UCLA ranks #16 globally with a prestige score of 179, earned across 53 prestigious academic awards including 6 Nobel Prizes. Its strongest area is MacArthur Fellowship. Notable laureates include Andrea Ghez, Terence Tao, Judea Pearl.
179
Prestige Score
53
Total Awards
6
Nobel Prizes
6
Decades Active
21
Laureates
33
Award Types
9
Countries
1
Publications
Awards by Prestige Tier
Tier 1 (10pts): Nobel-equivalent • Tier 2 (3pts): Major prestigious • Tier 3 (1pt): Field-leading
8
Tier 1 • Apex
= 80 pts
27
Tier 2 • Elite
= 81 pts
18
Tier 3 • Prestigious
= 18 pts
Tier 1Apex Awards (6 types, 8 total)
Tier 2Elite Awards (12 types, 27 total)
Tier 3Prestigious Awards (15 types, 18 total)
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy: 1Nemmers Prize in Mathematics: 1Gauss Prize: 1RAS Gold Medal: 1Henry Draper Medal: 1Draper Prize: 1Dijkstra Prize: 1Heineken Prize: 1IJCAI Research Excellence Award: 1Rumelhart Prize: 1IEEE Neural Network Pioneer Award: 1Salem Prize: 1SASTRA Ramanujan Prize: 1Fermat Prize: 1Fellow of the Royal Society: 4
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 (33 types)
MacArthur Fellowship
11(1985–2023)
Fellow of the Royal Society
4(2007)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
3(1960–1997)
Balzan Prize
2(2010)
Ostrowski Prize
2(2005–2009)
Nobel Prize in Physics
1(2020)
Nobel Prize in Economics
1(2012)
Fields Medal
1(2006)
Turing Award
1(2011)
Shaw Prize in Astronomy
1(2012)
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
1(2012)
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy
1(2012)
John Bates Clark Medal
1(2022)
Nemmers Prize in Mathematics
1(2010)
Gauss Prize
1(2014)
RAS Gold Medal
1(2015)
Henry Draper Medal
1(2019)
Draper Prize
1(2001)
Dijkstra Prize
1(2003)
Heineken Prize
1(1992)
Pulitzer Prize
1(1998)
Enrico Fermi Award
1(2014)
Rumelhart Prize
1(2011)
Salem Prize
1(2000)
SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
1(2006)
Fermat Prize
1(2007)
Notable Laureates
Ranked by award prestige (Nobel, Fields, Turing, Abel) and multiple honors
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