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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
91.6 | 100.0 | 92.8 | 82.5 |
| #2 |
Harvard University
United States |
89.6 | 87.4 | 93.7 | 89.8 |
| #3 |
Stanford University
United States |
87.2 | 86.6 | 89.8 | 86.5 |
| #4 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
87.0 | 86.9 | 93.5 | 83.9 |
| #5 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
86.3 | 85.0 | 96.9 | 82.2 |
| #6 |
Princeton University
United States |
86.1 | 83.3 | 84.1 | 90.0 |
| #7 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
85.7 | 86.7 | 85.4 | 84.8 |
| #8 |
University of Chicago
United States |
85.5 | 79.3 | 82.2 | 93.3 |
| #9 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
84.0 | 74.2 | 97.1 | 87.2 |
| #10 | 83.7 | 82.0 | 85.4 | 84.5 | |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
82.5 | 74.0 | 83.0 | 90.8 |
| #12 | 82.4 | 75.5 | 69.4 | 95.7 | |
| #13 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
82.0 | 81.0 | 86.7 | 80.7 |
| #14 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
81.5 | 86.3 | 90.9 | 72.0 |
| #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 |
| #17 |
Yale University
United States |
80.1 | 77.4 | 87.0 | 79.3 |
| #18 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
79.7 | 86.2 | 68.3 | 78.9 |
| #19 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
78.4 | 65.3 | 82.2 | 89.5 |
| #20 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
77.9 | 63.9 | 80.8 | 90.4 |
| #21 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
77.8 | 73.1 | 75.8 | 83.5 |
| #22 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
77.7 | 77.2 | 73.5 | 80.3 |
| #23 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
77.4 | 69.7 | 84.3 | 81.7 |
| #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 |
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