Best Universities for Nuclear 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 Nuclear Physics. A graph of 109M citations received by 4.42M academic papers made by 3,659 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
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Nuclear Physics

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

3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

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

4. Stanford University

For Nuclear Physics

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

5. Princeton University

For Nuclear Physics

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

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
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

8. Tohoku University

For Nuclear Physics

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

9. University of California - Los Angeles

For Nuclear Physics

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

10. University of Maryland - College Park

For Nuclear Physics

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

11. Harvard University

For Nuclear Physics

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

12. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Nuclear Physics

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

13. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Nuclear Physics

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

14. University of Cambridge

For Nuclear Physics

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

15. California Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

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

16. University of Oxford

For Nuclear Physics

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

17. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Nuclear Physics

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

18. Cornell University

For Nuclear Physics

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

19. University of Washington - Seattle

For Nuclear Physics

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

20. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Nuclear Physics

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

21. Columbia University

For Nuclear Physics

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

22. Technical University of Munich

For Nuclear Physics

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

24. University of California-San Diego

For Nuclear Physics

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

25. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Nuclear Physics

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

26. Nagoya University

For Nuclear Physics

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

27. University of Texas at Austin

For Nuclear Physics

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

28. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

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

30. University of Chicago

For Nuclear Physics

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

31. Moscow State University

For Nuclear Physics

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

32. Peking University

For Nuclear Physics

#6 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

33. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Nuclear Physics

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

34. Paris-Sud University

For Nuclear Physics

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

36. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

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

38. Tsinghua University

For Nuclear Physics

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

39. University of Science and Technology of China

For Nuclear Physics

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

40. University of Toronto

For Nuclear Physics

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

41. Michigan State University

For Nuclear Physics

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

42. Yale University

For Nuclear Physics

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

43. Pennsylvania State University

For Nuclear Physics

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

44. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Nuclear Physics

#12 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Enrollment
43,461
Founded
1914

45. Ohio State University

For Nuclear Physics

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

46. Stony Brook University

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

47. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Nuclear Physics

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

48. University of Colorado Boulder

For Nuclear Physics

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

49. University of Pennsylvania

For Nuclear Physics

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

50. Kyushu University

For Nuclear Physics

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

51. University of Florida

For Nuclear Physics

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

52. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Nuclear Physics

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

53. University of Arizona

For Nuclear Physics

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

54. Purdue University

For Nuclear Physics

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

55. Ruhr University Bochum

For Nuclear Physics

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

56. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Nuclear Physics

#15 in Europe
#6 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

57. Australian National University

For Nuclear Physics

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
1946

58. Northwestern University

For Nuclear Physics

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

59. Lund University

For Nuclear Physics

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

61. Johns Hopkins University

For Nuclear Physics

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

62. University of Rochester

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

63. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Nuclear Physics

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

64. Polytechnic School

For Nuclear Physics

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

65. Durham University

For Nuclear Physics

#19 in Europe
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

66. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Nuclear Physics

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

67. University of Hamburg

For Nuclear Physics

#20 in Europe
#7 in Germany
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

68. Uppsala University

For Nuclear Physics

#21 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
35,556
Founded
1477

69. Nanjing University

For Nuclear Physics

#11 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
56,068
Founded
1902

70. Iowa State University

For Nuclear Physics

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

71. Weizmann Institute of Science

For Nuclear Physics

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

72. University of Tsukuba

For Nuclear Physics

#13 in Asia
#8 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
16,507
Male:Female
61:39
Founded
1973

73. University of Valencia

For Nuclear Physics

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

74. University of Tennessee - Knoxville

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
91%

75. University of Sao Paulo

For Nuclear Physics

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

76. Delft University of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

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

77. University of California - Davis

For Nuclear Physics

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

78. Hokkaido University

For Nuclear Physics

#14 in Asia
#9 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
17,541
Founded
1918

79. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Physics

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

80. University of British Columbia

For Nuclear Physics

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

81. Tel Aviv University

For Nuclear Physics

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

83. Rice University

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,902

84. University of Notre Dame

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

85. University of Bonn

For Nuclear Physics

#25 in Europe
#8 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

86. University of California - Irvine

For Nuclear Physics

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

87. University of Helsinki

For Nuclear Physics

#26 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

88. Boston University

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

89. Catholic University of Leuven

For Nuclear Physics

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

90. Florida State University

For Nuclear Physics

Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

91. University of Utah

For Nuclear Physics

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

92. University of Hong Kong

For Nuclear Physics

#16 in Asia
#5 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

93. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Nuclear Physics

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

94. Carnegie Mellon University

For Nuclear Physics

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

95. University of Stuttgart

For Nuclear Physics

#28 in Europe
#9 in Germany
Enrollment
22,616
Founded
1829

96. University of Munich

For Nuclear Physics

#29 in Europe
#10 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

97. University of Alberta

For Nuclear Physics

#3 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

98. University of Wurzburg

For Nuclear Physics

#30 in Europe
#11 in Germany
Enrollment
27,149
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1402

99. Tokyo University of Science

For Nuclear Physics

#17 in Asia
#10 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1881

100. Jilin University

For Nuclear Physics

#18 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
68,000
Founded
1946