2020 Best Global Universities for Physics

Ranked by US News

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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Subject RankSchoolCountryLocationSubject ScoreGlobal Overall Rank
#1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited StatesCambridge, MA100#2
#2Stanford UniversityUnited StatesStanford, CA96.8#3
#3University of California--BerkeleyUnited StatesBerkeley, CA95.7#4
#4Harvard UniversityUnited StatesCambridge, MA94.6#1
#5University of ChicagoUnited StatesChicago, IL93.9#13
#6California Institute of TechnologyUnited StatesPasadena, CA93.3#6
#7University of TokyoJapanBunkyo-ku, Tokyo91.9#74
#8Princeton UniversityUnited StatesPrinceton, NJ90#8
#9University of CambridgeUnited KingdomCambridge89.4#9
#10University of OxfordUnited KingdomOxford88.2#5
#11Columbia UniversityUnited StatesNew York, NY87.5#7
#12Tsinghua UniversityChinaBeijing86.9#36
#13University of Maryland--College ParkUnited StatesCollege Park, MD86.7#51
#14Yale UniversityUnited StatesNew Haven, CT86.5#12
#15Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ZurichSwitzerlandZurich86.4#25
#16M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussiaMoscow86.3#266
#17Sorbonne UniversiteFranceParis86.2#37
#18Sapienza University of RomeItalyRome85.3#119
#19University of WashingtonUnited StatesSeattle, WA84.8#10
#20University of California--Santa BarbaraUnited StatesSanta Barbara, CA84.3#41
#21Peking UniversityChinaBeijing84.2#59
#22University of MunichGermanyMunich83.6#43
#23Cornell UniversityUnited StatesIthaca, NY83.2#23
#23University of Illinois--Urbana-ChampaignUnited StatesChampaign, IL83.2#59
#25University of PisaItalyPisa83.1#186
#26University of Michigan--Ann ArborUnited StatesAnn Arbor, MI82.4#17
#27Université Paris-SudFranceOrsay82.3#118
#28Imperial College LondonUnited KingdomLondon82#20
#29Kyoto UniversityJapanSakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto81.9#124
#30University of Texas--AustinUnited StatesAustin, TX81.6#34
#31Ohio State University--ColumbusUnited StatesColumbus, OH81.4#45
#32University of TorontoCanadaToronto, Ontario81.3#18
#33University of Wisconsin--MadisonUnited StatesMadison, WI80.8#37
#34Heidelberg UniversityGermanyHeidelberg80.7#56
#35PSL Research University Paris (ComUE)FranceParis80.3#82
#35University of Colorado--BoulderUnited StatesBoulder, CO80.3#50
#37École Polytechnique Federale of LausanneSwitzerlandLausanne80.1#45
#38University of California--Los AngelesUnited StatesLos Angeles, CA80#14
#39University of EdinburghUnited KingdomEdinburgh, Scotland79.8#28
#40Universite Sorbonne Paris Cite-USPC (ComUE)FranceParis79.7#67
#40University of Rome Tor VergataItalyRome79.7#224
#42Boston UniversityUnited StatesBoston, MA79.5#51
#43Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsraelRehovot79.4#99
#44Universite de Lyon (ComUE)FranceLyon79.2#139
#45University of Science and Technology of ChinaChinaHefei, Anhui78.8#128
#46Autonomous University of MadridSpainMadrid78.5#183
#46Communaute Universite Grenoble AlpesFranceSaint-Martin-d'Heres78.5#144
#48Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermanyKarlsruhe78.3#181
#49Northwestern UniversityUnited StatesEvanston, IL78#24
#50University of CopenhagenDenmarkCopenhagen77.8#32
#51National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)RussiaMoscow77.7#388
#52Seoul National UniversitySouth KoreaSeoul77.6#128
#53Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyRussiaDolgoprudny, Moscow Region77.5#402
#53University of GenevaSwitzerlandGeneva77.5#94
#55Novosibirsk State UniversityRussiaNovosibirsk77.4#424
#55University of HamburgGermanyHamburg77.4#145
#57University of Minnesota--Twin CitiesUnited StatesMinneapolis, MN77.2#47
#58Johannes Gutenberg University of MainzGermanyMainz77#208
#58Technical University of MunichGermanyMunich77#77
#60Boğaziçi UniversityTurkeyIstanbul76.9#186
#60University of BirminghamUnited KingdomBirmingham76.9#96
#62University of SouthamptonUnited KingdomSouthampton76.8#94
#63Nanjing UniversityChinaNanjing, Jiangsu76.5#168
#64University of Naples Federico IIItalyNaples76.4#204
#65Osaka UniversityJapanSuita, Osaka76.3#242
#66University of BernSwitzerlandBern76.2#112
#66University of British ColumbiaCanadaVancouver, British Columbia76.2#30
#68Charles University in PragueCzech RepublicPrague 176#210
#68University of BolognaItalyBologna76#116
#70University of ManchesterUnited KingdomManchester75.9#64
#71University of California--San DiegoUnited StatesLa Jolla, CA75.8#19
#71University of PennsylvaniaUnited StatesPhiladelphia, PA75.8#16
#73Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChinaShanghai75.7#136
#73Stony Brook University--SUNYUnited StatesStony Brook, NY75.7#171
#73University of MelbourneAustraliaParkville, Victoria75.7#26
#73University of PaduaItalyPadua75.7#116
#77Duke UniversityUnited StatesDurham, NC75.4#22
#77RWTH Aachen UniversityGermanyAachen75.4#179
#79University of AmsterdamNetherlandsAmsterdam75.1#40
#80University College LondonUnited KingdomLondon75#21
#81University of GlasgowUnited KingdomGlasgow, Scotland74.9#89
#82Rice UniversityUnited StatesHouston, TX74.8#108
#82Scuola Normale Superiore di PisaItalyPisa74.8#204
#84University of ZurichSwitzerlandZürich74.6#58
#85Indiana University--BloomingtonUnited StatesBloomington, IN74.3#136
#85Nagoya UniversityJapanChikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi74.3#290
#85University of AdelaideAustraliaAdelaide, South Australia74.3#80
#88International School for Advanced StudiesItalyTrieste74.2#164
#88Purdue University--West LafayetteUnited StatesWest Lafayette, IN74.2#114
#88Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapanMeguro-ku, Tokyo74.2#305
#91University of California--IrvineUnited StatesIrvine, CA74.1#78
#92Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermanyBerlin74#91
#93National University of SingaporeSingapore 73.9#34
#93Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth KoreaSeoul73.9#195
#95Pennsylvania State University--University ParkUnited StatesUniversity Park, PA73.7#72
#95Tohoku UniversityJapanAoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi73.7#255
#97Radboud University NijmegenNetherlandsNijmegen73.6#104
#98Stockholm UniversitySwedenStockholm73.3#114
#98Universite Paris SaclayFranceSaint-Aubin73.3#274
#100École PolytechniqueFrancePalaiseau73.2#301

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