Stanford University ranks #3 globally with a prestige score of 685, earned across 158 prestigious academic awards including 28 Nobel Prizes. Its strongest area is MacArthur Fellowship. Notable laureates include Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Karl Barry Sharpless, Carl E. Wieman.
685
Prestige Score
158
Total Awards
28
Nobel Prizes
8
Decades Active
$55M
Endowment (2018)
120
Laureates
64
Award Types
17
Countries
20
Publications
200
Citations
Awards by Prestige Tier
Tier 1 (10pts): Nobel-equivalent • Tier 2 (3pts): Major prestigious • Tier 3 (1pt): Field-leading
41
Tier 1 • Apex
= 410 pts
79
Tier 2 • Elite
= 237 pts
38
Tier 3 • Prestigious
= 38 pts
Tier 1Apex Awards (6 types, 41 total)
Tier 2Elite Awards (30 types, 79 total)
Wolf Prize in Physics: 4Wolf Prize in Chemistry: 5Wolf Prize in Mathematics: 2Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics: 2Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences: 3Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics: 1Lasker Basic Medical Research: 2Gairdner International Award: 6Shaw Prize in Astronomy: 1Shaw Prize in Mathematics: 1Kavli Prize in Astrophysics: 1Kavli Prize in Nanoscience: 1Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology: 1Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences: 1Japan Prize: 1John Bates Clark Medal: 6Gruber Prize in Cosmology: 1Nemmers Prize in Economics: 2MacArthur Fellowship: 18National Medal of Science: 1IEEE Medal of Honor: 4ACM Prize in Computing: 1Massry Prize: 1Tyler Prize: 1Enrico Fermi Award: 3National Medal of Technology: 1Priestley Medal: 3Welch Award in Chemistry: 3Ostrowski Prize: 1Balzan Prize: 1
Tier 3Prestigious Awards (28 types, 38 total)
Crafoord Prize in Biosciences: 1Nemmers Prize in Mathematics: 1Schock Prize in Logic: 1Schock Prize in Mathematics: 1Gauss Prize: 1Franklin Medal: 2Draper Prize: 2Marconi Prize: 1Gödel Prize: 2Horwitz Prize: 1Leeuwenhoek Medal: 2Heineken Prize: 1Volvo Environment Prize: 3BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge (Ecology): 1Arthur C. Cope Award: 1+13 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 (64 types)
MacArthur Fellowship
18(1999–2025)
Nobel Prize in Physics
10(1955–2001)
Turing Award
10(1971–2020)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
8(1954–2022)
Nobel Prize in Economics
7(1972–2021)
Gairdner International Award
6(1983–2018)
John Bates Clark Medal
6(1957–2016)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
5(1978–2022)
Wolf Prize in Physics
4(1982–1984)
IEEE Medal of Honor
4(2007–2022)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
3(1908–2013)
Fields Medal
3(1966–2018)
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
3(2016–2023)
Volvo Environment Prize
3(1993–2017)
Enrico Fermi Award
3(2000–2012)
Priestley Medal
3(1974–2023)
Welch Award in Chemistry
3(1973–2022)
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
2(2017–2020)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
2(2012–2021)
Lasker Basic Medical Research
2(1980–2021)
Nemmers Prize in Economics
2(1998–2008)
Franklin Medal
2(1997)
Draper Prize
2(1993–2014)
Gödel Prize
2(2009)
Leeuwenhoek Medal
2(1965–2000)
Oliver Buckley Prize
2(1986–2010)
Sakurai Prize
2(1994–2020)
Skytte Prize
2(2019–2022)
SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
2(2005–2008)
Shaw Prize in Astronomy
1(2020)
Shaw Prize in Mathematics
1(2007–2013)
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
1(2014)
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
1(2016)
Japan Prize
1(1990)
Gruber Prize in Cosmology
1(2004)
Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
1(1996)
Schock Prize in Logic
1(2003)
Schock Prize in Mathematics
1(2017)
Gauss Prize
1(2018)
National Medal of Science
1(1975–2011)
Marconi Prize
1(2000)
ACM Prize in Computing
1(2023)
Horwitz Prize
1(2006)
Massry Prize
1(2007)
Heineken Prize
1(1980)
Tyler Prize
1(1998)
National Medal of Technology
1(2017)
Arthur C. Cope Award
1(2017)
Tetrahedron Prize
1(2019)
ACM SIGAI Research Award
1(2011)
Rumelhart Prize
1(2010)
Fischer Black Prize
1(2019)
Kiel Excellence Award
1(2010–2022)
Salem Prize
1(2007)
Ostrowski Prize
1(2017)
Fellow of the Royal Society
1(2024)
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