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Thousands of institutes around the world offer Physics and Astronomy as a course. Many of these are based all around the world. As per the latest data at hand, the list of the best universities for Physics and Astronomy includes:-

• MIT (Massachusetts institute of technology), based in Massachusetts, USA, it is widely regarded as the best institute in the world for Physics and Astronomy.
• Harvard University, also located in Massachusetts is a close second to MIT when it comes to the best institute of Physics and Astronomy
• Stanford University is located in Stanford, California and is one of the top most universities in the world for Physics and Astronomy.
• University of Cambridge located in UK is one considered to be the best university for Physics and Astronomy in all of Europe
• California Institute of technology aka Caltech, too, is regarded as one of the topmost universities in the world for research in Physics and Astronomy.

The basic admission criteria for a master's degree in these Universities includes a 4 year's bachelor degree (or 3 years of bachelor's and 1 year of masters) from a recognised university, submission of a letter of recommendation, IELTS/TOEFL/PTE or scores of similar tests for non-English speakers, standardized test scores from tests such as GRE and GMAT (which differ in minimum mandatory score as per the university you apply to), a well written CV etc.

Moreover, there are often different requirements of different universities that need to be addressed while directly in contact with these universities.

Hope this information helped you!

Best of luck!