Collège de France ranks #35 globally with a prestige score of 108, earned across 20 prestigious academic awards including 3 Nobel Prizes. Its strongest area is Fields Medal. Notable laureates include Jean-Pierre Serre, Esther Duflo, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes.
108
Prestige Score
20
Total Awards
3
Nobel Prizes
8
Decades Active
29
Laureates
14
Award Types
3
Countries
42
Publications
485
Citations
Awards by Prestige Tier
Tier 1 (10pts): Nobel-equivalent • Tier 2 (3pts): Major prestigious • Tier 3 (1pt): Field-leading
8
Tier 1 • Apex
= 80 pts
8
Tier 2 • Elite
= 24 pts
4
Tier 3 • Prestigious
= 4 pts
Tier 1Apex Awards (4 types, 8 total)
Tier 2Elite Awards (6 types, 8 total)
Tier 3Prestigious Awards (4 types, 4 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 (14 types)
Fields Medal
3(1954–1998)
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
3(1979–2000)
Nobel Prize in Physics
2(1991–2012)
Abel Prize
2(2003–2008)
Wolf Prize in Physics
1(1990)
Shaw Prize in Mathematics
1(2017)
Japan Prize
1(1991)
Balzan Prize
1(1985)
Heineken Prize
1(2014)
Oliver Buckley Prize
1(1977)
Fermat Prize
1(1991)
MacArthur Fellowship
1(2009)
Fellow of the Royal Society
1(1763)
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