World's Best Universities
Physics and Astronomy
Physics students can specialize in fields such as quantum physics and relativity, and astronomy students can focus on studies such as observational astrophysics. Both of these fields involve laboratory work and research. These are the world's top universities for physics and astronomy. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #33 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
75.6 | 73.6 | 83.0 | 74.0 |
| #29 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
75.9 | 73.6 | 88.3 | 71.9 |
| #21 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
77.8 | 73.1 | 75.8 | 83.5 |
| #47 |
Ecole Polytechnique
France |
74.1 | 72.8 | 62.4 | 81.3 |
| #31 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
75.8 | 72.3 | 79.2 | 77.5 |
| #27 | 76.6 | 72.1 | 59.2 | 89.9 | |
| #23 | 77.4 | 71.0 | 78.3 | 83.4 | |
| #25 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
77.0 | 70.2 | 78.8 | 82.9 |
| #23 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
77.4 | 69.7 | 84.3 | 81.7 |
| #39 |
University of Michigan
United States |
75.0 | 69.1 | 79.7 | 78.5 |
| #26 | 76.7 | 68.7 | 74.2 | 86.0 | |
| #29 |
University of Southampton
United Kingdom |
75.9 | 67.0 | 76.4 | 84.5 |
| #31 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
75.8 | 66.7 | 72.2 | 86.6 |
| #19 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
78.4 | 65.3 | 82.2 | 89.5 |
| #49 |
Università di Pisa
Italy |
74.0 | 65.1 | 68.4 | 85.6 |
| #43 | 74.4 | 64.9 | 67.8 | 87.2 | |
| #42 |
Boston University
United States |
74.8 | 64.4 | 78.9 | 83.2 |
| #38 |
University of Washington
United States |
75.2 | 64.3 | 70.0 | 88.7 |
| #47 |
Lund University
Sweden |
74.1 | 64.0 | 74.8 | 83.8 |
| #20 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
77.9 | 63.9 | 80.8 | 90.4 |
| #28 |
Brown University
United States |
76.5 | 63.3 | 71.2 | 92.3 |
| #39 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
75.0 | 62.2 | 77.5 | 86.5 |
| #49 |
Northwestern University
United States |
74.0 | 62.1 | 75.8 | 85.0 |
| #49 |
University of Basel
Switzerland |
74.0 | 61.4 | 59.0 | 94.0 |
| #36 |
University of Colorado at Boulder
United States |
75.5 | 60.3 | 81.4 | 87.7 |
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