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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #26 | 76.7 | 68.7 | 74.2 | 86.0 | |
| #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 |
| #23 | 77.4 | 71.0 | 78.3 | 83.4 | |
| #22 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
77.7 | 77.2 | 73.5 | 80.3 |
| #21 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
77.8 | 73.1 | 75.8 | 83.5 |
| #20 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
77.9 | 63.9 | 80.8 | 90.4 |
| #19 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
78.4 | 65.3 | 82.2 | 89.5 |
| #18 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
79.7 | 86.2 | 68.3 | 78.9 |
| #17 |
Yale University
United States |
80.1 | 77.4 | 87.0 | 79.3 |
| #16 |
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
United States |
81.1 | 77.8 | 78.4 | 85.8 |
| #15 |
Cornell University
United States |
81.2 | 77.4 | 78.4 | 86.3 |
| #14 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
81.5 | 86.3 | 90.9 | 72.0 |
| #13 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
82.0 | 81.0 | 86.7 | 80.7 |
| #12 | 82.4 | 75.5 | 69.4 | 95.7 | |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
82.5 | 74.0 | 83.0 | 90.8 |
| #10 | 83.7 | 82.0 | 85.4 | 84.5 | |
| #9 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
84.0 | 74.2 | 97.1 | 87.2 |
| #8 |
University of Chicago
United States |
85.5 | 79.3 | 82.2 | 93.3 |
| #7 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
85.7 | 86.7 | 85.4 | 84.8 |
| #6 |
Princeton University
United States |
86.1 | 83.3 | 84.1 | 90.0 |
| #5 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
86.3 | 85.0 | 96.9 | 82.2 |
| #4 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
87.0 | 86.9 | 93.5 | 83.9 |
| #3 |
Stanford University
United States |
87.2 | 86.6 | 89.8 | 86.5 |
| #2 |
Harvard University
United States |
89.6 | 87.4 | 93.7 | 89.8 |
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