Princeton university ranking: the first in the United States, the fifth in the world. Princeton University, referred to as "Princeton" for short, is a private research university, founded in 1746, located in Princeton, New Jersey, on the east coast of the United States. It is one of the founding institutions of 14 in association of american universities and a member of the Ivy League.

September 23rd, 2022, Clifford P. Brangwynne of Princeton University.

Discovered the basic mechanism of protein and RNA separating into cell tissue mediated by membrane-free droplets, and won the "2023 Scientific Breakthrough Award"; Jeff Thompson of Princeton University won the "2023 New Horizon Physics Award" for developing an optical tweezers array to control a single atom and applying it to quantum information science, metrology and molecular physics.