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Chandra Shekhar

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Indian students can get admission at Harvard University in America if they meet the entry criteria. Students can apply for Harvard University admissions online through the Common Application or Coalition Application to study UG programs. Many Indian students apply here and get admisison to thier perefered program every year. Harvard University acceptance rate is moderatly high, which means admissions are moderatly competitive. Mentioned below are the University of Harvard admission requirements for Indian students to get admission in UG program:

  • SAT or ACT scores are optional
  • Must meet English language proficienc
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Piyush Kohli

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This entirely depends on the parameters that are important to the applicant. If you talk about world university ranking, then QS World University Rankings 2023 has ranked the University of Oxford at No. 4 with an overall score of 98.4 and Harvard University at No. 5 with an overall score of 97.6. While the US News & World Report - Best Global Universities Rankings 2022-23, ranked the University of Oxford at #5 with a global score of 86.8 and Harvard University at #3 with a global score of 96. Both the Universities are have achieved academic and research excellence. Pursuing a course in either of the two would be a dream come true for t

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Piyush Kohli

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The Harvard University application requirements are the same for all international applicants. All first-year candidates must complete the Common Application or the Coalition Application along with the required supplements. The university has no preference and each application is treated equally by the Admissions Committee.

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Piyush Kohli

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Getting into Harvard University is quite competitive but not impossible. The applicants can get into Harvard once they have outstanding academic grades. Harvard University acceptance rate for the Class of 2027 is 3.4%. Apart from the academic achievements, Harvard University also looks for these qualities in students:

  • Growth and Potential
  • Interests and Activities (Extracurricular)
  • Personal Character
  • Contribution to the Harvard Community

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 Harvard University cost for a four-year degree comes around USD 334,000. This includes books, tuition and all other expenses. The tuition fee is based on 2022-23 academic year.

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Piyush Kohli

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Harvard University tuition fees for its various programmes can be checked from the table given below.

Courses

1st Year Tuition Fees

MBA/PGDM (3 Courses)

INR 60.15 L - 69.18 L

Others UG (41 Courses)

INR 40.67 L - 43.13 L

MS (12 Courses)

INR 17.41 L - 53.23 L

M.Arch (5 Courses)

INR 41.05 L - 45.05 L

BE / BTech (6 Courses)

INR 43.13 L

MIM (4 Courses)

INR 17.41 L - 45.88 L

BBA (1 Course)

INR 43.13 L

PG Certificate (1 Course)

INR 54.26 L

LLM (1 Courses)

INR 57.69 L

Others PG (16 Courses)

INR 16.29 L - 54.29 L

Harvard University Cost of Living (2023-24)

Particulars

Amount

Housing

USD 12,424

Food

USD 7,950

Estimated personal expenses

USD 2,500

Estimated books

USD 1,000

Estimated transportation cost

USD 0 – USD 4,500

Also, the cost for health insurance is USD 4,120 (required for students unless they are covered in their family’s health plan).

Read: Cost of Living in USA for International Students

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Piyush Kohli

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Harvard is not only the top-ranked university in the US, but across the world. US News has ranked Harvard at 1st position from 2019 to 2023 in its Global Universities category. Also, QS has ranked Harvard at 4th rank for 2024 a notch above its 2023 rank in its World University Ranking. THE (Times Higher Education) has also ranked Harvard 2nd in 2023 in its best university ranking.

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Piyush Kohli

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Some of the most popular Harvard courses are Social Sciences, Mathematics, Computer & Information Sciences, History, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Psychology, etc. On the other hand, the university has been placed at the spot #4 for Business & Economics course and #1 for Engineering course in 2023. Harvard University ranks well for its Business courses too. In the QS Global MBA rankings, Harvard has been ranked at the spot #2 in 2023.

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Piyush Kohli

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Harvard is a top residential research university that offers 50 undergraduate majors, 134 graduate degrees, and 32 professional degrees. The graduate courses that are offered at Harvard University are Business Administration, Design Studies, Life Sciences, Law, Finance, etc. Apart from the regular in-person classes, Harvard University also offers online courses.

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Tasneem Hoda

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Whether Yale is better than Oxford would entirely depend on your preferred course of study. While a few courses are preferred at Yale over Oxford, in the overall world university ranking, Oxford University fares better than Yale.

Yale University Ranking 2023

University of Harvard Ranking 2023

  • QS World University Rankings 2023 # 18
  • Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking 2023 #9
  • US News & World Report Best Global Universities 2023 #11

Read: Yale University Ranking

  • QS World University Rankings 2023 #5
  • Times Higher Education (THE) Ranking 2023 #2
  • US News & World Report 2023 #1

Verdict: Although Harvard is better than Yale, but Yale is also part of the privilege Ivy League schools and is one of the top research universities as well.

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