This document summarizes and compares university education systems in the United States, United Kingdom, and Mexico. In the US, most universities are private and consist of a 4-year bachelor's degree program, with annual tuition varying greatly between public and private schools. In the UK, university entrance age is typically 18, with tuition costs up to £9,000 per year, and applications made through UCAS. In Mexico, education is constitutionally free, with the top universities being public institutions like the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

1. University education
(USA, UK, UMS)
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2. United States of America
In the United States a college or university
consists of four years of study at and institution
of higher learning. There are 4,495 colleges,
universities, and junior colleges in the country.
Generally, the most prestigious schools are
private, rather than public.
Most colleges also consider more subjective
factors such as a commitment to extracurricular
activities, a personal essay, and an interview.

3. The most common method consists of four years
of study leading to a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), a
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), or sometimes
another bachelor's degree such as Bachelor of
Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Bachelor of Social Work
(B.S.W.), Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.,) or
Bachelor of Philosophy (B.Phil.) Five-Year
Professional Architecture programs offer the
Bachelor of Architecture Degree (B.Arch.)

4. Costs
 A substantial majority of students (up to 70
percent) lack the financial resources to pay
tuition up front and must rely on student loans
and scholarships from their university, the
federal government, or a private lender.
 Generally, private universities charge much
higher tuition than their public counterparts,
which rely on state funds to make up the
difference.

5.  Annual undergraduate tuition varies widely from state to state,
private schools are typically much higher, although prices vary
widely from "no-frills" private schools to highly specialized
technical institutes. Depending upon the type of school and
program, annual graduate program tuition can vary from $15,000
to as high as $50,000.
 The mean annual Total Cost (including all costs associated with
a full-time post-secondary schooling, such as tuition and fees,
books and supplies, room and board), as reported by
collegeboard.com for 2010:
 Public University (4 years): $27,967 (per year)
 Private University (4 years): $40,476 (per year)
 Total, four year schooling:
 Public University: $81,356
 Private University: $161,904

6. TOP UNIVERSITIES IN USA
 1. Harvard University
 2. Princeton University
 3. Yale University
 4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 5. Standford University
 6. California Institute of Technology
 7. University of Pennsylvania

7. United Kingdom
Ages
 England , Wales & North Ireland: 18 years old
 Scotland: 17 years old

8. Costs
 England: Max. £3,375 per annum
 Wales: £1,225
 N. Ireland: £ 3,500
 Scotland: Free for residents who have lived at
least 3 years.

9.  Undergraduates admitted for the academic year
2012-2013 will pay tuition fees set at a maximum
of up to £9,000 per annum, with most
universities charging over £6,000 per annum,
and other higher education providers charging
less, except for Scotland.

10. Application & requisites
 Application is done trough The Universities and
Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
website.
 UCAS is the British admission service for
students applying to university and college.

11.  Requisites vary, but most universities request an
Advanced Level General Certificate of
Education.
 Three is usually the minimum number of A-levels
required for university entrance, with some
universities specifying the need for a fourth AS
subject.

12. Famous Universities
 Cambridge
 Edinburgh University

13.  Imperial College
 University of London
 Oxford

14.  Queens' University
 St Andrews

15. Famous graduates
 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was the pre-
eminent political and ideological leader of India
during the Indian independence movement.
Graduated from University College London

16.  Sir Charles Kuen Kao is a pioneer in the
development and use of fiber optics in
telecommunications was awarded half of the
2009 Nobel Prize in Physics. Graduated from
University College London

17. United Mexican States
 The education in Mexico is a human right. The constitution says: that is obligatory,
lay and free for any person.
The best universities of Mexico are:

18. Cost

19.  Requirements to enter the university:
 Pass selection
 Take stack of papers
 Cover payments

20. Famous Graduates
Graduated Mexican leaders of the Instituto
Politecnico Nacional Important scientists and
politicians studied in this public institution. Their
contributions have been of enormous
importance for the country.
The ex-president Ernesto Zedillo studied in
Instituto Politecnico Nacional.

21. The Academic Ranking of World
Universities (ARWU)
 Know as the Shanghai ranking.
 Founded and compiled by the Shanghai
Jiaotong University to rank universities globally.

22.  Since 2003 and updated annually.
 Its consistent and objective methodology is
praised when compared with other rankings.
 It has also been criticized for its heavy focus on
the natural sciences over the social sciences or
humanities, and over the quality of instruction.

23. ARWU Top Ten
1. Harvard University (USA)
2. Stanford University (USA)
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (USA)
4. University of California, Berkeley (USA)
5. University of Cambridge (UK)
6. California Institute of Technology (USA)
7. Princeton University (USA)
8. Columbia University (USA)
9. University of Chicago (USA)
10.University of Oxford (UK)

24. The National Autonomous University of
Mexico has the 164th place