Hebrew University of Jerusalem ranks #50 globally with a prestige score of 68, earned across 21 prestigious academic awards including 1 Nobel Prize. Its strongest area is Wolf Prize in Mathematics. Notable laureates include Avi Wigderson, Elon Lindenstrauss, Hillel Furstenberg.
68
Prestige Score
21
Total Awards
1
Nobel Prizes
5
Decades Active
17
Laureates
17
Award Types
3
Countries
4
Publications
230
Citations
Awards by Prestige Tier
Tier 1 (10pts): Nobel-equivalent • Tier 2 (3pts): Major prestigious • Tier 3 (1pt): Field-leading
3
Tier 1 • Apex
= 30 pts
10
Tier 2 • Elite
= 30 pts
8
Tier 3 • Prestigious
= 8 pts
Tier 1Apex Awards (3 types, 3 total)
Tier 2Elite Awards (7 types, 10 total)
Tier 3Prestigious Awards (7 types, 8 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 (17 types)
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
2(2001–2007)
Gödel Prize
2(1994)
MacArthur Fellowship
2(1983–1990)
Gairdner International Award
2(2011)
Nobel Prize in Economics
1(2005)
Fields Medal
1(2010)
Abel Prize
1(2020–2021)
Wolf Prize in Physics
1(2012)
Shaw Prize in Mathematics
1(2020–2022)
Holberg Prize
1(2006)
Schock Prize in Logic
1(2018)
Dijkstra Prize
1(2003)
Knuth Prize
1(2016–2019)
Salem Prize
1(2003)
SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
1(2020)
Balzan Prize
1(1988)
Fellow of the Royal Society
1(2020)
Notable Laureates
Ranked by award prestige (Nobel, Fields, Turing, Abel) and multiple honors
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