Harvard University ranks #1 globally with a prestige score of 820, earned across 189 prestigious academic awards including 38 Nobel Prizes. Its strongest area is MacArthur Fellowship. Notable laureates include Claudia Goldin, Michael Kremer, Gary Ruvkun.
820
Prestige Score
189
Total Awards
38
Nobel Prizes
11
Decades Active
170
Laureates
65
Award Types
28
Countries
36
Publications
402
Citations
Awards by Prestige Tier
Tier 1 (10pts): Nobel-equivalent • Tier 2 (3pts): Major prestigious • Tier 3 (1pt): Field-leading
47
Tier 1 • Apex
= 470 pts
104
Tier 2 • Elite
= 312 pts
38
Tier 3 • Prestigious
= 38 pts
Tier 1Apex Awards (7 types, 47 total)
Tier 2Elite Awards (31 types, 104 total)
Wolf Prize in Physics: 3Wolf Prize in Chemistry: 5Wolf Prize in Mathematics: 4Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics: 2Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences: 3Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics: 1Lasker Basic Medical Research: 1Lasker Clinical Medical Research: 1Shaw Prize in Astronomy: 1Shaw Prize in Mathematics: 2Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy: 1Japan Prize: 2Balzan Prize: 3John Bates Clark Medal: 10Gruber Prize in Cosmology: 2Gruber Prize in Genetics: 3Gruber Prize in Neuroscience: 2Nemmers Prize in Economics: 1Holberg Prize: 3Chern Medal: 1MacArthur Fellowship: 27National Medal of Science: 2ACM Prize in Computing: 1Massry Prize: 1Tyler Prize: 1Blue Planet Prize: 1Vetlesen Prize: 1Pulitzer Prize: 3Priestley Medal: 4Welch Award in Chemistry: 1Gairdner International Award: 11
Tier 3Prestigious Awards (27 types, 38 total)
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy: 1Crafoord Prize in Geosciences: 1Crafoord Prize in Biosciences: 1Schock Prize in Logic: 3Franklin Medal: 1Dirac Medal: 1Gödel Prize: 1Knuth Prize: 2Horwitz Prize: 1Leeuwenhoek Medal: 2Volvo Environment Prize: 1BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge (Ecology): 1Arthur C. Cope Award: 2Tetrahedron Prize: 1King Faisal Prize: 1+12 more
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 (65 types)
MacArthur Fellowship
27(2008–2022)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
15(1954–2024)
Gairdner International Award
11(1969–2019)
John Bates Clark Medal
10(1957–2020)
Nobel Prize in Physics
9(1946–2005)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
7(1914–2013)
Nobel Prize in Economics
7(1971–2023)
Fields Medal
5(1936–1998)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
5(1986–2016)
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
4(1981–2010)
Priestley Medal
4(1944–2007)
Turing Award
3(1976–2010)
Wolf Prize in Physics
3(2003–2024)
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
3(2015–2025)
Balzan Prize
3(1997–2019)
Gruber Prize in Genetics
3(2006–2022)
Holberg Prize
3(2016–2022)
Schock Prize in Logic
3(1993–2011)
Pulitzer Prize
3(1991)
Leontief Prize
3(2000–2020)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
2(2012–2020)
Shaw Prize in Mathematics
2(2006–2023)
Japan Prize
2(1986–2012)
Gruber Prize in Cosmology
2(2009–2022)
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience
2(2018)
National Medal of Science
2(1991–2011)
Knuth Prize
2(1997–2020)
Leeuwenhoek Medal
2(2010–2015)
Arthur C. Cope Award
2(1973–1976)
Global Economy Prize
2(2010–2018)
Skytte Prize
2(2011–2019)
Kiel Excellence Award
2(2012–2016)
Steele Prize
2(1995–2000)
Abel Prize
1(2010)
Shaw Prize in Astronomy
1(2014)
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
1(2024)
Nemmers Prize in Economics
1(2020)
Chern Medal
1(2022)
Franklin Medal
1(2008)
Dirac Medal
1(2018)
ACM Prize in Computing
1(2016)
Gödel Prize
1(2009)
Massry Prize
1(2007)
Tyler Prize
1(1984)
Blue Planet Prize
1(1993)
Vetlesen Prize
1(1966)
Volvo Environment Prize
1(2004)
Welch Award in Chemistry
1(2000)
Tetrahedron Prize
1(1990)
King Faisal Prize
1(1994)
Oliver Buckley Prize
1(2018)
Lilienfeld Prize
1(1989–2007)
Sakurai Prize
1(1985)
ACM SIGAI Research Award
1(2015)
Fermat Prize
1(2001)
Fellow of the Royal Society
1(1979–2007)
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