Australian University Rankings

2013-2014 THE Times Higher Education World University Rankings - Australian University Rankings

Australian universities have fallen in the latest THE Times Higher Education World University Rankings with one less university in the top 100 and one less university in the top 200. Australia's number one and two ranking universities both decline with the University of Melbourne dropping from 28 to 34 and ANU dropping from 37 to 48. University of Queensland has a slight improvement from 65 to 62 while University of Sydney drops from 62 to 72. Monash University bucks the trend in an attempt to consolidate its position in the top 100 moving from 99 to 91. However UNSW falls nearly 30 places from 85 to 114, exiting the top 100. University of Adelaide also follows the trend dropping from 175 to 201-225, falling out of the top 200.

Key Features:

• One less university in the top 100 making a total of 5 (UNSW drops from 85 to 114)
• One less university in the top 200 making a total of 7 (Adelaide drops from 175 to 201-225)
• Flinders drops out of the top 400 but Swinburne enters the top 400 maintaining the total number of Australian universities in the top 400 at 19
• Australia's number 1 and 2, Melbourne and ANU, both drop, the former from 28 to 34, the latter from 37 to 48
• Monash improves its position within the top 100 moving from 99 to 91
• UWA improves its position within the top 200 moving from 190 to 168
  

Aus Rank   University* World Rank 2013 (World Rank) ( 2012) 1 University of Melbourne 34 28 2 Australian National University 48 37 3 University of Queensland 63 65 4 University of Sydney 72 62 5 Monash University 91 99 6 University of New South Wales 114 85 7 University of Western Australia 168 190 8 University of Adelaide 201-225 176 9 The University of Newcastle 251-275 276-300 10= Macquarie University 276-300 251-275 10= Queensland University of Technology 276-300 251-275 10= University of Wollongong 276-300 301-350 13= Deakin University 301-350 351-400 13= Murdoch University 301-350 301-350 13= University of South Australia 301-350 301-350 13= University of Technology Sydney 301-350 351-400 17= Charles Darwin University 351-400 351-400 17= Swinburne University of Technology 351-400 - 17= University of Tasmania 351-400 351-400 - Flinders University - 351-400

(Universities within the same rank range are listed alphabetically)

2013 QS World University Rankings
Australian University Rankings

Some small movement at the top end of the rankings with number one ranked Australian university ANU dropping three places on the world rankings from 24 to 27 while number two ranked Australian university Melbourne moves up 5 places from 36 to 31

The number of world universities listed in the rankings has also increased with QS expanding the rankings to 700+, bringing a number of Australian universities into the ranking system for the first time.

Aus Rank   University* World Rank 2013 (World Rank) ( 2012) 1 Australian National University (ANU) 27 24 2 University of Melbourne 31 36 3 University of Sydney 38 39 4 University of Queensland 43 46 5 University of New South Wales (UNSW) 52 52 6 Monash University 69= 61 7 University of Western Australia (UWA) 84 79 8 University of Adelaide 104= 102 9 Macquarie University 263 233 10 University of Technology, Sydney 272 284 11 University of Wollongong 276= 264 12 Queensland University of Technology 279= 281 13 Curtin University 284 258 14 RMIT University 291= 246 15 University of Newcastle 298 268 16= Griffith University 341= 368 16= University of South Australia 341= 293 18 James Cook University 351 362 19 Deakin University 380 401-450 20 La Trobe University 390 374 21 University of Tasmania 401-410 357 22 Bond University 421-430 380 23 Flinders University 431-440 342 24 Charles Darwin University 471-480 - 25 Swinburne University of Technology 481-490 451-500 26 Murdoch University 551-600 401-450 27 University of Canberra 601-650 - 28 University of Western Sydney 651-700 601+ 29= University of New England 701+ - 29= University of Southern Queensland 701+ - 29= Victoria University 701+ -

*Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically

2013 ARWU SHJT Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Academic Ranking of World universities - Australian universities ranking:

Good news for the University of Melbourne with a three position change from 57 in 2012 to 54 in 2013 to consolidate its position as the number one ranked Australian University according to the ARWU. Other improvers at the top end are the University of Queensland moving from position 90 to position 85, and the University of Western Australia (UWA) moving from 96 to 91. UWA's move up the rankings also sees it move from 5th to 4th in the Australian rankings, leapfrogging the University of Sydney which drops from 4th to 5th in the Australian rankings while also dropping four places in the World Rankings from 93 to 97.

