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 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 1,229 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
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

3. Tsinghua University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

4. Stanford University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

5. University of Cambridge

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

6. Pennsylvania State University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

7. University of Tokyo

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

9. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

10. Tohoku University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#3 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
17,665
Founded
1907

11. Kyoto University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

12. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

13. Osaka University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#5 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
23,044
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

14. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

15. University of Texas at Austin

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

16. National University of Singapore

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#6 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

17. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

18. University of New South Wales

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

19. California Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,162
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$47,556

21. University of California - Los Angeles

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

22. Cornell University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

23. University of Oxford

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

24. Imperial College London

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

25. Nanyang Technological University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#8 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

26. Northwestern University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

27. South China University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

28. Purdue University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
73%

29. Jilin University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#10 in Asia
#3 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
68,000
Founded
1946

30. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

31. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

32. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#11 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

33. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#12 in Asia
#5 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1953

34. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
74%

35. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

36. Ohio State University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

37. Princeton University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

38. University of Maryland - College Park

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

39. University of Science and Technology of China

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#13 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1958

40. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#14 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

41. Zhejiang University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

42. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

43. Nanjing University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#16 in Asia
#9 in China
Acceptance Rate
87%
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

44. Iowa State University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

45. University of Chicago

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

46. Peking University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#17 in Asia
#10 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

47. Kyushu University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#18 in Asia
#6 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

48. University of Toronto

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

49. University of Florida

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

50. University of Southampton

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

51. Nagoya University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#19 in Asia
#7 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
16,376
Founded
1939

52. RWTH Aachen University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#7 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870

53. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
23,420

54. Fudan University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#20 in Asia
#11 in China
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

55. Harvard University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

56. Delft University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#9 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

57. University of Washington - Seattle

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

58. University of Nottingham

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

59. Catholic University of Leuven

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

60. Uppsala University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#12 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
35,556
Founded
1477

61. University of Arizona

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

62. Michigan State University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

63. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,070

64. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

65. University of Science and Technology Beijing

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#21 in Asia
#12 in China
Enrollment
25,000
Founded
1952

66. University of Bayreuth

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#14 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
13,300
Founded
1972

67. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
72%

68. University of California-San Diego

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

69. University College London

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#15 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

70. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#22 in Asia
#13 in China
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1920

71. University of Pennsylvania

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

72. Tongji University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

73. Indian Institute of Science

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#24 in Asia
#1 in India
Enrollment
4,695
Founded
1909

74. Technical University of Munich

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#16 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

75. Seoul National University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#25 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

76. Case Western Reserve University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,166

77. Tianjin University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

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

78. University of Delaware

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
72%
Average SAT
1248
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
90%

79. Wuhan University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#27 in Asia
#16 in China
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
540,000
Founded
1946

80. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#17 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
14,278
Founded
1827

81. Hokkaido University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#28 in Asia
#8 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
17,541
Founded
1918

82. University of Waterloo

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

83. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

84. Hanyang University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#29 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
35,000
Founded
1939

85. University of Bologna

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#18 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
79,999
Founded
1088

86. Stony Brook University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
48%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
82%

87. Beihang University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#30 in Asia
#17 in China
Founded
1952

88. Technical University of Denmark

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#19 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
46%
Founded
1829

89. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

90. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#31 in Asia
#18 in China
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1991

91. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#20 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

92. University of Houston

For Applied/Engineering Physics

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
85%

93. Sichuan University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#32 in Asia
#19 in China
Enrollment
44,200
Founded
1896

94. Central South University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#33 in Asia
#20 in China
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1914

95. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#21 in Europe
#2 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
48,645
Male:Female
65:35
Founded
1863

96. University of Stuttgart

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#22 in Europe
#5 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
71%
Enrollment
26,457
Founded
1829

97. Durham University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#23 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

99. Nankai University

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#35 in Asia
#21 in China
Enrollment
26,568
Founded
1919

100. University of Warwick

For Applied/Engineering Physics

#24 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965