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TOP-100 best universities in physics 2026 QS Rankings

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TOP-100 best universities in physics 2026 QS Rankings

Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Physics and Astronomy

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

Rank	University	Overall Score
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	97,8
2	Harvard University	96,7
3	University of Oxford	95,7
4	Stanford University	94,7
5	Cambridge University	94,5
6	California Institute of Technology - Caltech	93,2
7	Berkeley University of California	93,0
8	ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology	90,8
9	University of Tokyo	90,5
10	Princeton University	90,0
11	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	88,9
12	Imperial College London	88,4
13	Tsinghua University	86,3
14	Université Paris-Saclay	86,0
15	University of Chicago	85,9
16	Peking University	85,8
17	National University of Singapore (NUS)	85,7
=18	Technical University of Munich	85,2
=18	University of California Los Angeles	85,2
20	Nanyang Technological University	84,9
21	Cornell University	84,7
22	University of California Santa Barbara	84,3
23	Yale University	84,2
=24	Université PSL	83,7
=24	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	83,7
26	Kyoto University	83,1
27	UCL	83,0
28	Columbia University	82,7
29	Sorbonne University	82,6
30	University of Toronto	82,2
31	Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg	82,1
=32	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	81,9
=32	Sapienza University of Rome	81,9
34	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	81,5
=35	Seoul National University	81,4
=35	University of Texas at Austin	81,4
=37	Delft University of Technology	80,9
=37	Lomonosov Moscow State University	80,9
39	University of British Columbia	80,7
40	Tokyo Institute of Technology	80,5
41	Georgia Institute of Technology	80,4
42	KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	80,3
43	The University of Manchester	80,0
44	The University of Edinburgh	79,9
=45	Osaka University	79,7
=45	Australian Catholic University	79,7
47	Institut Polytechnique de Paris	79,6
48	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	79,4
49	University of Amsterdam	79,3
50	Tohoku University	79,1
51	University of Maryland, College Park	78,9
52	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT / Moscow Phystech)	78,7
53	Johns Hopkins University	78,6
54	University of California, San Diego (UCSD)	78,5
55	RWTH Aachen University	78,4
56	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	78,2
57	Fudan University	78,0
58	University of Science and Technology of China	77,8
59	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	77,6
=60	University of Pennsylvania	77,5
=60	University of Southampton	77,5
=62	Northwestern University	77,4
=62	Pennsylvania State University	77,4
=62	Università di Padova	77,4
=62	University of Washington	77,4
66	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology	77,3
67	McGill University	77,2
68	Nagoya University	77,0
69	Durham University	76,9
=70	Carnegie Mellon University	76,6
=70	National Taiwan University (NTU)	76,6
=70	Politecnico di Milano	76,6
=70	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	76,6
74	Leiden University	76,5
=75	Purdue University	76,3
=75	University of Geneva	76,3
=75	University of Waterloo	76,3
=78	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)	76,1
=78	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	76,1
=80	The University of Melbourne	75,7
=80	Universität Hamburg	75,7
82	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	75,6
=83	King's College London	75,5
=83	Université Grenoble Alpes	75,5
85	University of Wisconsin - Madison	75,4
=86	The University of Sydney	75,3
=86	Zhejiang University	75,3
=88	KU Leuven	75,1
=88	Michigan State University	75,1
=90	Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna	74,8
=90	Universitat de Barcelona	74,8
=92	Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH)	74,7
=92	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	74,7
=94	The University of Hong Kong	74,6
=94	University of Copenhagen	74,6
96	Technische Universität Dresden	74,5
97	National Tsing Hua University	74,4
98	New York University (NYU)	74,1
=99	Stony Brook University, State University of New York	74,0
=99	Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)	74,0

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