We present the World University rankings in the Physical Sciences top ten, and then the rankings of the main California research universities. Equal signs designate ties.
- UC Berkeley
=2. California Institute of Technology
=2. Princeton U.
=4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
=4. Stanford U.
6. Harvard U.
7. U. Of Cambridge
8. U. Of Oxford
9. ETH Zurich
10. Yale U.
14. UC Los Angeles
=27. UC Santa Barbara
38. UC San Diego
59. UC Irvine
80. UC Davis
126-150. U. Of Southern California
176-200. UC Riverside