Best Universities for Physics in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Physics. A graph of 966M citations received by 42.9M academic papers made by 6,603 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

3. Stanford University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

4. University of Tokyo

For Physics

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

5. Harvard University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

8. Tsinghua University

For Physics

#2 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

9. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

10. Kyoto University

For Physics

#3 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Male:Female
76:24
Founded
1897

11. University of California - Los Angeles

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

12. Cornell University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

14. Princeton University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

15. University of Washington - Seattle

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

16. University of Toronto

For Physics

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

17. California Institute of Technology

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

18. Pennsylvania State University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

19. University of Texas at Austin

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

20. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

22. Tohoku University

For Physics

#4 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,591
Founded
1907

23. Osaka University

For Physics

#5 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

24. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

25. University of California-San Diego

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

26. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

27. University of Maryland - College Park

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

28. Zhejiang University

For Physics

#6 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

31. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$20,389
Enrollment
26,420

32. Columbia University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

35. University of Pennsylvania

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

36. Johns Hopkins University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

37. Ohio State University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

38. Northwestern University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

40. Yale University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

41. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Physics

#8 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

42. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Physics

#8 in Europe
#1 in France
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

45. Peking University

For Physics

#11 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

46. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

47. Purdue University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

48. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Physics

#12 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
10,357
Founded
1881

49. University of Chicago

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

50. University of Florida

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

51. University of British Columbia

For Physics

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

52. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Physics

#13 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1920

53. University of Hong Kong

For Physics

#14 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

54. University of Arizona

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

56. Delft University of Technology

For Physics

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

57. Technical University of Munich

For Physics

#11 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

58. University of California - Davis

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

59. University of Southern California

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

60. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

61. Carnegie Mellon University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

62. Seoul National University

For Physics

#15 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

64. University of Colorado Boulder

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

65. McGill University

For Physics

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

66. Nagoya University

For Physics

#17 in Asia
#6 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
15,834
Founded
1939

67. Iowa State University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

68. University of Alberta

For Physics

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

70. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Physics

#18 in Asia
#9 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

71. Kyushu University

For Physics

#19 in Asia
#7 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

72. Nanjing University

For Physics

#20 in Asia
#10 in China
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

73. Michigan State University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

74. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

75. Moscow State University

For Physics

#12 in Europe
#1 in Russia
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1755

76. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Physics

#13 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

77. University of Waterloo

For Physics

#5 in Canada
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

78. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

79. University of Sydney

For Physics

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

80. New York University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

81. Tianjin University

For Physics

#21 in Asia
#11 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

82. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
80%

85. University of Utah

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

86. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

87. Fudan University

For Physics

#22 in Asia
#12 in China
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

88. Jilin University

For Physics

#23 in Asia
#13 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
68,000
Founded
1946

89. University of Sao Paulo

For Physics

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

90. Tel Aviv University

For Physics

#24 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

91. Lund University

For Physics

#14 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

92. KAIST

For Physics

#25 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

93. Duke University

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

94. University of Pittsburgh

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

96. University of California - Irvine

For Physics

Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

99. University of Melbourne

For Physics

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

100. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Physics

#17 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386