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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #31 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
75.8 | 72.3 | 79.2 | 77.5 |
| #42 |
Boston University
United States |
74.8 | 64.4 | 78.9 | 83.2 |
| #25 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
77.0 | 70.2 | 78.8 | 82.9 |
| #15 |
Cornell University
United States |
81.2 | 77.4 | 78.4 | 86.3 |
| #16 |
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
United States |
81.1 | 77.8 | 78.4 | 85.8 |
| #23 | 77.4 | 71.0 | 78.3 | 83.4 | |
| #39 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
75.0 | 62.2 | 77.5 | 86.5 |
| #29 |
University of Southampton
United Kingdom |
75.9 | 67.0 | 76.4 | 84.5 |
| #46 | 74.3 | 75.6 | 75.9 | 72.1 | |
| #49 |
Northwestern University
United States |
74.0 | 62.1 | 75.8 | 85.0 |
| #21 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
77.8 | 73.1 | 75.8 | 83.5 |
| #47 |
Lund University
Sweden |
74.1 | 64.0 | 74.8 | 83.8 |
| #26 | 76.7 | 68.7 | 74.2 | 86.0 | |
| #22 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
77.7 | 77.2 | 73.5 | 80.3 |
| #37 | 75.4 | 78.6 | 72.9 | 73.5 | |
| #31 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
75.8 | 66.7 | 72.2 | 86.6 |
| #33 |
Durham University
United Kingdom |
75.6 | 58.6 | 71.4 | 94.6 |
| #28 |
Brown University
United States |
76.5 | 63.3 | 71.2 | 92.3 |
| #38 |
University of Washington
United States |
75.2 | 64.3 | 70.0 | 88.7 |
| #12 | 82.4 | 75.5 | 69.4 | 95.7 | |
| #49 |
Università di Pisa
Italy |
74.0 | 65.1 | 68.4 | 85.6 |
| #18 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
79.7 | 86.2 | 68.3 | 78.9 |
| #43 | 74.4 | 64.9 | 67.8 | 87.2 | |
| #47 |
Ecole Polytechnique
France |
74.1 | 72.8 | 62.4 | 81.3 |
| #27 | 76.6 | 72.1 | 59.2 | 89.9 |
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