Awards & Honors

Faculty Honors

Selected Major Awards to UCLA Faculty Current* All-Time
California Scientist of the Year 1 5
Fields Medal in Mathematics (Terence Tao, 2006) 1 -
MacArthur Foundation Fellows 11 -
National Medal of Science 4 10
Nobel Prize 2 5
Pritzker Prize in Architecture (Thom Mayne, 2005) 1 -
Pulitzer Prize 3 -
Turing Award 1 -
Academy Memberships Held by UCLA Faculty Current*
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 120
American Association for the Advancement of Science 114
American Philosophical Society 18
Institute of Medicine 37
National Academy of Education 7
National Academy of Engineering 23
National Academy of Sciences 50
Other Recent Honors Current* Since
American Academy in Rome 1 2001
American Council of Learned Societies Fellows 2 2003
American School of Classical Studies in Athens Fellowships 3 2002
Balzan Prize 1 2004
Ford Foundation Fellowships 7 2001
Fulbright American Scholars 11 2000
Guggenheim Fellows 47 2000
IEEE Fellows 4 2004
National Science Foundation Early Career Development Program 28 2000
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers 4 1999
Residency at the Getty Center for Arts and Humanities 4 2001
Residency at the Institute for Advanced Study 6 2004
Rockefeller Fellowships 2 2003
Sloan Research Fellows 50 1997

Alumni Student Honors

Selected Honors held by UCLA Alumni and Students Recipients
Nobel Laureates 6
Student Regents 12
Rhodes Scholars 12
Marshall Scholars 2

UCLA's students and alumni earn a wide range of honors and awards. In this section we list a few especially noteworthy accomplishments.

We make every effort to keep these listings current and accurate. Please notify if you notice an error or discrepancy.

Updated October 2010