About Princeton University:

Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The institution moved to Newark in 1747, then to the current site nine years later, where it was renamed Princeton University in 1896. Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. It offers professional degrees through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Architecture and the Bendheim Center for Finance. The university has ties with the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Theological Seminary and the Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Princeton has the largest endowment per student in the United States. As of August 2018, 63 Nobel laureates, 15 Fields Medalists and 13 Turing Award laureates have been affiliated with Princeton University as alumni, faculty members or researchers. In addition, Princeton has been associated with 21 National Medal of Science winners, 5 Abel Prize winners, 5 National Humanities Medal recipients, 209 Rhodes Scholars, 139 Gates Cambridge Scholars and 126 Marshall Scholars. Two U.S. Presidents, 12 U.S. Supreme Court Justices (three of whom currently serve on the court) and numerous living billionaires and foreign heads of state are all counted among Princeton's alumni body. Princeton has also graduated many prominent members of the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Cabinet, including eight Secretaries of State, three Secretaries of Defense and three of the past five Chairs of the Federal Reserve.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
World University Rankings 48 42 38 39 39 52 44 62 71 72 78 85 85 86 98 77

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Agriculture 87 116 105 94 - 91 103 87 88 101 106 106 119 113 117
Engineering 40 34 35 40 39 42 47 74 75 91 92 112 144 159 154
Life Sciences 62 76 117 97 106 109 144 124 144 156 154 146 142 164 150
Medicine 266 270 262 260 249 264 264 270 262 270 290 301-350 258 289 351-400
Natural Sciences 8 8 8 8 13 9 11 14 15 19 18 17 19 22 19
Social Sciences 37 31 35 35 33 38 45 48 55 53 53 59 68 70 73

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Agricultural Sciences - - - - - - 451-500 401-450 401-450 451-500 401-450 -
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - 131 129 - 114
Chemistry 83 95 98 108 107 96 91 91 90 100 121 105
Chemical Engineering 32 51 35 43 61 56 105 129 134 161 174 214
Civil Engineering 170 100 90 156 156 159 170 244 243 242 201 200
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 401-450 401-450 401-450 401-450
Computer Science 40 17 23 32 36 48 58 68 83 57 78 74
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - 29 33 - 36
Electrical Engineering 37 33 38 53 56 61 49 53 63 83 76 65
Environment / Ecology 45 43 39 44 39 44 50 57 59 66 - 65
Geosciences 29 26 27 32 23 27 26 23 25 29 - 39
Immunology - - - - - - - - - - - -
Materials Science 46 63 59 92 106 125 124 122 121 132 168 166
Mathematics 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 9 6 9 14 14
Mechanical Engineering 16 21 12 20 31 29 30 49 50 83 154 165
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 149 155 - 135
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - 126 134 - 134
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - 97 86 - 108
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - - - - - - 401-450 401-450 401-450 401-450 301-350 -
Physics 5 6 5 9 9 11 12 12 16 18 22 23
Plant & Animal Science 233 189 208 214 189 206 182 218 202 220 216 162
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - 85 85 - 116
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 87 100 94 110
Space Science - - - - - - - - 12 12 - 9
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 146 134
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 122 128
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - -