University of California, Berkeley ranks #6 globally with a prestige score of 540, earned across 131 prestigious academic awards including 20 Nobel Prizes. Its strongest area is MacArthur Fellowship. Notable laureates include David Card, Jennifer A. Doudna, Randy W. Schekman.
540
Prestige Score
131
Total Awards
20
Nobel Prizes
11
Decades Active
75
Laureates
49
Award Types
12
Countries
66
Publications
3,099
Citations
Awards by Prestige Tier
Tier 1 (10pts): Nobel-equivalent • Tier 2 (3pts): Major prestigious • Tier 3 (1pt): Field-leading
27
Tier 1 • Apex
= 270 pts
83
Tier 2 • Elite
= 249 pts
21
Tier 3 • Prestigious
= 21 pts
Tier 1Apex Awards (7 types, 27 total)
Tier 2Elite Awards (27 types, 83 total)
Wolf Prize in Physics: 2Wolf Prize in Chemistry: 7Wolf Prize in Mathematics: 3Wolf Prize in Medicine: 1Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics: 1Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences: 1Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics: 1Lasker Basic Medical Research: 1Gairdner International Award: 3Shaw Prize in Astronomy: 2Shaw Prize in Mathematics: 1Kavli Prize in Astrophysics: 1Kavli Prize in Nanoscience: 2Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences: 1Japan Prize: 2John Bates Clark Medal: 7Gruber Prize in Cosmology: 3Gruber Prize in Genetics: 1Nemmers Prize in Economics: 1National Medal of Science: 2ACM Prize in Computing: 1Massry Prize: 1Enrico Fermi Award: 4Priestley Medal: 7Welch Award in Chemistry: 1MacArthur Fellowship: 23Balzan Prize: 3
Tier 3Prestigious Awards (15 types, 21 total)
Knuth Prize: 2Harvey Prize: 1Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science: 1Heineken Prize: 1BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge (Biomedicine): 1King Faisal Prize: 1TWAS Prize: 2Princess of Asturias Award: 1IJCAI Research Excellence Award: 2AAAI Squirrel AI Award: 1Rumelhart Prize: 1IEEE Neural Network Pioneer Award: 1Skytte Prize: 1SASTRA Ramanujan 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 (49 types)
MacArthur Fellowship
23(2000–2025)
Nobel Prize in Physics
7(1939–2011)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
7(1982–1991)
John Bates Clark Medal
7(1975–2009)
Priestley Medal
7(1962–1989)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
6(1949–2020)
Nobel Prize in Economics
6(1983–2021)
Enrico Fermi Award
4(1957–1987)
Fellow of the Royal Society
4(1994–2019)
Fields Medal
3(1966–1998)
Turing Award
3(1982–2017)
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
3(2007–2017)
Gairdner International Award
3(1991–2016)
Gruber Prize in Cosmology
3(2005–2007)
Balzan Prize
3(1962–2001)
Shaw Prize in Astronomy
2(2006)
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
2(2018)
Japan Prize
2(1990–2017)
National Medal of Science
2(1964)
Knuth Prize
2(2012)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1(2002–2013)
Wolf Prize in Medicine
1(2020)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
1(2015–2016)
Lasker Basic Medical Research
1(1971–2016)
Shaw Prize in Mathematics
1(2013)
Gruber Prize in Genetics
1(2015)
Nemmers Prize in Economics
1(2000)
Harvey Prize
1(2016)
Massry Prize
1(2000–2010)
Heineken Prize
1(1991–2016)
King Faisal Prize
1(2017)
Princess of Asturias Award
1(2015)
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