List of Universities in Australia - Rankings of Universities

Rankings of Universities

Australian Universities featuring in the top 700 universities from the QS World University Rankings 2011–2012:

National Rank University World Rank
1 Australian National University 26
2 University of Melbourne 31
3 University of Sydney 38
4 University of Queensland 48
5 University of New South Wales 49
6 Monash University 60
7 University of Western Australia 73
8 University of Adelaide 92
9 Macquarie University 211
10 RMIT University 228
11 University of South Australia 256
12 Curtin University 258
13 Queensland University of Technology 267
14 University of Technology, Sydney 268
15 University of Wollongong 269
16 University of Newcastle 291
17 Flinders University 299
18 La Trobe University 317
19 University of Tasmania 343
20 Griffith University 346
21 Charles Darwin University unranked



Australian Universities featuring in the top 400 universities from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012–2013:

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 University of Newcastle 276–300
12 University of Wollongong 301-350
12 University of South Australia 301–350
12 Murdoch University 301–350
13 Charles Darwin University 351–400
13 University of Tasmania 351–400
13 Curtin University 351–400
13 Deakin University 351–400
13 Flinders University 351–400


Rankings from the 2011 Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities:

National Rank University World Rank
1 University of Melbourne 60
2 Australian National University 70
3 University of Queensland 86
4 University of Sydney 96
5 University of Western Australia 102–150
6–7 Monash University 151–200
6–7 University of New South Wales 151–200
8–9 Macquarie University 201–300
8–9 University of Adelaide 201–300
10–13 Flinders University 301–400
10–13 James Cook University 301–400
10–13 University of Newcastle 301–400
10–13 University of Tasmania 301–400
14–19 Curtin University of Technology 401–500
14–19 Griffith University 401–500
14–19 La Trobe University 401–500
14–19 Swinburne University of Technology 401–500
14–19 University of Technology Sydney 401–500
14–19 University of Wollongong 401–500


In February 2011 the Australian Research Council (ARC) released the ratings. The following table lists the top 15 universities.

KEY (Research Ratings Table) rated 0 – 5 (0 = n/a):

  1. C1 = physical, chemical and earth sciences
  2. C2 = humanities and creative arts
  3. C3 = engineering and environmental sciences
  4. C4 = social, behavioural and economic sciences
  5. C5 = mathematical, information and computing sciences
  6. C6 = biological and biotechnological sciences
  7. C7 = biomedical and clinical health sciences
  8. C8= public and allied health sciences
University C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 Average Score
Australian National University 4.7 4.6 4 4 4.5 4 5 5 4.38
University of Melbourne 4.7 4.5 3.7 4.2 4.7 4 5 4 4.33
University of Queensland 4.3 4 5 4 3.7 4.3 5 4 4.17
University of New South Wales 4 4.2 3.7 4.2 4 4 5 3 4.04
University of Sydney 4 4.2 3.7 3.4 4 3 5 4 3.83
University of Western Australia 3.7 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.5 5 5 4 3.64
University of Adelaide 4.3 3.5 4 2.4 3 4.5 5 4 3.55
Monash University 4 3.7 5 3.2 2.7 3 5 2 3.45
Macquarie University 4.3 3 4 2.8 2.5 5 2 3 3.24
Queensland University of Technology 3.7 3 3.3 2.6 4 2 3 4 3.09
Griffith University 4 3 2.3 2.6 3 3.5 3 3 3
Melbourne College of Divinity 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
University of Technology Sydney 3 3 2 3 3 4 2 3 2.95
University of Tasmania 4 2.8 3 1.8 3 3.5 3 2 2.81
University of Newcastle 3 3.4 3 1.6 2 3 3 3 2.71
University of Wollongong 3.7 3.4 3 1.6 2 3 3 3 2.71

The following table shows the 2005 rankings of Australian universities published in The Australian newspaper. The scaling method used in preparing this league table had seven components:

  1. CEQ (Course Experience Questionnaire) generic skills: 17.91%
  2. CEQ good teaching: 18.5%
  3. CEQ overall satisfaction: 18.9%
  4. Students in full-time employment after they graduate: 11.48%
  5. Those that go on to full-time study: 10.29%
  6. Drop-out or attrition rates: 10.65%
  7. Student progress or pass rates: 12.26%
Rank University Score
1 University of Wollongong 34.24
2 Australian Maritime College 30.79
3 University of Melbourne 29.93
4 Swinburne University of Technology 29.33
5 University of Queensland 28.73
6 Australian National University 26.95
7 University of New England 25.56
8 University of Canberra 24.25
9 University of Ballarat 24.08
10 University of Sydney 23.93
11 Murdoch University 23.49
12 University of Western Australia 23.42
13 Australian Catholic University 22.73
14 Monash University 22.16
15 RMIT University 21.18
16 Macquarie University 19.96
17 Charles Sturt University 19.44
18 University of Technology, Sydney 18.72
19 Victoria University 18.65
20 University of the Sunshine Coast 18.44
21 Deakin University 18.35
22 Griffith University 18.25
23 Edith Cowan University 17.91
24 Curtin University of Technology 17.45
25 University of Newcastle 16.31
26 Flinders University 16.02
27 University of Southern Queensland 15.39
28 Southern Cross University 14.83
29 RMIT 14.49
30 James Cook University 14.17
31 Queensland University of Technology 13.67
32 University of New South Wales 13.56
33 University of Western Sydney 12.85
34 University of Tasmania 12.00
35 Central Queensland University 11.49


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