California Institute of Technology ranks #9 globally with a prestige score of 374, earned across 96 prestigious academic awards including 18 Nobel Prizes. Its strongest area is MacArthur Fellowship. Notable laureates include Frances H. Arnold, Kip S. Thorne, Ahmed H. Zewail.
374
Prestige Score
96
Total Awards
18
Nobel Prizes
11
Decades Active
42
Laureates
36
Award Types
6
Countries
5
Publications
104
Citations
Awards by Prestige Tier
Tier 1 (10pts): Nobel-equivalent • Tier 2 (3pts): Major prestigious • Tier 3 (1pt): Field-leading
18
Tier 1 • Apex
= 180 pts
58
Tier 2 • Elite
= 174 pts
20
Tier 3 • Prestigious
= 20 pts
Tier 1Apex Awards (3 types, 18 total)
Tier 2Elite Awards (20 types, 58 total)
Wolf Prize in Physics: 1Wolf Prize in Mathematics: 1Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics: 4Lasker Basic Medical Research: 1Shaw Prize in Astronomy: 5Kavli Prize in Astrophysics: 4Balzan Prize: 3Gruber Prize in Cosmology: 2Gruber Prize in Neuroscience: 2MacArthur Fellowship: 10National Medal of Science: 7Vetlesen Prize: 1Enrico Fermi Award: 1National Medal of Technology: 1Priestley Medal: 4Welch Award in Chemistry: 3Millennium Technology Prize: 1Gairdner International Award: 4Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences: 1Wolf Prize in Chemistry: 2
Tier 3Prestigious Awards (13 types, 20 total)
Data completeness: Nobel Prizes complete 1901–2024 · Fields Medal complete 1936–2024 · Turing Award complete 1966–2024 · Abel Prize complete 2003–2024
Awards by Category
Awards by Decade
Prestige Trend Over Time
Weighted prestige score by decade (Tier 1 = 10pts, Tier 2 = 3pts, Tier 3 = 1pt)
Peer Comparison
All Awards (36 types)
MacArthur Fellowship
10(2000–2024)
Nobel Prize in Physics
8(1923–2017)
National Medal of Science
7(1969–2004)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
5(1954–2018)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
5(1933–1995)
Shaw Prize in Astronomy
5(2016)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
4(2014–2016)
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
4(2016)
Priestley Medal
4(1984–2011)
Gairdner International Award
4(1986–1999)
Balzan Prize
3(2006)
Max Planck Medal
3(1954–2018)
Welch Award in Chemistry
3(1973–2009)
Gruber Prize in Cosmology
2(2016)
Davy Medal
2(1947–2011)
Lilienfeld Prize
2(2018)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
2(1984–2004)
Wolf Prize in Physics
1(2017)
RAS Gold Medal
1(2017)
Draper Prize
1(2021)
Enrico Fermi Award
1(1954)
National Medal of Technology
1(2011)
Arthur C. Cope Award
1(2002)
Tetrahedron Prize
1(2004)
Millennium Technology Prize
1(2016)
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