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The ranking includes universities with the strongest programs in the field of physics and excellent conditions. Their main advantage is ultra-modern research centers, outstanding teaching staff and strong internships.
Diplomas of these universities give excellent prospects in various fields. Upon graduation from the university, they form analytical and mathematical abilities that are in demand in the labor market. Many graduates go on to do science or choose to pursue careers in the financial sector, medical physics or mechanical engineering.
Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Physics and Astronomy
| # | University | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 98.8 |
| 2 | Harvard University | 96.6 |
| 3 | University of Oxford | 95.6 |
| 4 | Stanford University | 94.7 |
| 5 | University of Cambridge | 94.2 |
| 6 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | 93.5 |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | 91.8 |
| 8 | The University of Tokyo | 90.3 |
| 9 | ETH Zurich | 90.2 |
| 10 | Princeton University | 89.7 |
| 11 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 88 |
| 12 | Imperial College London | 87.7 |
| 13 | Peking University | 87.4 |
| 14 | Tsinghua University | 86.5 |
| 15 | EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | 86.1 |
| 16 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | 85.9 |
| 17 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | 85.3 |
| 18 | University of Chicago | 84.7 |
| 19 | Cornell University | 83.8 |
| 20 | Institute of Science Tokyo | 83.4 |
| 21 | Université Paris-Saclay | 83.3 |
| 22 | Yale University | 83.1 |
| =23 | Columbia University | 83 |
| =23 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | 83 |
| 25 | UCL | 82.6 |
| 26 | Kyoto University | 82.4 |
| 27 | Technical University of Munich | 82.1 |
| 28 | Seoul National University | 82 |
| =29 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 81.9 |
| =29 | University of Toronto | 81.9 |
| 31 | University of Texas at Austin | 80.7 |
| =32 | Sorbonne University | 80.6 |
| =32 | Université PSL | 80.6 |
| =34 | The University of Manchester | 80.5 |
| =34 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 80.5 |
| 36 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 80 |
| 37 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | 79.9 |
| 38 | Sapienza University of Rome | 79.7 |
| =39 | Delft University of Technology | 79.6 |
| =39 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | 79.6 |
| 41 | University of Maryland, College Park | 79.5 |
| 42 | The University of Edinburgh | 78.9 |
| =43 | University of Science and Technology of China | 78.8 |
| =43 | Universität Heidelberg | 78.8 |
| 45 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris | 78.6 |
| 46 | Tohoku University | 78.5 |
| 47 | Fudan University | 78.3 |
| =48 | Australian National University (ANU) | 78.1 |
| =48 | University of Pennsylvania | 78.1 |
| =50 | University of British Columbia | 77.9 |
| =50 | University of Washington | 77.9 |
| 52 | Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH) | 77.7 |
| 53 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 77.5 |
| 54 | The University of Osaka | 77.3 |
| 55 | KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | 76.7 |
| 56 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | 76.6 |
| =57 | The University of Melbourne | 76.5 |
| =57 | University of Amsterdam | 76.5 |
| =57 | University of Colorado Boulder | 76.5 |
| 60 | Nagoya University | 76.3 |
| =61 | McGill University | 76.2 |
| =61 | Pennsylvania State University | 76.2 |
| 63 | The University of Hong Kong | 76.1 |
| 64 | Johns Hopkins University | 76 |
| =65 | Nanjing University | 75.8 |
| =65 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | 75.8 |
| =67 | Durham University | 75.7 |
| =67 | The University of Sydney | 75.7 |
| =69 | RWTH Aachen University | 75.6 |
| =69 | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | 75.6 |
| 71 | Purdue University | 75.4 |
| =72 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | 75.3 |
| =72 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | 75.3 |
| 74 | Zhejiang University | 75.2 |
| 75 | KU Leuven | 74.9 |
| =76 | Northwestern University | 74.8 |
| =76 | Universität Hamburg | 74.8 |
| =78 | Leiden University | 74.7 |
| =78 | University of Waterloo | 74.7 |
| =78 | Università di Padova | 74.7 |
| =81 | King's College London | 74.4 |
| =81 | Universidade de São Paulo | 74.4 |
| 83 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 74.3 |
| 84 | University of Geneva | 74.1 |
| =85 | Stony Brook University, State University of New York | 74 |
| =85 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | 74 |
| =85 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) | 74 |
| =85 | Yonsei University | 74 |
| 89 | Politecnico di Milano | 73.9 |
| =90 | Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore | 73.8 |
| =90 | University of Copenhagen | 73.8 |
| 92 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna | 73.6 |
| =93 | Carnegie Mellon University | 73.5 |
| =93 | Monash University | 73.5 |
| 95 | Michigan State University | 73.2 |
| =96 | Rice University | 73.1 |
| =96 | University of Birmingham | 73.1 |
| =98 | Boston University | 72.9 |
| =98 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | 72.9 |
| =100 | Technische Universität Dresden | 72.8 |
