Elementary Particles / Field / String Theory
Ranked in 2010, part of Physics
Elementary particle physics, field theory, and string theory each attempt to explain what the world is made of and how it came to be. These are the best physics schools for elementary particles / field / string theory programs.
| Rank | School name |
|---|---|
| #1 |
Stanford University
Stanford, CA |
| #2 |
University of California–Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
| #3 |
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA |
| #3 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
| #5 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
| #6 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
| #7 |
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL |
| #8 |
University of California–Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA |
| #9 |
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
| #10 |
Columbia University
New York, NY |
| #11 |
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
| #12 |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI |
| #13 |
University of Texas–Austin
Austin, TX |
