Best Universities for Applied/Engineering Physics in the World

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Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Applied/Engineering Physics. A graph of 14.2M citations received by 468K academic papers made by 1,530 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 Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

3. University of Cambridge

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

4. Tsinghua University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

5. Stanford University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

6. University of Tokyo

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,918
Founded
1877

7. Pennsylvania State University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

9. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

10. Kyoto University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,365
Founded
1897

11. University of California - Los Angeles

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

12. University of Texas at Austin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

13. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1455
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
73%

14. California Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

15. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

16. Tohoku University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#4 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,975
Founded
1907

17. Purdue University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

18. University of Oxford

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

19. Nanyang Technological University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#5 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

20. Osaka University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#6 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,234
Founded
1931

22. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#7 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

23. University of Maryland - College Park

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
67%

24. Cornell University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

25. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#8 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1881

26. Imperial College London

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#5 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

27. Northwestern University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

28. South China University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#9 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
42,720
Founded
1952

29. National University of Singapore

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#10 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

30. Jilin University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#11 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
68,000
Founded
1946

31. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#12 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

32. University of New South Wales

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,864
Founded
1949

33. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
33%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$24,695
Enrollment
26,133

34. Nanjing University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#13 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

35. Ohio State University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

36. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#14 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
71,970
Founded
1953

37. Michigan State University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

38. Zhejiang University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#15 in Asia
#8 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

39. University of Science and Technology of China

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#16 in Asia
#9 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1958

40. University of Chicago

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$28,060

41. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,172
Enrollment
79,818

42. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

43. Peking University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#17 in Asia
#10 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

44. Technical University of Denmark

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#6 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1829

45. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

46. University of Washington - Seattle

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

47. Fudan University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#18 in Asia
#11 in China
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

48. Princeton University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$15,313

49. University of California-San Diego

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

50. University of Pennsylvania

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

51. University of Hong Kong

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#19 in Asia
#12 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

52. University of California - Davis

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

53. Catholic University of Leuven

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#7 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

54. RWTH Aachen University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#8 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

55. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

56. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

57. Delft University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

58. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

59. University College London

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#11 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

60. Harvard University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

61. Stony Brook University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
99%

62. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
23,420

63. University of Toronto

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
102,431
Founded
1827

64. Iowa State University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

66. University of Waterloo

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Canada
Founded
1957

67. University of Stuttgart

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#14 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Enrollment
22,616
Founded
1829

68. University of Florida

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

69. Nagoya University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#20 in Asia
#6 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
15,959
Founded
1939

70. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

71. Tongji University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#22 in Asia
#14 in China
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1907

72. Technical University of Munich

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

73. Tianjin University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#23 in Asia
#15 in China
Enrollment
35,370
Founded
1895

74. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

75. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#16 in Europe
#1 in France
Enrollment
38,007
Founded
1809

76. University of Arizona

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

77. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#17 in Europe
#2 in France
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

78. University of Southampton

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#18 in Europe
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

79. Beijing Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#24 in Asia
#16 in China
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1940

80. University of Science and Technology Beijing

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#25 in Asia
#17 in China
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1952

81. Seoul National University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

82. City University of Hong Kong

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#27 in Asia
#18 in China
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1984

83. University of Houston

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

84. Beihang University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#28 in Asia
#19 in China
Founded
1952

85. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

86. University of Bayreuth

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#19 in Europe
#5 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
12,773
Founded
1972

87. Nankai University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#29 in Asia
#20 in China
Enrollment
26,568
Founded
1919

88. Central South University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#30 in Asia
#21 in China
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1914

89. Kyushu University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#31 in Asia
#7 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,813
Founded
1911

90. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1443
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$38,887

91. Wuhan University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#32 in Asia
#22 in China
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
540,000
Founded
1946

93. Uppsala University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#21 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1477

94. University of Colorado Boulder

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
67%

95. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

96. Sun Yat - Sen University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#33 in Asia
#23 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
65,638
Founded
1924

97. Hokkaido University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#34 in Asia
#8 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
17,770
Founded
1918

98. Sichuan University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#35 in Asia
#24 in China
Enrollment
44,200
Founded
1896

99. Tel Aviv University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

100. Columbia University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520