You can win a Nobel Prize in six fields: physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace, and economic sciences. The first five are the original Nobel Prizes; the economics prize was added later and is formally the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

The six fields

  • Physics.
  • Chemistry.
  • Physiology or medicine.
  • Literature.
  • Peace.
  • Economic sciences.

A small nuance

The economics prize is presented alongside the Nobel Prizes, but it is technically not one of the original prizes established by Alfred Nobel.

Quick scope

So the simplest answer is: science, literature, peace, and economics —with science split into physics, chemistry, and medicine/physiology.