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Browse universities worldwide by country, subject and world ranking — with their professors, research areas, funding and open PhD and Masters positions.

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11 universities · Top 200 · Energy · in United States

QS #1 (2026)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, United States

Private · Founded 1861 · 11,836 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

60 professors 10 open positions

QS #3 (2026)

Stanford University (SU)

Stanford, United States

Private · Founded 1885 · 17,246 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

60 professors 8 open positions

QS #10 (2026)

California Institute of Technology (CIT)

Pasadena, United States

Private · Founded 1891 · 2,397 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

53 professors 5 open positions

QS #12 (2026)

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, United States

Private · Founded 1740 · 26,552 students

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Neuroscience
  • +8 more

37 professors 17 open positions

QS #13 (2026)

Cornell University (CU)

Ithaca, United States

Private · Founded 1865 · 24,900 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • +8 more

49 professors 15 open positions

QS #28 (2026)

University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

Berkeley, United States

Public · Founded 1868 · 45,057 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

60 professors 2 open positions

QS #69 (2026)

Brown University

Providence, United States

Private · Founded 1765 · 10,338 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Materials Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #70 (2026)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

Urbana, United States

Public · Founded 1867 · 83,119 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Computer Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

60 professors 1 open position

QS #82 (2026)

Pennsylvania State University (PSU)

State College, United States

Public · Founded 1855 · 78,323 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Materials Science
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #123 (2026)

Georgia Institute of Technology (GT)

Atlanta, United States

Public · Founded 1885 · 36,489 students

  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Computer Science
  • Environmental Science
  • +8 more

58 professors 2 open positions

QS #154 (2025)

Texas A&M University (TAMU)

College Station, United States

Public · Founded 1876 · 69,465 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

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