top 100
U.S. UNIVERSITIES
— U.S. News & World Report
top 25
PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
NATIONWIDE — Forbes
Transforming lives through education,
research and innovation, SBU is a fl agship
university in the State University of New York
system. Since 2001, SBU has been a member
of the invitation-only Association of American
Universities (AAU), placing it among the top
65 research institutions in North America.

SBU’s record of achievement has earned
accolades: U.S. News & World Report ranked
SBU among the top 100 U.S. universities, and
Forbes magazine designated SBU as one of
the top 25 public universities in the nation.

The university’s distinguished faculty receive
the highest awards for their teaching,
creativity and research. From the Nobel
Prize to the Fields Medal, Grammy Award,
Pulitzer Prize, Indianapolis Prize for animal
conservation and Abel Prize, SBU’s world-
class faculty have garnered major awards
in many areas of study. The university’s
award-winning Undergraduate Research
and Creative Activities program, which
involves high-achieving undergraduate
students in research in nearly every discipline,
has produced many student-scholars who
go on to win prestigious recognition,
including Fulbright, Goldwater, Marshall
and Truman scholarships.




R&D AT A GLANCE
$275 MILLION
TOTAL R&D EXPENDITURES,
FY21 $190+ MILLION
SPONSORED RESEARCH
EXPENDITURES, FY21
22% GROWTH
IN CURRENT (FY22)
SPONSORED RESEARCH
EXPENDITURES SBU’s emergence as a world-class research
institution enables it to tackle some of the
world’s most pressing issues. An R1 research
institution — the highest research designation
in the United States — SBU co-manages
Brookhaven National Laboratory with which
it shares nearly 100 joint appointments, and
also enjoys a close working relationship with
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

SBU’s state-of-the-art facilities are integral
to its research endeavors. They include
the Institute for Advanced Computational
Sciences, which expands the intellectual
foundations of computation and data for
high-impact applications in engineering and
the physical, environmental, life sciences
and the humanities; the Simons Center
for Geometry and Physics, which furthers
fundamental knowledge in geometry and
theoretical physics; and the Advanced Energy
Research and Technology Center, which
develops technologies to enable clean
energy. Upcoming projects include a new
engineering building, which will serve as the
intellectual hub to enable a technology-driven
future, and the Institute for Engineering-
Driven Medicine, which explores the
convergence of engineering and medicine
to transform healthcare.