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Theoretical

Ranked in 2010, part of Chemistry

Theoretical chemistry involves understanding principles of physics and mathematics to test and predict chemical properties, behaviors, and reactions. These are the best science schools for theoretical chemistry.

Rank	School name
#1	University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA
#2	University of Chicago Chicago, IL
#3	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
#3	Northwestern University Evanston, IL
#5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
#6	Columbia University New York, NY
#7	Harvard University Cambridge, MA
#8	Yale University New Haven, CT
#9	University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI
#10	University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX
#11	Princeton University Princeton, NJ
#11	Stanford University Stanford, CA
#13	Cornell University Ithaca, NY
#13	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL
#15	University of Georgia Athens, GA
#15	University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
#17	University of California–San Diego La Jolla, CA
#18	University of California–Irvine Irvine, CA
#18	University of Florida Gainesville, FL