MIT ranks #2 globally with a prestige score of 765, earned across 199 prestigious academic awards including 26 Nobel Prizes. Its strongest area is MacArthur Fellowship. Notable laureates include Daron Acemoglu, Moungi G. Bawendi, Frank Wilczek.
765
Prestige Score
199
Total Awards
26
Nobel Prizes
9
Decades Active
97
Laureates
74
Award Types
21
Countries
2
Publications
28
Citations
Awards by Prestige Tier
Tier 1 (10pts): Nobel-equivalent • Tier 2 (3pts): Major prestigious • Tier 3 (1pt): Field-leading
38
Tier 1 • Apex
= 380 pts
112
Tier 2 • Elite
= 336 pts
49
Tier 3 • Prestigious
= 49 pts
Tier 1Apex Awards (7 types, 38 total)
Tier 2Elite Awards (33 types, 112 total)
Wolf Prize in Physics: 6Wolf Prize in Chemistry: 5Wolf Prize in Mathematics: 2Wolf Prize in Medicine: 2Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics: 4Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences: 7Lasker Basic Medical Research: 4Gairdner International Award: 8Shaw Prize in Astronomy: 2Shaw Prize in Mathematics: 1Kavli Prize in Astrophysics: 3Kavli Prize in Nanoscience: 3Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences: 3Japan Prize: 1Copley Medal: 1John Bates Clark Medal: 10Gruber Prize in Cosmology: 2Gruber Prize in Genetics: 3Nemmers Prize in Economics: 2MacArthur Fellowship: 17National Medal of Science: 3Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering: 2IEEE Medal of Honor: 2ACM Prize in Computing: 5Templeton Prize: 1Dan David Prize: 1Blue Planet Prize: 1Vetlesen Prize: 1Leibniz Prize: 1Enrico Fermi Award: 1National Medal of Technology: 2Priestley Medal: 4Millennium Technology Prize: 2
Tier 3Prestigious Awards (34 types, 49 total)
Crafoord Prize in Geosciences: 1Schock Prize in Mathematics: 1Franklin Medal: 1Hughes Medal: 1Dirac Medal: 3Draper Prize: 2Marconi Prize: 3Dijkstra Prize: 1Gödel Prize: 3Knuth Prize: 3Harvey Prize: 1Leeuwenhoek Medal: 1Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science: 1Heineken Prize: 1Volvo Environment Prize: 1+19 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 (74 types)
MacArthur Fellowship
17(1982–2025)
Nobel Prize in Economics
10(1970–2024)
John Bates Clark Medal
10(1947–2018)
Turing Award
9(1969–2022)
Nobel Prize in Physics
8(1964–2020)
Gairdner International Award
8(1974–2018)
Wolf Prize in Physics
6(1979–2020)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
5(1969–2002)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
5(2013)
ACM Prize in Computing
5(2012–2021)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
4(2012–2023)
Lasker Basic Medical Research
4(1974–2016)
Priestley Medal
4(2014)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
3(1978–2023)
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
3(2012–2016)
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
3(2012–2024)
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
3(1985–1997)
Gruber Prize in Genetics
3(2002–2022)
National Medal of Science
3(1966–2004)
Dirac Medal
3(1991–2018)
Marconi Prize
3(1979–2007)
Gödel Prize
3(1993–2016)
Knuth Prize
3(2007–2008)
Fellow of the Royal Society
3(2001–2024)
Fields Medal
2(1936–1978)
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
2(2013–2022)
Wolf Prize in Medicine
2(2004–2011)
Shaw Prize in Astronomy
2(2008–2016)
Gruber Prize in Cosmology
2(2004–2016)
Nemmers Prize in Economics
2(2004–2022)
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
2(2013–2015)
Draper Prize
2(1993–2007)
IEEE Medal of Honor
2(1949–1966)
National Medal of Technology
2(2007–2013)
Millennium Technology Prize
2(2004–2008)
Lilienfeld Prize
2(2003–2019)
Leontief Prize
2(2003–2019)
Kiel Excellence Award
2(2011–2015)
Steele Prize
2(2013–2022)
Abel Prize
1(2004)
Shaw Prize in Mathematics
1(2014)
Japan Prize
1(1990)
Copley Medal
1(1981–2022)
Schock Prize in Mathematics
1(2003)
Franklin Medal
1(2012)
Hughes Medal
1(2019)
Dijkstra Prize
1(2001)
Harvey Prize
1(2003)
Leeuwenhoek Medal
1(1970)
Templeton Prize
1(2022)
Dan David Prize
1(2012)
Heineken Prize
1(2016)
Blue Planet Prize
1(2004)
Vetlesen Prize
1(2013)
Volvo Environment Prize
1(2009)
Leibniz Prize
1(1990–1997)
Enrico Fermi Award
1(2012)
Arthur C. Cope Award
1(2004)
Tetrahedron Prize
1(2008)
King Faisal Prize
1(2017)
Sakurai Prize
1(1987)
Rumelhart Prize
1(2016)
Global Economy Prize
1(2019)
SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
1(2012)
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