New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private nonprofit research university based in New York City. Founded in 1831, NYU's main campus is centered in Manhattan, located with its core in Greenwich Village, and campuses based throughout New York City. NYU is also a university with a global focus, where students travel internationally for education at NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Shanghai, as well as to centers in Accra, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Florence, London, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Sydney, Tel Aviv, and Washington, D.C.As of 2017, 36 Nobel Laureates, 7 Turing Award winners and 4 Fields Medalists have been affiliated with New York University. In addition, among its faculty and alumni are over 30 Pulitzer Prize winners, over 30 Academy Award winners, and hundreds of members of the National Academies of Sciences. NYU has been one of the most influential universities in the world. Alumni include heads of state, royalty, eminent scientists, inventors, media figures, Olympic medalists, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, and astronauts. Globally, NYU is ranked 7th by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for developing millionaire alumni, and 4th by Wealth-X for developing ultra high net-worth alumni with $30 million or more.