Australia as a whole maintains the same nineteen universities in the top 500 as last year, and the same five universities in the top 100.

University* Aus Rank (World Rank) University of Melbourne 1 (54) Australian National University (ANU) 2 (66) University of Queensland 3 (85) University of Western Australia (UWA) 4 (91) University of Sydney 5 (97) Monash University 6-7 (101-150) University of New South Wales (UNSW) 6-7 (101-150) Macquarie University 8-9 (201-300) University of Adelaide 8-9 (201-300) Flinders University 10-16 (301-400) Griffith University 10-16 (301-400) James Cook University 10-16 (301-400) Swinburne University of Technology 10-16 (301-400) University of Newcastle 10-16 (301-400) University of Tasmania 10-16 (301-400) University of Wollongong 10-16 (301-400) Curtin University 17-19 (401-500) La Trobe University 17-19 (401-500) University of Technology, Sydney 17-19 (401-500)

*Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically

2013 THE Times Higher Education World University Reputation Rankings - Australian University Rankings

(added 5th March 2013)

Australia now has six universities in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Rankings 2013 top 100, up from four in 2012 with Monash University and UNSW joining the University of Melbourne, Australian National University, Sydney University, and the University of Queensland.

Only the US and the UK have more universities in the top 100 of the THE World Reputation Rankings now that Australia has moved ahead of Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands with its two new entrants.

The 'Reputation Rankings' system is based on the the results of over 16,000 responses from senior academics in 150 countries. It began in 2011 so that Times Higher Education couild release two world university rankings each year rather than the single rankings report released annually by its competitors. The THE 'Reputation Rankings' joins its 'Academic Rankings' which are released around the start of October each year but they have been criticised for their obvious anglo bias in asking mainly western educated and socialised academics working at western universities which universities they consider to be the best in the world.

Key Features:

• Two new entrants in the top 100 (UNSW and Monash) making a total of 6
• University of Melbourne moves from 43 to 39
• Australian National University moves from 44 to 42
  

University 2013 Ranking 2012 Ranking University of Melbourne 39 43 Australian National University 42 (tied) 44 (tied) University of Sydney 49 50 University of Queensland 71-80 71-80 University of New South Wales 81-90 - Monash University 91-100 -

2012 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Rankings

University 2012 Rank 2010 Rank Proportion of Excellence Strength Weakness Breadth Melbourne 1 2 85.45% 18.8 0 22 Sydney 2 5 84.54% 18.6 0 22 ANU 3 1 80% 15.2 0 19 UQ 3 3 80% 17.6 0 22 UNSW 4 4 75.24% 15.8 0 21 Monash 5 6 68% 13.6 0 20 UWA 6 7 47.62% 10 0 21 Adelaide 7 8 46.36% 10.2 2.4 22 Macquarie 8 10 35% 7 1.6 20 Wollongong 9 11 32.22% 5.8 2.4 18 SCU 10 25 31.11% 2.8 4.2 9 Tasmania 11 13 26.67% 5.6 5.6 21 QUT 12 9 26.32% 5 0.8 19 UTS 13 20 25.56% 4.6 0 18 Newcastle 13 16 25.56% 4.6 3.4 18 UniSA 14 19 22.67% 3.4 1.6 15 Swinburne 15 18 21.67% 2.6 3.6 12 Griffith 16 12 20% 4 2.4 20 RMIT 16 21 20% 3.2 2.4 16 Deakin 17 17 18.95% 3.6 4 19 JCU 18 14 17.89% 3.4 6.6 19 UWS 19 23 16% 3.2 5 20 La Trobe 20 15 15.56% 2.8 2.4 18 CQU 21 28 15.38% 2 8.6 13 CDU 22 24 14.55% 1.6 4.2 11 Murdoch 23 18 14.44% 2.6 4.8 18 Bond 24 28 8.89% 0.8 6 9 USC 24 28 8.89% 0.8 6.4 9 CSU 25 28 5.33% 0.8 9.4 15 Curtin 26 22 5% 1 4.8 20 UNE 27 27 4.71% 0.8 4.6 17 Flinders 28 28 3.81% 0.8 6 21 USQ 29 25 0% 0 10.2 15 Victoria 29 28 0% 0 6.8 13 Canberra 29 26 0% 0 7 13 ECU 29 28 0% 0 8.8 13 Ballarat 29 28 0% 0 8.4 11 ACU 29 28 0% 0 4.8 9 Notre Dame 29 28 0% 0 2.8 3

KEY:

Proportion of excellence.This is a percentage figure representing the number of four and five scores divided by the number of fields which show research activity. Five scores are given a weighting.

