angeles and University of California Berkeley are some of the most reputed universities in USA. Both universities offer something unique for its international students. Each university has its own advantages and disadvantages. When choosing a university student must check all the crucial factors about the university. Some crucial factors include fee, location, scholarship offered, acceptance rate, placement rate, and more. Check the comparison listed between UCLA and UC Berkeley. The below comparison will help international students to gain more clarity on both universities respectively:

 

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UCLA

UC Berkley

Establishment

1919

1868

Location

Los Angeles, California, USA

Berkeley, California, USA

Shiksha Popularity Rankings

#38 in world

#3 in world

Salary

INR 1.1 Cr PA

INR 1.3 Cr PA

QS Ranking World's 25

#43

#12

Acceptance Rate

9%

11%

Placement Rate

93%

96%

Popular Streams

Economics | MBA | Psychology

Computer Science | Engineering | Biology

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Yes, MIT is considered an R1 Research University, i.e. an institution that is known for conducting a high-volume of research activity, & spending at-least a minimum of USD 50 million in research related work over the course of an academic year.

Its research team is known to comprise of a number of Nobel Prize winners, given below is a detailed description of the same: 

  • Faculty of Physics: 8 Nobel prizes and 3 Wolf prizes for contributions to subatomic and quantum theory
  • Faculty of Chemistry: 3 Nobel prizes and 1 Wolf Prize for the discovery of novel syntheses and methods
  • Biologists: 6 Nobel prizes for their contributions to Genetics,
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In 1934, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was elected to the Association of American Universities and, since then is qualified among R1: Doctoral Universities (Very high research activity).

MIT's researchers have invented or developed the following:

  • Magnetic-core memory, radar, single-electron transistors, and inertial guidance controls;
  • High-speed photography and sonar;
  • Modern information theory and discovery of the application of Boolean logic to digital circuit design theory;
  • Cybernetics, artificial intelligence, computer languages, machine learning, robotics, cryptography, and much more.

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