UCSF ranks #18 globally with a prestige score of 174, earned across 49 prestigious academic awards including 5 Nobel Prizes. Its strongest area is Gairdner International Award. Notable laureates include David Julius, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Stanley B. Prusiner.
174
Prestige Score
49
Total Awards
5
Nobel Prizes
6
Decades Active
14
Laureates
15
Award Types
5
Countries
1
Publications
244
Citations
Awards by Prestige Tier
Tier 1 (10pts): Nobel-equivalent • Tier 2 (3pts): Major prestigious • Tier 3 (1pt): Field-leading
5
Tier 1 • Apex
= 50 pts
40
Tier 2 • Elite
= 120 pts
4
Tier 3 • Prestigious
= 4 pts
Tier 1Apex Awards (1 types, 5 total)
Tier 2Elite Awards (11 types, 40 total)
Tier 3Prestigious Awards (3 types, 4 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 (15 types)
Gairdner International Award
15(1984–2017)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
5(1989–2021)
MacArthur Fellowship
5(2000)
Shaw Prize in Life Science
4(2004–2014)
Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
4(2010–2020)
Lasker Basic Medical Research
3(1982–1994)
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience
2(2016–2020)
Horwitz Prize
2(1997–2017)
Japan Prize
1(1993)
Gruber Prize in Genetics
1(2006)
Massry Prize
1(2007)
Heineken Prize
1(1998)
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