New York University (NYU)

New York University (NYU) is really 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 among the largest private nonprofit institutions of American advanced schooling. 

NYU was elected towards the Association of American Universities in 1950. NYU counts 35 Nobel Prize winners, three Abel Prize winners, 10 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 offers MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship holders along with National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering members among its past and present graduates and faculty. 

NYU is organized into greater than 20 schools, colleges, and institutes, located in six centers throughout Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, along with more when compared to a dozen other sites over the world, with plans for further expansion. Based on the Institute of International Education, NYU sends more students to review abroad than other US university or college, and also the College Board reports more online searches by international students for NYU than for just about any other university. 

Nationally, NYU is ranked #13 inside the Center For World University Rankings, #15 by Global Language Monitor, #17 by QS World University Rankings, #19 inside the Academic Ranking of World Universities, #26 by Business Insider, and #32 by U. S. News & World Report. Globally, NYU is ranked #17 inside the Center for World University Rankings, 112 #19 in 4International Colleges and Universities, #27 inside the Academic Ranking of World Universities, 115 #38 inside the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and #41 inside the QS World University Rankings. U. S. News & World Report ranks NYU's graduate schools #6 for law, #6 for public policy, #9 for math, #10 for occupational therapy, #10 for business, #11 for economics, #15 for political science, #20 for education, #21 for nursing, #27 for physical therapy, #29 for computer science, #30 for psychology, #46 for engineering, and #19 for medical school research. 

Globally, NYU's social sciences are ranked #8 from the Academic Ranking of World Universities, #14 from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and #14 from the QS World University Rankings. NYU is globally ranked #8 for psychology by The QS World University Ranking. The Social Psychology Network ranks NYU #5 for industrial / organizational psychology, #14 for clinical psychology, and also the U. S. News & World Report ranks NYU #9 for social psychology and #9 for behavioral neuroscience. 

The U. S. News & World Report ranks the New York University School of Law #1 for tax law and #1 for international law. The publication also ranks The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service #6 publicly policy. The New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science is globally ranked #1 in philosophy from the QS World University Rankings. Inside the The Los Angeles Times, NYU Tisch School of Arts is ranked #1 for film by Ranker. NYU is ranked #1 for New Ivies by college resource guide Unigo. The Princeton Review ranked NYU in student college admission choices as #1 in 2006, #1 in 2007, and #4 in 2013. The annual Global Employability Survey in The New York Times ranks NYU #11 nationally and #29 globally for employability.