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New York, NY, United States
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New York University (NYU) is a private research university founded in 1831, anchored in New York City, with degree-granting campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai and study away sites around the world. It describes itself as a leader in global education, with more international students and more students studying abroad than any other US university, and as one of the largest private universities in the US, with more than 65,000 students and $1 billion in research annually.
NYU's 20 schools and colleges include the College of Arts and Science (1832), the School of Law (1835), the Grossman School of Medicine (1841), the College of Dentistry (1865), the Graduate School of Arts and Science (1886), the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development (1890), the Leonard N. Stern School of Business (1900), the School of Professional Studies (1934), the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (1938), the Silver School of Social Work (1960), the Tisch School of the Arts (1965), the Gallatin School of Individualized Study (1972), the Rory Meyers College of Nursing (2005), the Tandon School of Engineering (2014), the School of Global Public Health (2015) and the Grossman Long Island School of Medicine (2019). The Mount Sinai School of Medicine has been affiliated since 1999, and NYU Abu Dhabi (2010) and NYU Shanghai (2013) are the degree-granting portal campuses.
The College of Arts and Science, the founding school of NYU, offers over 60 majors and 60 minors around a core curriculum, and is located in Greenwich Village. The Tandon School of Engineering, in Brooklyn, traces its origins to 1854 and enrolls 7,056 students (Fall 2025), of whom 4,168 are graduate students and 2,888 undergraduates, from 101 countries. Steinhardt, founded in 1890 as the first school of pedagogy in the US, offers more than 150 undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees and more than 20 advanced certificates and artist diplomas across 11 departments and 13 research centers and institutes. Stern's undergraduate programs are the BS in Business, the BS in Business and Political Economy and the Anand Khubani BS in Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship; its graduate programs include the Full-time MBA, the Luxury & Retail MBA and the Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA.
NYU students come from nearly every US state and 133 countries. The university states that it stands out among top US universities in its representation of low-income and first-generation students. In the first-year class cited in the Bulletins (Class of 2023, New York), 24% of the fall freshman class was international, 22% were first-generation college students and 24% were Pell Grant eligible.
Undergraduate admission for every school is handled by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions (400 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003), while graduate admission is run by each school. NYU also maintains the Office of Global Services for international student immigration and visa questions.
For 2026-2027 the Bulletins list tuition and fees of $68,576 for the College of Arts and Science, Gallatin, Liberal Studies, Nursing, Professional Studies, Silver, Steinhardt and Tandon undergraduates, $70,464 for Stern and $75,326 for Tisch, with food and housing estimated at $26,438, books and supplies $1,492, transportation $2,438 and personal expenses $2,054 (estimates not final until July 2026). Graduate tuition at Steinhardt for 2026-2027 is $2,363 per credit plus a registration/service fee of $584 for the first credit and $81 per additional credit each term. The Stern Full-time MBA budget for 2026-2027 (MBA1, nine months) is $92,658 tuition, $2,040 orientation fee and a total of $140,668.
NYU awards scholarships and grants from its own funds based on financial need and academic merit, and states that it uses the vast majority of scholarship funds for students whose families cannot pay the full cost. Aid packages may include federal and state grants, Federal Work-Study and loans. First-time first-year applicants can estimate need-based aid with the Net Price Calculator. Returning Tandon undergraduates whose family circumstances have changed can appeal for additional scholarship if enrolled full-time, in good standing and past the first semester; appeal awards are not guaranteed. Federal need-based aid is available to US citizens and eligible non-citizens (FAFSA school code 002785).
Tandon automatically reviews all full-time MS applicants for merit scholarships; Steinhardt offers the Global Citizen Scholarship for non-US citizens and the Cuppy Africa Steinhardt Scholars Stipend for admitted master's students with a bachelor's degree from Africa (March 1 deadline for fall); about 20-25% of admitted Stern two-year MBA students receive merit scholarships, mostly full or half tuition, with every applicant (domestic and international) considered. Stern MBA students may also earn up to $31,200 in tuition remission as Teaching or Graduate Fellows. International graduate students may use private loans; Tandon staff cannot cosign international student loans.
