Bill Gates fourth most powerful person in the world in 2012, up from fifth in 2011. In 1994, he was honored as the 20th Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society (DFBCS). In 1999, Gates received New York Institute of Technology's President's Medal. Gates has received honorary doctorates from Nyenrode Business Universiteit, Breukelen, The Netherlands, in 2000; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, in 2002; Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, in 2005; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in April 2007; Harvard University in June 2007; the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, in 2007, and Cambridge University in June 2009. He was also made an honorary
University Alliance (US) University Alliance (US) "For other uses, see University Alliance Online (disambiguation)" University Alliance Online (US) The University Alliance Online facilitates the promotion and online delivery of associate’s, bachelor's and master's degrees as well as professional certificate programs from the nation’s leading traditional universities and institutions. Powered by University Alliance’s technology and support services, its university partners have surpassed 750,000 online enrollments – making University Alliance the largest facilitator of e-learning in the country. University partners include Villanova University, the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, Michigan State University, the University of San Francisco, the University of Vermont, Florida