Best Universities for Condensed Matter Physics in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Condensed Matter Physics. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 2,870 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. University of Tokyo

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Condensed Matter Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

3. Tohoku University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

4. University of California - Berkeley

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

5. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

6. Stanford University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

7. Kyoto University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

8. University of Cambridge

For Condensed Matter Physics

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

9. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

10. Osaka University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

11. Princeton University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

12. Harvard University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

13. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

14. Cornell University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

15. University of Maryland - College Park

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

16. University of Oxford

For Condensed Matter Physics

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

17. Paris-Sud University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#3 in Europe
#1 in France
Enrollment
31,400
Founded
2014

19. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

20. Tsinghua University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

21. Iowa State University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

22. University of California-San Diego

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

23. Pennsylvania State University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

24. University of Pennsylvania

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

25. University of Texas at Austin

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

26. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

27. California Institute of Technology

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

28. University of Science and Technology of China

For Condensed Matter Physics

#7 in Asia
#2 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1958

29. Nanjing University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#8 in Asia
#3 in China
Acceptance Rate
87%
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

30. University of California - Los Angeles

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

32. Northwestern University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

33. National University of Singapore

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

34. Nagoya University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#10 in Asia
#6 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
16,376
Founded
1939

35. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

36. Peking University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#11 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

37. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

38. Vienna University of Technology

For Condensed Matter Physics

#7 in Europe
#1 in Austria
Enrollment
29,341
Founded
1872

39. Delft University of Technology

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

40. Imperial College London

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

41. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

42. Columbia University

For Condensed Matter Physics

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

43. Yale University

For Condensed Matter Physics

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

44. Technical University of Munich

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

45. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

46. Tokyo University of Science

For Condensed Matter Physics

#12 in Asia
#7 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1881

47. University of Washington - Seattle

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

48. University of Stuttgart

For Condensed Matter Physics

#12 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
71%
Enrollment
26,457
Founded
1829

49. Ohio State University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

50. Moscow State University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

51. Purdue University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

52. Nanyang Technological University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

53. Weizmann Institute of Science

For Condensed Matter Physics

#14 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
1,380
Founded
1934

54. Kyushu University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

55. University of Toronto

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

56. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

57. University of Colorado Boulder

For Condensed Matter Physics

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

58. Zhejiang University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#16 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

59. University of Tsukuba

For Condensed Matter Physics

#17 in Asia
#9 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
16,507
Male:Female
61:39
Founded
1973

60. University of Florida

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

61. Fudan University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#18 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

62. University of Utah

For Condensed Matter Physics

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

63. Hokkaido University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#19 in Asia
#10 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
17,541
Founded
1918

64. Jilin University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#20 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
68,000
Founded
1946

65. University of Chicago

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

66. Indian Institute of Science

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

67. Stony Brook University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

68. Technical University of Denmark

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

69. Florida State University

For Condensed Matter Physics

Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

70. Seoul National University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

71. University of Wurzburg

For Condensed Matter Physics

#15 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
28,878
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1402

72. University of Geneva

For Condensed Matter Physics

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
17,744

73. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Condensed Matter Physics

#23 in Asia
#8 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1953

74. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

75. University of Cologne

For Condensed Matter Physics

#17 in Europe
#5 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
49,382
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

77. Uppsala University

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

78. Chalmers University of Technology

For Condensed Matter Physics

#19 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
79%
Enrollment
10,912
Founded
1829

79. Tel Aviv University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#25 in Asia
#3 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

80. University of British Columbia

For Condensed Matter Physics

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

81. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

82. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Condensed Matter Physics

#20 in Europe
#6 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

83. Rice University

For Condensed Matter Physics

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$18,521

84. Leiden University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#21 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,713
Founded
1575

85. University of Groningen

For Condensed Matter Physics

#22 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

86. Free University of Berlin

For Condensed Matter Physics

#23 in Europe
#7 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,608
Founded
1948

87. University of Houston

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

88. Catholic University of Leuven

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

89. Carnegie Mellon University

For Condensed Matter Physics

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

90. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#26 in Asia
#9 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

91. Shandong University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#27 in Asia
#10 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
60,000
Founded
1901

92. University of Southampton

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

93. Boston University

For Condensed Matter Physics

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

94. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Condensed Matter Physics

#26 in Europe
#1 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1968

95. Hiroshima University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#28 in Asia
#11 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
15,077
Founded
1949

96. University of California - Davis

For Condensed Matter Physics

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

97. National Taiwan University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#29 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Enrollment
32,500
Founded
1945

98. University of New South Wales

For Condensed Matter Physics

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

99. Australian National University

For Condensed Matter Physics

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1946

100. University of California - Irvine

For Condensed Matter Physics

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505