New York University

NYU was founded in 1831 by Albert Gallatin, Treasury Secretary to U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. NYU is America’s largest private research university, offering over 4,500 courses through three portal campuses – one in the heart of Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, another in the rapidly growing Middle Eastern city of Abu Dhabi, and a our most recently new campus in Shanghai.

Great cities are engines of creativity, and New York University takes its name and spirit from one of the busiest, most diverse and dynamic cities of all. The University lives within New York and other great cities, from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai, Paris to Prague, Sydney to Buenos Aires all magnets for talented, ambitious people. Thriving beyond borders and across academic disciplines, NYU has emerged as one of the most networked and extensive worldwide platform for learning, teaching, researching, building knowledge, and inventing new ways to meet humanity`s challenges. Its students, faculty and alumni feed off the stimulating power of swirling intellectual and cultural experiences by mastering academic disciplines, expressing themselves in the arts, and excelling in demanding professions. New York University`s mission is to be a top quality international center of scholarship, teaching and research. This involves retaining and attracting outstanding faculty who are leaders in their fields, encouraging them to create programs that draw outstanding students, and providing an intellectually rich environment. NYU seeks to take academic and cultural advantage of its location and to embrace diversity among faculty, staff and students to ensure a wide range of perspectives, including international perspectives, in the educational experience.

Foundation year: 1831
Short name: NYU
Type: Private
Students: 44430
Faculty: 4970
Faculty/Students Ratio: 9:1
Region: North America
Location: New York, NY