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The National University of Singapore. AFP
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The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) campus in Pasadena. Bloomberg
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge. Bloomberg
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The campus of Stanford University including Hoover tower in Palo Alto, California. Getty Images
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The University of Cambridge in the UK. Getty Images
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Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bloomberg
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The Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Bloomberg
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Princeton University in New Jersey. AFP
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The Yasuda Auditorium at the University of Tokyo. AFP
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The Radcliffe Camera at The University of Oxford University in the UK. Getty Images
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The National University of Singapore. AFP
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The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) campus in Pasadena. Bloomberg
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge. Bloomberg
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The campus of Stanford University including Hoover tower in Palo Alto, California. Getty Images
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The University of Cambridge in the UK. Getty Images
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Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bloomberg
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The Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Bloomberg
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Princeton University in New Jersey. AFP
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The Yasuda Auditorium at the University of Tokyo. AFP
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The Radcliffe Camera at The University of Oxford University in the UK. Getty Images
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The National University of Singapore. AFP
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