Rankings and recognition
Overview
At MBZUAI, our achievements demonstrate the impact of our community and inspire us to push the boundaries of AI research, education, and innovation even further. We measure ourselves by more than rankings and awards – judging our success by the breakthroughs we achieve and the lasting value we create for society and humanity as a whole.
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Top 10 worldwide
CSRankings: Computer Science Rankings is a metrics-based global ranking of computer science institutions. It evaluates universities primarily based on the number of faculty publications at highly selective academic conferences.
These rankings underscore our position among the world's top research universities in the field.
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worldwide across artificial intelligence, computational biology, computer vision, machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and robotics
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worldwide across all areas of computer science
Our faculty is internationally recognized for excellence
Our faculty are members of national academies and fellows of their respective leading societies, including:
Members of:
U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Academia Europaea, and Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Fellows of:
Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society, Academy of Medical Sciences, and Association for Computing Machinery.
Selected individual honors:
MacArthur Fellowship (Genius Grant), Guggenheim Fellowship, Sloan Research, Australian Laureate Fellowship (ARC), ARC Future Fellowship, ISCB Overton Prize, ICCV Helmholtz Prize, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, World Laureates Association Prize, NSF Career Award, and Humboldt Research Award.
Faculty awards and accolades
To showcase the breadth and prestige of faculty achievements, MBZUAI groups awards by level of distinction, highlighting recognition from leading academies, prestigious fellowships, major research grants, professional societies, and high-impact international prizes – from top global honors and academy memberships to notable awards across the AI research community.
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Tier 1 – Top academy/global distinctions
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Tier 2 – Major academies, prizes, fellowships, and grants
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Tier 3 – Major society fellowships
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Notable – High-signal prizes
Meet our faculty coming from leading global universities
Among our 140-plus faculty, we have early-career frontrunners and global field leaders with former chairs of ICCV, EMNLP, and ICML as well as a former president of the ACL. Explore our faculty directory to discover more.