Strength.The total number of four and five scores. A score of four represents "above world standard" and a score of five represents "well above world standard".

Weakness.The total number of one and two scores. A score of two represents "below world standard" and a score of one represents "well below world standard".

Breadth.This is the total number of fields which show research activity up to a maximum of 22.

2012-2013 THE Times Higher Education World University Rankings - Australian University Rankings

(added 4th October 2012)

Australia has two new entrants in the top 100 and a new entrant in the top 200 of the THE Times Higher Education World University Rankings. UNSW records a massive increase in ranking to move into the top 100 at position 85 compared with last year's 173. Monash loses its 5th place in the Australian rankings to UNSW but records an improved ranking of 19 places to just sneak into the top 100 at position 99. Adelaide University moves into 176 becoming the 8th Australian university in the top 200. Melbourne University records an impressive 9 point increase in ranking at the highly competitive top end, moving from last year's 37 to 28 and putting some distance between itself and the 2nd highest ranked Australian university ANU.

Key Features:

• Two new entrants in the top 100 (UNSW and Monash) making a total of 6
• University of Melbourne moves from 43 to 39
• Australian National University moves from 44 to 42
• Two new entrants in the top 100 (UNSW and Monash) making a total of 6
• One new entrant in the top 200 (Adelaide) making a total of 8
• UNSW records a remarkable improvement from last year's 173 as it moves into the top 100 at position 85 and replaces Monash at position 5 in the Australian rankings
• Melbourne University moves well ahead of ANU as Australia's number one ranked university with a 9 place improvement to 28
• Monash improves 19 places to move into the top 100 at number 99 but falls to 6th in the Australian rankings
• Adelaide jumps into the top 200 at position 176, becoming the 8th Australian university in the top 200 and overtakes UWA to secure position 7 of the Australian rankings
• Murdoch jumps from outside top 400 to inside the 301-350 range
• Four Australian universities drop out of the top 400 (Curtin, Griffith, La Trobe, Swinburne)
• Two new Australian universities enter the top 400 (Murdoch, University of Technology Sydney)
• Australia drops from 21 universities in the top 400 to 19 universities in the top 400
  

National Rank University World Rank 1 University of Melbourne 28 2 Australian National University 37 3 University of Sydney 62 4 University of Queensland 65 5 University of New South Wales 85 6 Monash University 99 7 University of Adelaide 176 8 University of Western Australia 190 9 Macquarie University 251-275 10 Queensland University of Technology 251-275 11 The University of Newcastle 276-300 12 Murdoch University 301-350 13 University of South Australia 301-350 14 University of Wollongong 301-350 15 Charles Darwin University 351-400 16 Deakin University 351-400 17 Flinders University 351-400 18 University of Tasmania 351-400 19 University of Technology Sydney 351-400

(Universities within the same rank range are listed alphabetically)

2012 QS World University Rankings - Australian university rankings.

Some good news for the Australian university rankings with the 2012 QS World University Rankings reporting a new entry from amongst the top Australian universities. The private Bond University has moved into the top 700 institutions at 380 in the world rankings after scoring impressively in a number of dimensions, mainly attributed to its smaller class size and the internationalised character of the staff and students. The ANU led the best Australian universities in the rankings with its strong research focus. All the Group of Eight universities scored well although there was some movement both up and down. The international rankings are now becoming much more competitive as more and more universities around the world start to focus their strategies, resources, and activities on obtaining the highest possible score across the different dimensions. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the years ahead.

