A distinguished faculty

Washington University’s faculty are distinguished both for their teaching and for their research and creative activities. Virtually all of the full-time teaching faculty hold the doctorate or final professional degree in their fields, and the same professors often teach both undergraduate and graduate courses. Twenty-two Nobel laureates have been associated with Washington University, nine doing the major part of their pioneering research here. Faculty have received many honors, including major literary prizes; national and international fellowships; major awards for teaching, research, and service; and honors from governments of other nations. Current faculty serve on editorial boards of more than 250 professional and scholarly journals. Instructional faculty in all schools totals 3,140 — including both full-time and adjunct faculty.

Recognition of current and emeritus faculty
National Academy of Sciences — 30
Institute of Medicine — 24
American Academy of Arts and Sciences — 23
American Association for the Advancement of Science — 49
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters — 1
National Academy of Engineering — 3
American Institute of Architects — 1
American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering — 3
American Association for the Advancement of Medicine — 1
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers — 19
American Philosophical Society — 3
American Law Institute — 13

Recent honors accorded faculty
1 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
1 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
3 National Book Critics Circle Awards
3 MacArthur Prize Fellowships
2 National Medals of Science
3 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowships in Science and Engineering