NYUAD Junior Awarded Truman Scholarship for Public Service
Tatyana Brown hopes to pursue a master’s degree in Africana studies and a certificate in gender studies to explore international Black feminisms, and a master’s degree in social work.
Global Awards
Global awards are highly-competitive, merit-based opportunities that are conducted at a national or international level.
Some of the best-known global awards include the Rhodes Scholarship, Fulbright Scholarship, and Gates-Cambridge Scholarship fund further study after your NYU Abu Dhabi education.
There are others, like the Dalai Lama Fellows, Future Global Leaders Fellowship, and Clinton Global Initiative - University, that are more experiential in nature, and which accept applications from students while they are enrolled at NYUAD.
Select Student Awards
25
Rhodes Scholars
23
Schwarzman Scholars
17
Fulbright Awards
2
Truman Scholars
24
Erasmus
Mundus
Awards
11
Yenching Awards
Data as of spring 2026.
Planning and Preparing
The goal is to help students identify passions, interests, and future paths. Pursuing the right global awards competitions will help achieve those goals.
The CDC offers an active, hands-on, individualized approach to advising students and alumni who are applying for global awards. Working 1-to-1 with students to determine whether a given award is right for them, and helping at every stage of the application process.
More Than the Award
The emphasis is not on the outcome of the global award competition, but on the process of applying. There are significant and important benefits from going through the process of applying for a global award, whether or not students are selected to receive such an honor. These may include greater self-knowledge, a holistic vision for life after graduation, incredible writing samples, and an ability to tell your story in a compelling way.
Meet NYUAD's Scholars
Two NYU Abu Dhabi Alumni Awarded Prestigious Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
NYUAD Class of 2020 alumni Muhammad Shehryar Hamid and Doovaraha Maheswarasarma will pursue their graduate studies in Decentralized Smart Energy Systems, and Safe and Reliable Nuclear Applications, respectively.
Chevening Scholarship
Touba Marrie, who graduated in 2019 from NYU Abu Dhabi, will pursue a master’s degree at Cardiff University in Data Science and Analytics
First NYU Abu Dhabi Student Awarded Prestigious Aker Scholarship
Tiril Hoye Rahn will pursue a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in International Relations at the University of Oxford.
Rastraraj Bhandar, Yenching Scholar
Class of 2019 alumni Rastraraj Bhandari was selected for the fifth cohort at the Yenching Academy of Peking University.
Yousteena Bocktor, Al Ghurair Stem Scholar
Yousteena Bocktor is the first NYU Abu Dhabi student to receive this award from the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education.
Majida Al Maktoum and Amal Al Gergawi, UAE Rhodes Scholars
NYU Abu Dhabi seniors have been selected as 2019 UAE Rhodes Scholars.
Two NYUAD students selected as 2021 UAE Rhodes Scholars
Maitha AlSuwaidi and Hoor Alnuaimi, have been selected as 2021 UAE Rhodes Scholars.
NYUAD Alumna First Woman to ever Receive Prestigious Bseisu-Cambridge Scholarship
NYUAD Class of 2020 alumna Bana Alamad will pursue a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Genomic Medicine, an integrated clinical and research degree at the University of Cambridge.
Two NYU Abu Dhabi students selected as 2020 UAE Rhodes Scholars
NYU Abu Dhabi has produced 14 Rhodes Scholars in just seven years, more Rhodes Scholars per student than any university in the world.
Atoka Jo and Alexander MacKay, Schwarzman Scholars
Atoka Jo and Alexander MacKay join the 2020 cohort at Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Farah Shamout, Rhodes Scholar
Follow Shamout's meteoric rise from NYUAD student enrolled to Rhodes Scholar and finally coming back full circle to where she started her university career.
Mandy Tan, Schwarzman Scholar
Mandy Tan is the third NYU Abu Dhabi graduate in three years to be selected.
Thomas Klein and Hannah Taylor, Fulbright Scholars
NYU Abu Dhabi graduating seniors Thomas Klein of Hillsborough, N.J., and Hannah Taylor of Plymouth, Mass., have received Fulbright US Student Program awards.
Schwarzman Scholars 2022
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) alumni Weichen Zhu (Class of 2015) and Kefei (Fisher) Wu (Class of 2017), Lujain Ibrahim and Matea Kocevska (Class of 2020), and current senior Segun Omole (Class of 2021) have been named 2022 Schwarzman Scholars.
NYUAD Alumna Awarded Prestigious Global Korea Scholarship
Class of 2020 alumna, Emma Kay Tocci, will study Korean and complete a Master’s degree in International Studies.
Two NYU Abu Dhabi Graduates Awarded Prestigious Yenching Scholarships
NYUAD Class of 2018 alumna Marie-Claude Hykpo and alumnus Juan Diego Serrano Ortega from the Class of 2020 will pursue a one-year interdisciplinary master’s program focused on studying China’s past, present, and future.
NYUAD senior awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship
Sussan Garcia has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to support her to move to South Korea in 2021 to teach English.
NYUAD Graduate Named as 2021 Schwarzman Scholar
Alioune Fall is NYUAD’s sixth student to be honored as a Schwarzman Scholar since the program’s inception in 2016.
Two NYUAD students selected as 2020 UAE Rhodes Scholars
NYU Abu Dhabi has produced 14 Rhodes Scholars in just seven years, more Rhodes Scholars per student than any university in the world.
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