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The 2020 Times Higher Education World 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Rankings table for physical sciences subjects uses the same trusted and rigorous performance indicators as the overall World 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Rankings, but the metric weightings have been recalibrated to suit the individual fields.

The 13 performance indicators assess several areas of physical sciences, including chemistry, physics and astronomy, earth and marine sciences, mathematics and statistics, geology and astronomy.

The ranking includes 1,054 universities, up from 963 last year.

View the World 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Rankings 2020 by subject: physical sciences methodology

Princeton 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ tops the ranking for a third consecutive year, while the California Institute of Technology climbs four places to second. The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Chicago is the only new entry in the top 10, climbing two places to swap with Yale 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and finish 10th. Meanwhile, Switzerland¡¯s ETH Zurich is the only institution outside the UK and US to feature in this elite group, ranking eighth. ?

China¡¯s Peking 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ is the highest-ranked institution in 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, climbing two places to 17th, overtaking the National 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Singapore, which falls one place to 19th.

Several universities have made strong progress in the ranking this year. France¡¯s ?cole Polytechnique rises 17 places to 24th; the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Tokyo climbs seven places to 29th; and Italy¡¯s Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa leaps out of the 101-125 band to 71st?place.

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