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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #12 | 82.4 | 75.5 | 69.4 | 95.7 | |
| #33 |
Durham University
United Kingdom |
75.6 | 58.6 | 71.4 | 94.6 |
| #49 |
University of Basel
Switzerland |
74.0 | 61.4 | 59.0 | 94.0 |
| #8 |
University of Chicago
United States |
85.5 | 79.3 | 82.2 | 93.3 |
| #28 |
Brown University
United States |
76.5 | 63.3 | 71.2 | 92.3 |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
82.5 | 74.0 | 83.0 | 90.8 |
| #20 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
77.9 | 63.9 | 80.8 | 90.4 |
| #6 |
Princeton University
United States |
86.1 | 83.3 | 84.1 | 90.0 |
| #27 | 76.6 | 72.1 | 59.2 | 89.9 | |
| #2 |
Harvard University
United States |
89.6 | 87.4 | 93.7 | 89.8 |
| #19 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
78.4 | 65.3 | 82.2 | 89.5 |
| #38 |
University of Washington
United States |
75.2 | 64.3 | 70.0 | 88.7 |
| #36 |
University of Colorado at Boulder
United States |
75.5 | 60.3 | 81.4 | 87.7 |
| #9 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
84.0 | 74.2 | 97.1 | 87.2 |
| #43 | 74.4 | 64.9 | 67.8 | 87.2 | |
| #31 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
75.8 | 66.7 | 72.2 | 86.6 |
| #39 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
75.0 | 62.2 | 77.5 | 86.5 |
| #3 |
Stanford University
United States |
87.2 | 86.6 | 89.8 | 86.5 |
| #15 |
Cornell University
United States |
81.2 | 77.4 | 78.4 | 86.3 |
| #26 | 76.7 | 68.7 | 74.2 | 86.0 | |
| #16 |
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
United States |
81.1 | 77.8 | 78.4 | 85.8 |
| #49 |
Università di Pisa
Italy |
74.0 | 65.1 | 68.4 | 85.6 |
| #49 |
Northwestern University
United States |
74.0 | 62.1 | 75.8 | 85.0 |
| #7 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
85.7 | 86.7 | 85.4 | 84.8 |
| #10 | 83.7 | 82.0 | 85.4 | 84.5 |
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