STEM Universities GRE Score Requirements

Physical Science
University Name Country Approximate GRE Score Range
Princeton University United States 320-325
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States 320-325
Harvard University United States 330+ ,Verbal 155-164 and Quantitative 158-170
Stanford University United States 320-325
University of Cambridge United Kingdom 320-325
University of Oxford United Kingdom 320-325
University of California, Berkeley (UCB) United States General GRE scores will not be reviewed
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States 320-325
ETH Zurich Switzerland 320-325
The University of Tokyo Japan 315-320
University of Chicago United States 315-320
Imperial College London United Kingdom 165+ Quantitative and 163+ Verbal
Yale University United States 155-165 Verbal and 160-167 Quant
Columbia University United States Average Verbal: 155-164; Average Quantitative: 153-170
National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 315-320
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States 320-330, 160 Verbal and 168 Quant
Cornell University United States 322-334, average Verbal: 157-164; average Quant: 153-170
Tsinghua University China 310-315
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States Minimum of 310 for doctoral degrees; not required for most graduate programs
University of Toronto Canada 310-315
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) United States 310-315
Johns Hopkins University United States 333+
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor United States 310-315
The University of Texas at Austin United States The General GRE is not required, and the Physics Subject Test is optional
University of Washington United States 290-300
University of Pennsylvania United States Average Verbal: 154-164; Average Quantitative: 150-170
University of Colorado Boulder United States The GRE is not required for the 2025-2026 admissions cycle
Pennsylvania State University United States GRE scores are optional, not required
University of California, Santa Cruz United States average GRE of 325 and a minimum of 167 for Quantitative
The Ohio State University United States 310-315 is needed; average scores are 162 Quantitative and 153 Verbal
University of Wisconsin–Madison United States 290-300
University of California, San Diego United States 315-322
New York University United States 310-315
Northwestern University United States The General GRE is not required, but the Physics Subject Test will be reviewed as part of a holistic evaluation
Georgia Institute of Technology United States The GRE General and Physics Tests are not required
Duke University United States 290- 300
Carnegie Mellon University United States 290- 300
University of Maryland, College Park United States 290- 300
University of California, Irvine United States 299 is needed; average scores are 149 Quant and 150 Verbal
University of California, Davis United States 315- 322 is needed; average scores are 168 Quant and 154 Verbal
University of Geneva Switzerland No specific GRE or GMAT scores are required
Leiden University Netherlands No specific GRE or GMAT scores are required
University of Paris-Saclay France No specific GRE or GMAT scores are required
Grenoble Alpes University France 290- 300
Durham University United Kingdom Graduate admissions are without the need for the GRE or GMAT
University of Edinburgh United Kingdom GRE scores are not required
Australian National University Australia 290- 304
Technical University of Munich Germany 290- 300
Université PSL France 300-310
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Singapore 319+
EPFL Switzerland 300-310