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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #39 | 75.0 | 74.5 | 100.0 | 62.9 | |
| #9 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
84.0 | 74.2 | 97.1 | 87.2 |
| #5 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
86.3 | 85.0 | 96.9 | 82.2 |
| #2 |
Harvard University
United States |
89.6 | 87.4 | 93.7 | 89.8 |
| #4 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
87.0 | 86.9 | 93.5 | 83.9 |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
91.6 | 100.0 | 92.8 | 82.5 |
| #14 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
81.5 | 86.3 | 90.9 | 72.0 |
| #3 |
Stanford University
United States |
87.2 | 86.6 | 89.8 | 86.5 |
| #43 |
Tohoku University
Japan |
74.4 | 77.3 | 89.5 | 63.9 |
| #29 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
75.9 | 73.6 | 88.3 | 71.9 |
| #33 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
75.6 | 80.0 | 87.8 | 65.1 |
| #43 |
Peking University
China |
74.4 | 76.6 | 87.7 | 65.5 |
| #17 |
Yale University
United States |
80.1 | 77.4 | 87.0 | 79.3 |
| #13 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
82.0 | 81.0 | 86.7 | 80.7 |
| #10 | 83.7 | 82.0 | 85.4 | 84.5 | |
| #7 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
85.7 | 86.7 | 85.4 | 84.8 |
| #23 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
77.4 | 69.7 | 84.3 | 81.7 |
| #6 |
Princeton University
United States |
86.1 | 83.3 | 84.1 | 90.0 |
| #33 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
75.6 | 73.6 | 83.0 | 74.0 |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
82.5 | 74.0 | 83.0 | 90.8 |
| #8 |
University of Chicago
United States |
85.5 | 79.3 | 82.2 | 93.3 |
| #19 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
78.4 | 65.3 | 82.2 | 89.5 |
| #36 |
University of Colorado at Boulder
United States |
75.5 | 60.3 | 81.4 | 87.7 |
| #20 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
77.9 | 63.9 | 80.8 | 90.4 |
| #39 |
University of Michigan
United States |
75.0 | 69.1 | 79.7 | 78.5 |
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