New York University

New York City, United States

New York University (NYU), founded in 1831, is a leading private research university ranked #55 in the QS World University Rankings 2026, with its main campus in Manhattan's Greenwich Village and its Tandon School of Engineering across the East River in Brooklyn. NYU enrols more than 61,000 students across 18 schools and colleges, with students from 133+ countries, and operates a genuinely global network including degree-granting campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, plus academic centres in 25+ countries. Since 2000, NYU faculty have won 5 Nobel Prizes and 5 Pulitzer Prizes. NYU is particularly renowned for the Stern School of Business, the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, the Tandon School of Engineering, the Tisch School of the Arts (a world leader in film and performing arts), and its journalism programmes, all set within direct access to Wall Street, Silicon Alley and Broadway.

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