Leadership & University Administration
NYU's leadership team is dedicated to fulfilling the University’s educational mission and research enterprise, advancing a vision for its future, and sustaining its tradition of academic excellence.
Office of the President
Andrew Hamilton, President of NYU
The major divisions of the University and their subsequent administrative units can be found in the organizational chart under the leadership of the Office of the President.
Andrew Hamilton is the sixteenth and current President of New York University. A noted chemist, scholar, and Fellow of the Royal Society, President Hamilton began his tenure in January 2016.
President
Designate
Linda G. Mills, President-Designate
Linda G. Mills – NYU’s Vice Chancellor and Senior Vice Provost for Global Programs and University Life overseeing NYU’s unrivaled global presence and shaping and supporting the student experience, is also the Lisa Ellen Goldberg Professor of Social Work, Public Policy, and Law, and has contributed groundbreaking research in domestic violence treatment, is a widely published author, and an accomplished filmmaker – will be New York University's 17th president.
Office of the Provost
As NYU's chief academic officer, the Provost is responsible for setting the University's academic strategy and priorities.
Georgina Dopico was named Interim Provost of NYU in May of 2022. A scholar of literature, history, culture, and gender studies in early-modern Spain, she is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature in the Faculty of Arts and Science. She joined the NYU faculty in 2000.
Board of Trustees
The overall fiduciaries of the University—the Board of Trustees—create policy, set mission and purpose, and are tasked with building and maintaining a successful organization. They ensure good management and adequate resources and they appoint and support the Office of the President.
Deans, Directors, and Senior Leadership
The Deans and Directors lead NYU’s schools, colleges, and institutes.
The Senior Leadership Team manages the operations of the institution through various administrative units.
University Senate
The University Senate, chaired by the President, is the chief deliberative body of the University; its membership is made up of representatives of the faculty, students, administrators, and deans.
Together, these offices and groups make up the leadership and university-wide governance structures.
Councils within the University Senate
NYU has four councils that represent faculty, students, and administrators in the University Senate:
Administrative Units
The administration of the University is broken down into units. These offices collaborate and communicate with one another not only to maintain NYU's daily operations, but also to plan ahead for the future.
The top divisions of the University and the units that report into them are:
