New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the neighborhood of Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the largest private, nonprofit institutions of higher education in the United States.
NYU is organized into 18 schools, colleges, and institutes, located in six centers throughout Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, as well as more than a dozen other sites across the world, with plans for further expansion. With approximately 12,500 residents, NYU has the seventh-largest university housing system in the U.S. as of 2007, and one of the largest among private schools. Some of the first fraternities in the country were formed at NYU.
NYU's sports teams are called the Violets, the colors being the trademarked hue "NYU Violet", and white. The school mascot is modeled after a bobcat. Almost all sports teams at NYU participate in the NCAA's Division III and the University Athletic Association. While NYU has had All-American football players, it has not had a varsity football team since the 1960s.
NYU was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1950. The university counts 34 Nobel Prize winners, 3 Abel Prize winners, 10 National Medal of Science recipients, 16 Pulitzer Prize winners, 21 Academy Award winners, and Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winners. NYU also has MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship holders[20] as well as National Academy of Sciences members among its past and present graduates and faculty.
Schools and colleges
New York University comprises 18 colleges, schools, and institutes.
- Arts & Science
- College of Arts and Science (CAS)
- Liberal Studies (LSP)
- Graduate School of Arts and Science (GSAS)
- College of Dentistry
- College of Nursing
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Courant)
- Gallatin School of Individualized Study (Gallatin)
- Institute of Fine Arts
- Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
- Leonard N. Stern School of Business (Stern)
- NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)
- Polytechnic Institute of New York University (Poly)
- Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (Wagner)
- School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS)
- School of Law
- School of Medicine
- Silver School of Social Work
- Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development (Steinhardt)
- Tisch School of the Arts (Tisch)