@Nabin 72 and others,

I find it funny that you guys think US Universities are far better than European Universities. I know that there are some good universities here but please do not underestimate the European Universities. Most of the IVY league universities follow what is called the Heidelberg model , named after the - you guessed it right - the system of education in Heidelberg University. You mentioned the Chemistry Journal Angewandte Chemie.. That name is German!

You might also want to know that in the top 10, there are a lot of British Universities like Oxford, Cambridge, University College London, Imperial College London. There is CNRS in France which is one of the most prestigious research institutions in the world. There is Max Planck Institute in Germany. There is DTU - Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. You probably have also heard about ETH Zurich in Switzerland.

So please do your research before blatantly pointing out that US Universities are far better than European Universities! I am a PhD student at an American University and I have worked in 2 different European Universities so I know when I am saying that both Europe and the US has pretty awesome universities and some really shitty ones too!