Trivia: Where did Einstein get his Ph.D. in 1905?
Princeton University
Oxford University
University of Zurich
California Institute of Technology
The correct answer is University of Zurich
So why is this answer correct? : After receiving a teaching degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1900, Einstein got a job at a Swiss patent office. While there, he wrote several of his most important papers, including his doctoral thesis, “A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions,” which he submitted in 1905. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Zurich not long after.