Finalists hail from 15 different schools in six countries. They include two entries from Stanford University and one each from Rice University, the University of Michigan, UC San Diego, Cornell University, University of Southern California, Fudan University in China, University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Russia, LBS College of Engineering in India, University of Chicago's Booth School of Busines, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, University of Maryland, Tel-Aviv University in Israel and UC Irvine.