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19 universities · Top 500 · 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

QS #293 (2026)

University of California, Irvine (UCI)

Irvine, United States

Public · Founded 1965 · 36,303 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Computer Science
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #389 (2025)

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, United States

Public · Founded 1872 · 28,470 students

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

60 professors 1 open position

QS #396 (2025)

Northeastern University (NEU)

Boston, United States

Private · Founded 1898 · 33,197 students

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

60 professors 19 open positions

QS #440 (2026)

University of California, Riverside (UCR)

Riverside, United States

Public · Founded 1954 · 26,434 students

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

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #466 (2025)

Washington State University (WSU)

Pullman, United States

Public · Founded 1959 · 31,159 students

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

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #469 (2024)

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Chicago, United States

Private · Founded 1940 · 8,565 students

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #470 (2025)

Iowa State University (ISU)

Ames, United States

Public · Founded 1858 · 36,660 students

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

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #497 (2023)

Brandeis University

Waltham, United States

Private · Founded 1948 · 5,800 students

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

58 professors 1 open position

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