New York University (
NYU) is a
private,
nonsectarian American
research university based in
New York City. Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the largest private
non-profit institutions of American
higher education. NYU is organized into more than twenty schools, colleges, and institutes, located in six centers throughout
Manhattan and
Downtown Brooklyn. NYU's main campus is located at
Greenwich Village in
Lower Manhattan with institutes and centers on the
Upper East Side, academic buildings and dorms down on
Wall Street, and the Brooklyn campus located at
MetroTech Center in
Downtown Brooklyn. The University also established
NYU Abu Dhabi,
NYU Shanghai and maintains 11 other Global Academic Centers in
Accra,
Berlin,
Buenos Aires,
Florence,
London,
Madrid,
Paris,
Prague,
Sydney,
Tel Aviv and
Washington, D.C.