New York University ranks #15 globally with a prestige score of 184, earned across 49 prestigious academic awards including 4 Nobel Prizes. Its strongest area is MacArthur Fellowship. Notable laureates include Thomas Sargent, Yann LeCun, Louis Nirenberg.
184
Prestige Score
49
Total Awards
4
Nobel Prizes
7
Decades Active
28
Laureates
29
Award Types
9
Countries
111
Publications
5,264
Citations
Awards by Prestige Tier
Tier 1 (10pts): Nobel-equivalent • Tier 2 (3pts): Major prestigious • Tier 3 (1pt): Field-leading
9
Tier 1 • Apex
= 90 pts
27
Tier 2 • Elite
= 81 pts
13
Tier 3 • Prestigious
= 13 pts
Tier 1Apex Awards (4 types, 9 total)
Tier 2Elite Awards (12 types, 27 total)
Wolf Prize in Mathematics: 1Lasker Basic Medical Research: 1Shaw Prize in Mathematics: 1Kavli Prize in Nanoscience: 2Balzan Prize: 2Nemmers Prize in Economics: 1Holberg Prize: 1Chern Medal: 1MacArthur Fellowship: 14National Medal of Science: 1Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering: 1ACM Prize in Computing: 1
Tier 3Prestigious Awards (13 types, 13 total)
Crafoord Prize in Mathematics: 1Schock Prize in Logic: 1Gödel Prize: 1Harvey Prize: 1BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge (Basic Sciences): 1BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge (Economics): 1TWAS Prize: 1Princess of Asturias Award: 1AAAI Squirrel AI Award: 1Rumelhart Prize: 1IEEE Neural Network Pioneer Award: 1Skytte Prize: 1Fellow of the Royal Society: 1
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 (29 types)
MacArthur Fellowship
14(1981–2024)
Abel Prize
4(2005–2015)
Nobel Prize in Economics
3(2003–2018)
Balzan Prize
2(1987)
Turing Award
1(2018)
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
1(1987)
Nemmers Prize in Economics
1(1998)
Chern Medal
1(2010)
Harvey Prize
1(2019)
Princess of Asturias Award
1(2022)
AAAI Squirrel AI Award
1(2021)
Rumelhart Prize
1(2014)
Notable Laureates
Ranked by award prestige (Nobel, Fields, Turing, Abel) and multiple honors
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