Rockefeller University is a private, independent institution of higher learning in New York City. It was established by American businessman and philanthropist John Davison Rockefeller in 1901 as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. The institute was given the right to grant specific academic degrees by the University of the State of New York in 1954. It was renamed Rockefeller University in 1965.
The university’s purpose is research and graduate study in the biomedical sciences. The university grants only doctoral degrees. All students receive a fellowship. Instead of departments, the university has many independent laboratories where the students conduct their research. Many Nobel Prize winners have studied or worked at Rockefeller University, including Günter Blobel and Paul Greengard, both winners of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
The university’s website at https://www.rockefeller.edu/ offers additional information.
