University of Texas at Austin ranks #29 globally with a prestige score of 113, earned across 29 prestigious academic awards including 2 Nobel Prizes. Its strongest area is MacArthur Fellowship. Notable laureates include John B. Goodenough, Steven Weinberg, Luis Caffarelli.
113
Prestige Score
29
Total Awards
2
Nobel Prizes
5
Decades Active
18
Laureates
22
Award Types
4
Countries
3
Publications
2
Citations
Awards by Prestige Tier
Tier 1 (10pts): Nobel-equivalent • Tier 2 (3pts): Major prestigious • Tier 3 (1pt): Field-leading
6
Tier 1 • Apex
= 60 pts
15
Tier 2 • Elite
= 45 pts
8
Tier 3 • Prestigious
= 8 pts
Tier 1Apex Awards (4 types, 6 total)
Tier 2Elite Awards (10 types, 15 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 (22 types)
MacArthur Fellowship
4(1983–2021)
Abel Prize
3(2010–2023)
Wolf Prize in Mathematics
2(2003–2012)
National Medal of Science
2(1991–2013)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1(2019)
Turing Award
1(2007–2022)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
1(2008)
Shaw Prize in Mathematics
1(2018)
Japan Prize
1(2013)
Schock Prize in Mathematics
1(2005)
Max Planck Medal
1(1981)
Draper Prize
1(2014)
ACM Prize in Computing
1(2020)
Tang Prize in Mathematics
1(2018)
National Medal of Technology
1(2013)
Welch Award in Chemistry
1(2017)
Lilienfeld Prize
1(1989)
Sakurai Prize
1(1985)
Steele Prize
1(1995–2020)
Notable Laureates
Ranked by award prestige (Nobel, Fields, Turing, Abel) and multiple honors
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