Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists.

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, stablished in 1861.

The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta.

The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

University of Toronto