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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #33 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
75.6 | 73.6 | 83.0 | 74.0 |
| #42 |
Boston University
United States |
74.8 | 64.4 | 78.9 | 83.2 |
| #28 |
Brown University
United States |
76.5 | 63.3 | 71.2 | 92.3 |
| #18 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
79.7 | 86.2 | 68.3 | 78.9 |
| #39 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
75.0 | 62.2 | 77.5 | 86.5 |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
82.5 | 74.0 | 83.0 | 90.8 |
| #15 |
Cornell University
United States |
81.2 | 77.4 | 78.4 | 86.3 |
| #33 |
Durham University
United Kingdom |
75.6 | 58.6 | 71.4 | 94.6 |
| #37 | 75.4 | 78.6 | 72.9 | 73.5 | |
| #47 |
Ecole Polytechnique
France |
74.1 | 72.8 | 62.4 | 81.3 |
| #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 | |
| #2 |
Harvard University
United States |
89.6 | 87.4 | 93.7 | 89.8 |
| #13 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
82.0 | 81.0 | 86.7 | 80.7 |
| #33 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
75.6 | 80.0 | 87.8 | 65.1 |
| #12 | 82.4 | 75.5 | 69.4 | 95.7 | |
| #47 |
Lund University
Sweden |
74.1 | 64.0 | 74.8 | 83.8 |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
91.6 | 100.0 | 92.8 | 82.5 |
| #29 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
75.9 | 73.6 | 88.3 | 71.9 |
| #49 |
Northwestern University
United States |
74.0 | 62.1 | 75.8 | 85.0 |
| #43 |
Peking University
China |
74.4 | 76.6 | 87.7 | 65.5 |
| #6 |
Princeton University
United States |
86.1 | 83.3 | 84.1 | 90.0 |
| #26 | 76.7 | 68.7 | 74.2 | 86.0 | |
| #27 | 76.6 | 72.1 | 59.2 | 89.9 | |
| #3 |
Stanford University
United States |
87.2 | 86.6 | 89.8 | 86.5 |
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