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View scholarships for New York University →Undergraduate applications for all NYU schools are handled centrally by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions (400 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003; +1 212 998 4500; [email protected]). Applicants choose their school and program on the application: for Stern, one of the BS in Business (with an optional First Year London interest), the BS in Business and Political Economy or the BS in Business, Technology and Entrepreneurship; applicants to the last two are also considered for the core BS in Business. Some Steinhardt programs also require an audition, interview or creative portfolio, and admission is based on the secondary school record, personal essay and recommendations from guidance counselors and teachers. The University reports a 13% acceptance rate for the Class of 2023 (New York) from more than 100,000 applicants.
In the College of Arts and Science, first-year students may receive no more than 32 advanced standing credits from AP, IB, other examinations and prior college courses combined. The College recognizes IB higher-level examinations passed with grades 6 or 7 (8 credits per approved examination); no credit is granted for standard level. Results of A Levels and Cambridge Pre-U, CAPE, French Baccalaureat and German Abitur may also be considered. Dual-enrollment college courses are accepted with a grade of C or better.
Steinhardt transfer applicants apply through the Transfer Common Application with the application fee, official high school transcript or GED scores and an official transcript from each college attended. SAT or ACT scores are not required if at least one year of liberal arts coursework has been completed at an accredited institution. Deadlines are March 15 for fall and October 15 for spring. In the College of Arts and Science, transfer credit is awarded for grades of C or better for courses completed within the past 10 years, up to a maximum of 64 credits; students must complete at least 64 credits in residence for the 128-credit degree.
International undergraduate applicants with credentials from outside the US apply through the same Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Transfer applicants who are international must also submit English language test results and an official foreign credential with an official English translation.
Applicants must hold a four-year US bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or its international equivalent; three-year degrees are not accepted, except Bologna-system Bachelor of Engineering degrees with 180 or more ECTS credits. The minimum GPA is 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. All programs are GRE optional (ETS code 2668). The application fee is $90, with fee waivers available on request. Requirements: online application, two-prompt personal essay, resume, transcripts from all institutions attended (official final transcripts after admission). Master's recommendations are optional; PhD applicants need two recommendation forms. Credential evaluations such as WES or ECE are not accepted in place of transcripts, since Tandon conducts its own evaluation.
English proficiency (Tandon, graduate): required for all international applicants and for applicants whose first language is not English or who have not completed a US bachelor's degree. Minimum overall scores: TOEFL iBT 90 (or the 1-6 TOEFL score of 4.5), IELTS 7.0, Duolingo 125, Pearson PTE Academic 65, or Cambridge C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency. Scores are valid for two years. Waiver requests are due March 1 (fall) and November 15 (spring).
Tandon graduate deadlines: Spring - November 1 (all MS, on-campus and online; not offered for PhD, Financial Engineering, Urban Data Science, Computer Science, Integrated Design & Media, Quantum Science and Technology and Mathematical Sciences MS). Fall - December 1 (MS priority and all PhD), February 15 (MS), July 1 (online MS). Deferrals are not permitted. All Tandon graduate programs are STEM programs eligible for STEM OPT.
Applicants must hold a degree from a US-accredited or equivalent international institution. Applicants with degrees from outside the US or Canada must provide a course-by-course credential evaluation from WES, ECE or TEC/SpanTran (WES preferred). Non-native English speakers must submit TOEFL iBT (TOEFL Essentials not accepted; MyBest Score accepted), IELTS or Duolingo; applicants to Occupational Therapy programs must submit TOEFL. The requirement is waived for four years of English-medium undergraduate and/or graduate study. International applicants should use their full passport name, give a permanent international address and not submit financial documents with the application; admitted full-time in-person students may be eligible for F-1 or J-1 visas via the Office of Global Services, which recommends starting 3-4 months before the program begins.
Applicants need a four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited US institution or an equivalent foreign degree (in some cases three-year). Stern has no minimum standardized test score and accepts the GMAT, GRE, Executive Assessment, LSAT, MCAT and DAT; the Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA is test optional for 2027, and a test waiver can be requested for the Full-time and Luxury & Retail MBA. TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo may be required. Full-time MBA (Fall 2027) deadlines: September 15, 2026; October 15, 2026; January 15, 2027; April 15, 2027. Luxury & Retail MBA and Andre Koo Tech MBA (Summer 2027): September 5, 2026; November 5, 2026; January 5, 2027; February 5, 2027 (US citizens and permanent residents only; non-US citizens must apply by January 5). All non-US citizens complete an International Student Supplement giving visa status and a permanent foreign address.
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