World Rank University Academic Reputation Employer Reputation Citations Faculty Students International Faculty International Students Overall Score 24 ANU 99.7 82.5 64.3 79.6 100 96.3 87.6 36 Melbourne 99.8 100 74.9 46.8 68.9 92.3 83.2 39 Sydney 99.3 93.5 58.9 50.4 99.7 91.3 81.3 46 UQ 95.3 83.3 63.1 45.3 95.5 90.5 78.2 52 UNSW 95 95.1 52.8 39.8 98.8 97.6 76.6 61 Monash 95.4 96.5 41.6 33.6 77 94.5 72.2 79 UWA 77.8 70.9 70.1 39.9 99.3 81.7 70 102 Adelaide 73.8 69.5 54.8 41 86.9 92.6 65.3 233 Macquarie 47.4 71.2 28.2 13.5 98.5 98.2 44.7 246 RMIT 46.9 77.2 7.7 21.7 100 100 42.8 258 Curtin 41.5 65.1 12.6 27.3 100 99.8 41.5 264 Wollongong 29.5 73.4 26.5 35.7 99.5 82.8 41.1 268 Newcastle 47.9 39.5 28.7 18.4 92.2 68.8 41 281 QUT 44 65.6 20.1 21.9 85 59.8 40.2 284 UTS 41.6 69.3 12.7 21.8 93.4 88.6 40 293 UniSA 38.3 49.9 12.5 36.3 100 75.8 39.3 342 Flinders 27.7 24.8 17.9 67.1 13.8 63.9 34.8 357 UTas 27.7 27.4 24.7 38.3 51.9 87.8 33.8 362 JCU 21.7 23.4 44.2 30.4 93.8 50.4 33.5 368 Griffith 29.6 39.8 15.8 23.3 89.9 90.8 33 374 La Trobe 35.6 26.8 15.7 21.6 83.9 77.1 32.8 380 Bond 11.9 43.5 6.3 63.7 86 93.8 32.4 401-450 Deakin 37.4 17.3 14.9 72 81.7 401-450 Murdoch 20.9 26.6 87 53.9 451-500 Swinburne 22.1 12.8 69.3 99.9 601+ UWS

2012 ARWU SHJT Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Academic Ranking of World universities - Australian universities ranking:

Good news for the University of Western Australia (UWA) as it jumps to number 96 inside the top 100 and well up on last year's position in the top 150. This is the second year in a row that an Australian university has been promoted into the top 100 and this sends a clear message around the world regarding the quality of the top universities in Australia.

University* Aus Rank (World Rank) University of Melbourne 1 (57) Australian National University (ANU) 2 (64) University of Queensland 3 (90) University of Sydney 4 (93) University of Western Australia (UWA) 5 (96) Monash University 6-7 (101-150) University of New South Wales (UNSW) 6-7 (101-150) Macquarie University 8-9 (201-300) University of Adelaide 8-9 (201-300) Flinders University 10-16 (301-400) Griffith University 10-16 (301-400) James Cook University 10-16 (301-400) Swinburne University of Technology 10-16 (301-400) University of Newcastle 10-16 (301-400) University of Tasmania 10-16 (301-400) University of Wollongong 10-16 (301-400) Curtin University 17-19 (401-500) La Trobe University 17-19 (401-500) University of Technology, Sydney 17-19 (401-500)

*Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically

2011-2012 THE Times Higher Education World University Rankings - Australian University National Rankings

(added 6th October 2011)

Seven Australian universities have been named among the world's top 200 higher education institutions in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The University of Melbourne leads the Australian contingent as the highest placed Australian facility, coming in at number 37 in the world rankings.

National Rank University World Rank 1 University of Melbourne 37 2 Australian National University 38 3 University of Sydney 58 4 University of Queensland 74 5 Monash University 117 6 University of New South Wales 173 7 University of Western Australia 189 8 University of Adelaide 201-225 9 Macquarie University 226-250 10 University of Wollongong 251-275 11 The University of Newcastle 276-300 12 Queensland University of Technology 276-300 13 Charles Darwin University 301-350 14 University of Tasmania 301-350 15 Curtin University 351-400 16 Deakin University 351-400 17 Flinders University 351-400 18 Griffith University 351-400 19 La Trobe University 351-400 20 University of South Australia 351-400 21 Swinburne University of Technology 351-400

(Universities within the same rank range are listed alphabetically)