Most prestigious university in the world?

What university would nomadic pastoralists in the Saharan Desert know, or the tribespeople of the Amazon? What university has the strongest brand in the world?

What is the most prestigious university of them all for one to have attended?

Would definitely like to know people’s experiences in regards to this question rather than just a simple answer. 

Thank you all in advance.

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As a child who grew up in Africa and all I know as a child was Harvard and my local uni. Oxford and MIT were next and then came other universities after. I’m a Doctorat student in France and I think in France Harvard and Oxford are know by everyone but not the others.

 

Cambridge doesn’t hold a candle to the prestige of Harvard and Oxford.

They are just the +1 to Oxford similar to how Yale is the +1 to Harvard. You will never see someone use Cambridge as a shorthand for a prestigious global uni like they would for Harvard. They are just the uni where you say “oh yeah, them too.”

No favour for Harvard myself either and I would prefer attending Cam over Harvard personally (as a Brit who wants to stay in the UK) but this is just the truth.

 

Harvard/Oxford are the top tier and Yale would probably be in the next one with Stanford, MIT, Cambridge, etc.

 

I know the guy irl and asked him about it.

He told me he stopped using WSO as of two days ago. I don’t think he’ll ever be posting again.

 

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