University

New York University

New York, New York, United States

Verified · last verified 2026-09-02

University overview

New York University (NYU) is a private research university based in New York City. It was founded in 1831. The university is anchored in New York City, with its main campus in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, and also operates degree-granting campuses in Abu Dhabi (NYU Abu Dhabi) and Shanghai (NYU Shanghai), along with 12 global academic centers used for study-away programs. NYU is organized into 20 schools and colleges. First-year applicants apply to one or more of the university's three degree-granting campuses in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai through a single application. Its undergraduate divisions include schools such as the College of Arts and Science, the Tisch School of the Arts, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, the Stern School of Business, and the Tandon School of Engineering.

Institution type

Private, nonprofit

Campus setting

Urban

Cost of attendance

Not available (2024–2025)

Undergraduate enrollment

28,663

Application platforms

Common App

Current application deadlines

Early decision · 2026–2027
2026-11-01
Early decision II · 2026–2027
2027-01-01
Regular decision · 2026–2027
2027-01-05

Majors

Anthropology · Social Sciences
Applied Mathematics · Mathematics and Statistics
Archeology · Social Sciences
Area Studies · Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology · Biological and Biomedical Sciences

73 more majors are available with a free account.

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