UNSW Faculty of Engineering - Rankings and Achievements

Rankings and Achievements

The Faculty has earned many top rankings, including;

• 51-75th ranking in World for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences - ARWU, 2012

• Ranked Number 1 in Australia for Computer Science - ARWU, 2010

• Number one Engineering Faculty in Australia and ranked 27th in the world. - 2008 Times Higher Education Supplement Rankings

• Top performing Engineering discipline among Australian universities. - 2007 Melbourne Institute's Discipline Ratings for Australian Universities

• Top score in Engineering, Computing, Science and Architecture. UNSW also achieved the top score for excellence in Business, Law and Economics and the top overall scores for both excellence and improvement. - 2009 Learning and Teaching Performance Fund

• Most cited Australian university in Engineering and Computer Science, as well as Maths, and Psychology. - 2003 TO 2007 Thomson Reuters-Indexed Journals

• The UNSW Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering currently holds the world record for single-crystalline silicon solar cell efficiency (25%). It also holds the world record for multi-layer solar cell efficiency (43%). It is one of the leading solar cell research centres in the world with ongoing active research in the area of wafer-based solar cell technologies, thin film cell technologies and advanced third-generation cell concepts.
• rUNSWift, the University's team in the international RoboCup Standard Platform League competition, is the most successful team in the world, with wins in 2000, 2001 and 2003 as well as coming second in 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2010.