New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian American research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is located at Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan. Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the largest private nonprofit institutions of American higher education.
NYU was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1950. NYU counts 35 Nobel Prize winners, three Abel Prize winners, ten National Medal of Science recipients, 16 Pulitzer Prize winners, over 30 Academy Award winners, four Putnam Competition winners, Russ Prize, Gordon Prize, and Draper Prize winners, Turing Award winners, and Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winners among its faculty and alumni. NYU also has MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship holders as well as National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering members among its past and present graduates and faculty.
NYU is organized into more than 20 schools, colleges, and institutes, located in six centers throughout Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, as well as more than a dozen other sites across the world, with plans for further expansion. According to the Institute of International Education, NYU sends more students to study abroad than any other US college or university, and the College Board reports more online searches by international students for "NYU" than for any other university.
Motto: Perstare et praestare (Latin)
Motto in English: To persevere and to excel
Established: 1831
Type: Private
Endowment: US $3.2 billion
Academic Staff: 6,564
Admin. staff: 2,242
Students: 53,771
Undergraduates: 23,526
Postgraduates: 21,984
Location: New York City, New York
Colors: Mayfair Violet
Athletics: NCAA Division III UAA
Sports: 19 varsity teams
Nickname: Violets
Mascot: Bobcat
Website: NYU.edu
NYU was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1950. NYU counts 35 Nobel Prize winners, three Abel Prize winners, ten National Medal of Science recipients, 16 Pulitzer Prize winners, over 30 Academy Award winners, four Putnam Competition winners, Russ Prize, Gordon Prize, and Draper Prize winners, Turing Award winners, and Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winners among its faculty and alumni. NYU also has MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship holders as well as National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering members among its past and present graduates and faculty.
NYU is organized into more than 20 schools, colleges, and institutes, located in six centers throughout Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, as well as more than a dozen other sites across the world, with plans for further expansion. According to the Institute of International Education, NYU sends more students to study abroad than any other US college or university, and the College Board reports more online searches by international students for "NYU" than for any other university.
Motto: Perstare et praestare (Latin)
Motto in English: To persevere and to excel
Established: 1831
Type: Private
Endowment: US $3.2 billion
Academic Staff: 6,564
Admin. staff: 2,242
Students: 53,771
Undergraduates: 23,526
Postgraduates: 21,984
Location: New York City, New York
Colors: Mayfair Violet
Athletics: NCAA Division III UAA
Sports: 19 varsity teams
Nickname: Violets
Mascot: Bobcat
Website: NYU.edu
