By the Numbers Academic Year 2019-20

A world-class research university with a liberal arts and science college at its core.
NYU Abu Dhabi welcomed its first class in 2010.

1450+

undergraduates

115

countries represented

4%

admit rate

45+

faculty nationalities

80+

Global PhD students

15%

students
from UAE

97%

alumni in graduate school or employed

Within 6 months
of graduation

300+

faculty

Academic Year 2019-20

115+

languages
spoken

82%

yield rate

1000+

alumni

NYU Abu Dhabi Since Opening in 2010

Research and Innovation

4,200+

research
publications

$21M

external
grant
awards

125+

patents
filings

#1 in UAE

For publications in

worlds top science
jounals

250+

creative works
created and
directed

Our Students

12Rhodes Scholars

In 6 graduating classes
(from 2014-2019)

More per student than any
university in the world

4

Yenching Scholars

7

Fulbright Scholars

3

Erasmus
Mundus
Scholars

5

Schwarzman Scholars

2

Future Global Leader Fellow Scholars