It’s a dream-come-true moment for every student to get admission into the university of his/her choice. You get to meet new people, make friends, hangout with them and study under the guidance of eminent personalities, mentors, and professors. You can often attend lectures by top scientists, politicians, actors, and authors, to name a few.
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Usually top personalities talk on TV shows or special programs where the cost of booking a seat is very high. Luckily, there are a few  top universities in the US where you may get a chance to listen as well as interact with top personalities often because they are or have been professors or guest lecturers there. Here is the list of top 8 universities with famous professors.
Founded in:Â 1701Â
Location:Â New Haven, Connecticut
Famous Professors:
Known for - Author & political and cultural commentator for The New York Times
Concerned Department - Department of Political Science
Known for - Mexican economist and politician
Concerned Department - Department of Political Science
Known for - Molecular Biologist who won Noble Prize in Chemistry
Concerned Department - Department of Chemistry
Known for - Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nation
Concerned Department - Department of Political Science
Known for - American actor and filmmaker
Concerned Department - Department of Filmmaking
Founded in:Â 1891
Location:Â Stanford, California
Famous Professors:
Known for - Founder of Google Brain Project
Concerned Department - Department of Computer Science Engineering
Known for - American political scientist and diplomat
Concerned Department - Department of Political Science
Known for - First woman to win mathematics' Fields Medal
Concerned Department - Department of Mathematics
Known for - Indian Bio-engineering scientist and recipient of MacArthur FellowshipMedal
Concerned Department - Department of Biological Engineering
Known for - Psychologist, well known for the infamous Stanford Prison experiment
Concerned Department - Department of Psychology
Founded in:Â 1868
Location:Â Oakland, California
Famous Professors:
Known for - American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer
Concerned Department - Department of Acting
Known for - American actor, producer and screenwriter
Concerned Department - Department of Acting
Known for - American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist, and musician
Concerned Department - Department of Filmmaking/ Department of Music
Known for - American actress, director and screenwriter
Concerned Department - Department of Filmmaking
Known for - Poet, Pulitzer Prize winner
Concerned Department - Department of English Literature
Founded in:Â 1754
Location:Â New York, US
Famous Professors:
Known for - American film director, producer, writer and actor
Concerned Department - Department of Filmmaking
Known for - American theoretical physicist, mathematician, and string theorist
Concerned Department - Department of Mathematics
Known for - American philosopher and gender theorist
Concerned Department - Department of Comparative Literature
Known for - American chemist, winner of National Medal of Science for Chemistry
Concerned Department - Department of Chemistry
Known for - Molecular Biologist, Noble prize winner in Physiology
Concerned Department - Department of Physiology
Founded in:Â 1839
Location:Â Boston, Massachusetts
Famous Professors:
Known for - American journalist and author
Concerned Department - Department of Journalism
Known for - American journalist, author, winner of 2 Emmy awards & 2 Gavel awards
Concerned Department - Department of Journalism
Known for - Served as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, from 2009 to 2015
Concerned Department - Department of Political Science
Known for - American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor
Concerned Department - Department of English Literature
Founded in:Â 1831
Location:Â New York City, US
Famous Professors:
Known for - American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
Concerned Department - Department of Filmmaking
Known for - American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer, and actor
Concerned Department - Department of Music
Known for - American novelist
Concerned Department - Department of Literature
Known for - English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer
Concerned Department - Department of creative writing
Founded in:Â 1764
Location:Â Rhode Island, US
 Famous Professors:
Known for - American politician and mental health advocate
Concerned Department - Department of Psychology
Known for - American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate who co-developed the BCS theory of superconductivity
Concerned Department - Department of Physics
Known for - Neuroscientist, best known for developing 'BrainGate' to restore movement for people with paralysis
Concerned Department - Department of Neuro Science
Founded in:Â 1890
Location:Â Chicago, Illinois
Famous Professors:
Known for - American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017
Concerned Department - Department of Political Science
Known for - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Concerned Department - Department of Political Science
Known for - American economist, often referred to as "The Father of Finance"
Concerned Department - Department of Economics
Known for - American economist
Concerned Department - Department of Economics
Known for - American film critic and historian, journalist, screenwriter and author
Concerned Department - Department of Journalism
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