Carnegie Mellon University ranks #27 globally with a prestige score of 119, earned across 21 prestigious academic awards including 3 Nobel Prizes. Its strongest area is Turing Award. Notable laureates include Herbert A. Simon, John A. Pople, Raj Reddy.
119
Prestige Score
21
Total Awards
3
Nobel Prizes
7
Decades Active
15
Laureates
11
Award Types
7
Countries
86
Publications
3,272
Citations
Awards by Prestige Tier
Tier 1 (10pts): Nobel-equivalent • Tier 2 (3pts): Major prestigious • Tier 3 (1pt): Field-leading
10
Tier 1 • Apex
= 100 pts
4
Tier 2 • Elite
= 12 pts
7
Tier 3 • Prestigious
= 7 pts
Tier 1Apex Awards (3 types, 10 total)
Tier 2Elite Awards (3 types, 4 total)
Tier 3Prestigious Awards (5 types, 7 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 (11 types)
Turing Award
7(1966–2007)
Nobel Prize in Economics
2(1978–2004)
MacArthur Fellowship
2(2006–2007)
Draper Prize
2(1993)
IJCAI Research Excellence Award
2(1989–2007)
Nobel Prize in Physics
1(1943)
Schock Prize in Logic
1(1997)
Dijkstra Prize
1(2004)
Welch Award in Chemistry
1(1987)
Rumelhart Prize
1(2004)
Notable Laureates
Ranked by award prestige (Nobel, Fields, Turing, Abel) and multiple honors
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