Best Universities for Nuclear 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 Nuclear Physics. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 3,416 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 Nuclear Physics

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

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Nuclear Physics

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

3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

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

4. Stanford University

For Nuclear Physics

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

5. Princeton University

For Nuclear Physics

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

6. Kyoto University

For Nuclear Physics

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

7. Osaka University

For Nuclear Physics

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

8. Tohoku University

For Nuclear Physics

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

9. University of Maryland - College Park

For Nuclear Physics

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

10. Harvard University

For Nuclear Physics

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

11. California Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

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

12. University of California - Los Angeles

For Nuclear Physics

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

13. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Nuclear Physics

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

14. University of Cambridge

For Nuclear Physics

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

15. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Nuclear Physics

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

16. University of Oxford

For Nuclear Physics

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

18. University of Washington - Seattle

For Nuclear Physics

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

19. Technical University of Munich

For Nuclear Physics

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

20. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Nuclear Physics

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

21. Cornell University

For Nuclear Physics

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

22. Columbia University

For Nuclear Physics

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

23. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Nuclear Physics

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

24. University of California-San Diego

For Nuclear Physics

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

25. Nagoya University

For Nuclear Physics

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

26. University of Texas at Austin

For Nuclear Physics

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

27. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

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

28. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Nuclear Physics

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

29. Imperial College London

For Nuclear Physics

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

30. University of Chicago

For Nuclear Physics

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

31. University of Pennsylvania

For Nuclear Physics

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

32. Stony Brook University

For Nuclear Physics

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

33. Moscow State University

For Nuclear Physics

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

34. Michigan State University

For Nuclear Physics

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

35. Yale University

For Nuclear Physics

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

36. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

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

37. Ohio State University

For Nuclear Physics

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

39. University of Toronto

For Nuclear Physics

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

40. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

41. Pennsylvania State University

For Nuclear Physics

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

42. Peking University

For Nuclear Physics

#7 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

43. Paris-Sud University

For Nuclear Physics

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

44. Tsinghua University

For Nuclear Physics

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

46. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Nuclear Physics

#11 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

47. University of Science and Technology of China

For Nuclear Physics

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

48. University of Colorado Boulder

For Nuclear Physics

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

49. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Nuclear Physics

#12 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
46,429
Founded
1914

50. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Nuclear Physics

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

51. Kyushu University

For Nuclear Physics

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

52. University of Arizona

For Nuclear Physics

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

53. Purdue University

For Nuclear Physics

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

54. University of Florida

For Nuclear Physics

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

55. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Nuclear Physics

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

56. Ruhr University Bochum

For Nuclear Physics

#13 in Europe
#5 in Germany
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

57. Australian National University

For Nuclear Physics

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

58. Lund University

For Nuclear Physics

#14 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

59. Durham University

For Nuclear Physics

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

60. Iowa State University

For Nuclear Physics

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

61. University of Rochester

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

62. Weizmann Institute of Science

For Nuclear Physics

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

63. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Nuclear Physics

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

64. Northwestern University

For Nuclear Physics

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

65. University of Valencia

For Nuclear Physics

#17 in Europe
#1 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
58,390

66. University of California - Davis

For Nuclear Physics

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

67. Uppsala University

For Nuclear Physics

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

68. Rice University

For Nuclear Physics

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

69. University of Bonn

For Nuclear Physics

#19 in Europe
#7 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

70. Tel Aviv University

For Nuclear Physics

#12 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

71. Delft University of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

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

73. Polytechnic School

For Nuclear Physics

#22 in Europe
#2 in France
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
2,316
Founded
1794

74. Johns Hopkins University

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

75. Nanjing University

For Nuclear Physics

#13 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
87%
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

76. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

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

77. University of British Columbia

For Nuclear Physics

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

78. University of Sao Paulo

For Nuclear Physics

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

79. University of Tsukuba

For Nuclear Physics

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

80. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

81. University of Notre Dame

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,513

82. University of Helsinki

For Nuclear Physics

#23 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

83. Hokkaido University

For Nuclear Physics

#15 in Asia
#9 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
17,541
Founded
1918

84. University of California - Irvine

For Nuclear Physics

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

85. University of Hamburg

For Nuclear Physics

#24 in Europe
#8 in Germany
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

86. Florida State University

For Nuclear Physics

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

88. Boston University

For Nuclear Physics

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

89. Tokyo University of Science

For Nuclear Physics

#16 in Asia
#10 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1881

90. University of Utah

For Nuclear Physics

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

91. Carnegie Mellon University

For Nuclear Physics

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

92. Catholic University of Leuven

For Nuclear Physics

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

93. University of Wurzburg

For Nuclear Physics

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

94. University of Regensburg

For Nuclear Physics

#28 in Europe
#10 in Germany
Enrollment
21,558
Founded
1962

95. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Nuclear Physics

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

96. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Nuclear Physics

#17 in Asia
#3 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

97. University of Alberta

For Nuclear Physics

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

98. Duke University

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

99. RWTH Aachen University

For Nuclear Physics

#29 in Europe
#11 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870

100. University of Tubingen

For Nuclear Physics

#30 in Europe
#12 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
28,515
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477