Caltech's Faculty

As a graduate student you will have the opportunity to work alongside Caltech's prestigious faculty. Our graduate student to faculty ratio is 4 students per each faculty member. Faculty members are actively involved with their students and the Caltech community.

Faculty in residence (as of December 2007):

Professorial faculty 296
Emeriti 104
Research faculty 60
Other faculty 53
Visiting faculty 100
Postdoctoral scholars 577
Senior postdoctoral scholars 33
Visitors 108

Faculty and alumni honors and awards (as of December 2007):

Nobel Prize: 31 recipients, 32 prizes
Crafoord Prize: 5 recipients
National Medal of Science: 49 recipients
National Medal of Technology: 10 recipients
California Scientist of the Year: 15 recipients
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 84 faculty
Member, National Academy of Sciences: 74 faculty
Member, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine: 4 faculty
Member, National Academy of Engineering: 30 faculty

A full list of Caltech Nobel and Crafoord laureates can be found at http://www.caltech.edu/nobel-crafoord

Brief bios of Nobel Laureates are available at http://pr.caltech.edu/events/caltech_nobel/.