This list of New York University alumni includes notable graduates and non-graduate former students of New York University.

Legend The following abbreviations and notes are used to represent NYU schools and colleges: Abbr. Meaning * Did not graduate College of Arts and Science College of Dentistry Rory Meyers College of Nursing Gallatin School of Individualized Study Graduate School of Arts and Science Institute of Fine Arts School of Professional Studies School of Engineering (discontinued/merged; now Tandon) School of Law School of Medicine Tandon School of Engineering New York University Silver School of Social Work Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Stern School of Business Tisch School of the Arts University College of Arts and Sciences (discontinued/merged; now CAS) Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service New York University Shanghai Washington Square College (discontinued/merged; now CAS)

In 1973, the New York University School of Engineering and Science merged into Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, which in turn merged into NYU to form New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering in 2014. In 2015, the school changed its name to NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Academia and research

Educators Name Year School Degree Notability Reference 1936 GSAS Ph.D. First president of University of South Florida in Tampa; interim president of University of Florida in Gainesville POLY Dean of University of Wisconsin, Madison2002IFAPh.D.Educator, author and curator at Museum of Modern Art, NY ENG Founder of Jack Baskin School of Engineering at University of California, Santa Cruz 1974 GSAS Ph.D. First president of Union Institute & University in Cincinnati POLY Cooper Union Engineering School dean; served as dean of Pratt Institute; first female dean of an engineering school in United StatesIsraeli economist and president of Tel Aviv University POLY Vice provost and dean of research at Stanford University; former director of Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource 1948 WSC B.A. Seventeenth president of Rutgers University; professor at NYU Law POLY Dean of Engineering at Northwestern University; National Academy of Engineering member Master of Pedagogy First president of Brooklyn College 1971, 1980 GSAS M.S., Ph.D. President of Fashion Institute of Technology Founder and first president of Hofstra University POLY Director of School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University; professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and École Normale Supérieure, Paris 1956 STEINHARDT M.A. Chairperson and first dean of College of Communication of Polytechnic University of the Philippines; dean of College of Mass Communication at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila; Fulbright Scholar POLY Chair of engineering and applied sciences at California Institute of Technology; National Academy of Engineering memberSerena Chen1997Ph.DChair of Psychology Department at U.C. Berkeley GSAS M.A., Ph.D. Fifth president of SUNY Farmingdale POLY Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Department head 2001–2008 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; IEEE FellowWilliam Everdell1971NYUPh.D.Dean of Humanities, Saint Ann's School, author of The First Moderns Economist Law J.D. Founding president of Finch College 1961, 1962, 1964 POLY B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Professor emeritus and former head of Nuclear Science and Engineering Department at MIT (1997–2003); former associate director of MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center 1986 Stern M.B.A. President, Drexel University POLY Former chair of Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at Columbia University; Russ Prize winner; National Academy of Engineering member 1978 STEINHARDT M.A. President and chancellor, Loyola University Chicago POLY Chairman of chemical engineering department at Johns Hopkins University; National Academy of Science member; helped develop methods of separating solid waste components ENG Chair of Department of Aerospace Engineering and professor at University of Maryland, College Park; professor at University of Virginia; awarded NASA Exceptional Service MedalDorit Geva2006Ph.D.Founding dean of undergraduate studies at Central European University POLY Dean of Tufts University School of Engineering; Gordon Prize winner; National Academy of Engineering member 1958 Stern M.B.A. 15th president of St. Francis CollegeJoe GowChancellor of University of Wisconsin–La Crosse 1952 POLY Ph.D. Chair of Computer Science Department at University of California, Berkeley; professor at Rice University; designer of Rice Institute Computer; secretary of Academic Senate, University of California 1978–1980 POLY Chair of Chemistry Department at Rutgers University POLY Founder and first dean of New York University Stern School of Business 1977 GSAS Ph.D. Dean, INSEAD, 2000–2006 POLY President of New York City College of Technology Economics professor 1972, 1975 Law B.A., J.D. Fourth president of Yeshiva University, 2003–2017 POLY Vice chancellor of CUNY; president of Tarrant County College; dean of New York Institute of Technology; dean of Adelphi University; overseer of Colby College President of Brooklyn College 1959 Ph.D. "Father of Korean archaeology", professor at Seoul National University POLY Chair of Biology at Tufts University POLY Inventor of closed-chest cardiac defibrillator; recipient of Edison Medal; professor at Johns Hopkins UniversityJerome Krase1973SOCPh.D.Professor emeritus and archivist at Brooklyn College 1948 WSC B.A. "Pope of the unbelievers" POLY President and chancellor of Yeshiva University POLY Chair emeritus of the board of Swarthmore College Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School POLY Rector at the Jerusalem College of Technology Law B.A., J.D. Chairman of the Yeshiva University board of trustees 1969 Stern M.B.A. President, University of Wisconsin–Madison; president of the University of Wisconsin System President of John Jay College2005M.A.Assistant professor, scholar, and sociocultural anthropologist; endowed chair and director in Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater POLY Dean and professor of Management in College of Business Administration at California State University, San Marcos; former dean of School of Business, University of California, Irvine 1983 Law J.D. President of the University of Nebraska; chancellor of City University of New York STERN MBA Dean of School of Management at Simmons College 1958 ENG M.S. President of Shimer College POLY Dean of University of Southern California 1964 GSAS Ph.D. Intellectual heir of Ayn Rand; leading figure of Objectivism POLY Chairman of Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at University of the Philippines College of Engineering Law J.D. President of Hood College; on board of trustees of Bryn Mawr College 1994–2007; trustee emerita of Bryn Mawr College 1917 Stern B.A. Founder and first president of Far Eastern University in Manila, Philippines POLY Head of Sharif University of Technology and University of Tehran; professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and McGill University; fellow of the IEEE POLY Chairman of board of trustees of Stevens Institute of TechnologyWallace S. SayreGSASPh.D.Professor of Columbia University; namesake of Sayre's law POLY President of University of Arizona ENG President of New York Institute of Technology POLY Dean of Duke University's Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School of Engineering; served as chairman of Electrical Engineering Department at Duke University; professor at University of Pennsylvania; director of Naval Ordnance Laboratory POLY President of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology M.D. Founding dean of Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine POLY Dean of Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech POLY Founder and professor of Polymer Science and Engineering Department at University of Massachusetts Amherst; member of National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering; Fulbright Visiting Professor at Kyoto University; National Research Council Fellow at Cambridge University; research associate at Princeton University 1984 GSAS Ph.D. Dean of Lander College for Women and vice president of Touro College Law J.D. Chairman of board of directors of Georgetown University Law J.D. President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice POLY President of Milwaukee School of Engineering WAG Vice chancellor at City University of New York POLY President of Ohio Wesleyan University 1838 B.A. Led New Brunswick seminary as dean and president of the faculty 1883–1901 1951 CAS B.A. Author of A People's History of the United States

Professors, researchers and scientists