About

Since its establishment in 1831, NYU has been a leader in higher education, embracing an urban identity and professional focus, reaching out to an expanding middle class, and fostering a global vision that guides its 19 schools and colleges.

Today, same pioneering attitude has made NYU one of the most renowned and admired research universities in the world, with top-ranked academic programmes and a low undergraduate acceptance rate of less than one in eight. With its main campus in New York City, campuses that grant degrees in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, as well as 12 locations where students can study abroad, NYU is a leader in global education, enrolling more international students and sending more of its students overseas than any other US university.

The university draws on the many experiences of its faculty, staff, and students to ensure that its scholarship and teaching benefit from a wide range of viewpoints. NYU students come from almost every state and 133 different countries. Among the top US colleges, NYU stands out for its representation of low-income and first-generation students in its community. NYU takes seriously its position as a catalyst for social mobility.

With more than 65,000 students, NYU is now one of the biggest private institutions in the US and conducts $1 billion worth of research every year. The greatest academic awards have been bestowed upon members of its staff, and it leads all US universities in terms of patent production and revenue from licencing. A large network of NYU graduates have gone on to achieve success in a variety of fields around the world, including the sciences, the arts, and government.