Best UK physics departments

International Students
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Hi you all,
I am applying to a university next year, undergraduate phyics course. So, besides the obvious oxbridge, what are the other best five physics departments in UK?

Thanks so much in advance :smiley:

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Depends who you ask, but Oxford, Imperial, Durham, Edinburgh and St Andrews all turn up on most of the lists. Cambridge does not, but mostly b/c it’s a Natural Sciences degree, not a Physics degree. Note that you will really want to have AP Calc BC, and 2 sciences at AP / SAT II.

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http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings?s=Physics+%26+Astronomy

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http://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2014/jun/03/university-guide-2015-league-table-for-physics
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9420501/Top-10-UK-physics-and-astronomy-degrees.html
http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2014/physics#sorting=rank+region=+country=208+faculty=+stars=false+search=

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Edit: shouldn’t have said not Cambridge- it is obviously top of the pops- just noting that when it doesn’t appear on a list it is b/c the program isn’t called ‘physics’ at the undergrad level- it’s included under ‘natural sciences’