Great Institutions are the foundation of a great Nation. Around the world, you can see that a country having more no of great institutions is more advanced. You must have heard about Harvard University, Stanford University, Indian Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge University. Countries are Known behalf of these Institute.
For Example, USA is the most advanced Country from last century & you will see that from last 100 years world top institutions are from USA. some of them are Harvard University, Stanford University, MIT, Princeton University, Yale University, Chicago University. In 19th century, the same was true for Europe. some of them are Cambridge University, Oxford University, Imperial College London, University college London, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Now a day, After USA, the greatest number of institutions are in Europe, China, Japan, India, Australia & you can see that the rank/affect of these countries in World Economy, Power & Policies.
The best resource that a country can have is its Human resource. The best example of best human resources that made a country great is Japan. Japan is one of the countries with poorest Natural Resources but it converted its population into human resources & Made Japan an advanced Nation. The great institutions, Schools converts Human into Resources for the nation & these human resources make the country great. In these Great Institutions, Great Inventions, Innovations occur which make any Country Great. These Great Institutions are the places where Students began to become Scientists, Entrepreneurs. So, you can say that Great institutions are the Foundation of Great Nations.
Some of the great Institutions in different countries around the world are
Harvard University, Stanford University, MIT, Princeton University, Yale University, Chicago University | USA |
Cambridge University, Oxford University, Imperial College London, University college London | United Kingdom |
Indian Institute of science, Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Statistical Institute, JNU, BHU | India |
Tokyo University, Kyoto University | Japan |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology | Switzerland |
Seoul National University | South Korea |
Peking University, Tsinghua University | China |
National University of Singapore | Singapore |