Rank of Australian Universities in 2018-2019

Ranking universities are done by different organizations or countries, but the most reliable three types are:

  • Shanghai ranking

Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) http://www.arwu.org

The ranking of universities is done for the first time in 2003 by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China to compare with other world universities. This ranking is released internationally and will get updated annually.

This ranking system is based on the quality of the faculty, education and the researches done by the universities.

  • QS ranking

http://www.topuniversities.com

In collaboration with Times Higher Education, from 2004 QS group began using the Quacquardli Symonds to do the university rankings. The ranking criteria is based upon the academic activities, the ratio of staff members to students in each faculty and the number of international articles published by the university.

Since 2009, both organizations have stopped working together and now they use different systems to do the university rankings.

  • Times ranking

Times Higher Education Supplement www.thes.co.uk

As mentioned previously, Times Higher Education has stopped working with QS group, and since 2009 they use a different system.

The most important criteria for this system is to do with practical measures, such as the overall performance of the universities.

The official site of Times considers various factors including the number of students, the percentage of non-native students, the budget, the number of articles, the impact of those articles, the amount of investment in research, etc. in order to rank the universities each year. This year, there are 22 Australian universities ranked in the top 400 universities in the world. Some of these universities are written in the following list:

QS 2018-19

Australia Rank 2019 WUR Rank 2019 University City State/Territory
1 20 Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory
2 40 University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria
3 45 University of New South Wales Kensington New South Wales
4 47 University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland
5 50 University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales
6 64 Monash University Melbourne Victoria
7 93 University of Western Australia Perth Western Australia
8 109 University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia
9 176 University of Technology, Sydney Sydney New South Wales
10 224 University of Newcastle Callaghan New South Wales
11 232 University of Wollongong Wollongong New South Wales
12 240 Macquarie University Brisbane Queensland
=13 247 Queensland University of Technology Adelaide, Whyalla, Mount Gambier South Australia
=13 247 RMIT University Melbourne Victoria
15 262 Curtin University Perth Western Australia
16 279 University of South Australia Sydney New South Wales
17 293 Deakin University Geelong Victoria
18 313 University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania
19 325 Griffith University Brisbane, Gold Coast, Logan Queensland
20 360 La Trobe University Melbourne Victoria
21 367 James Cook University Townsville City Queensland
22 421-430 Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn Victoria
23 431-440 Bond University Gold Coast Queensland
24 501-550 Murdoch University Murdoch Western Australia
=25 551-600 Flinders University Adelaide South Australia
=25 551-600 University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory
=25 551-600 Western Sydney University Sydney New South Wales
28 601-650 Central Queensland University Rockhampton Queensland
29 651-700 Charles Darwin University Casuarina Northern Territory
30 701-750 Victoria University Melbourne Victoria
=31 751-800 Edith Cowan University Joondalup Western Australia
=31 751-800 University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba Queensland
=33 801-100 Southern Cross University Lismore New South Wales
=33 801-100 Australian Catholic University Sydney New South Wales
=33 801-100 University of the Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Queensland

TIMES RANK

Australia Rank 2019 WUR Rank 2019 University City State/Territory
1 =32 University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria
2 49 Australian National University Canberra Australian Capital Territory
3 =59 University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales
4 69 University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland
5 =84 Monash University Melbourne Victoria
6 =96 University of New South Wales Kensington New South Wales
7 134 University of Western Australia Perth Western Australia
8 =135 University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia
9 196 University of Technology, Sydney Sydney New South Wales
=10 201–250 James Cook University Townsville City Queensland
=10 201–250 Macquarie University Sydney New South Wales
=10 201–250 Queensland University of Technology Brisbane Queensland
=10 201–250 University of South Australia Adelaide, Whyalla, Mount Gambier South Australia
=10 201–250 University of Wollongong Wollongong New South Wales
=15 251–300 University of Canberra Canberra Australian Capital Territory
=15 251–300 Flinders University Adelaide South Australia
=15 251–300 Griffith University Brisbane, Gold Coast, Logan Queensland
=18 301–350 Curtin University Perth Western Australia
=18 301–350 La Trobe University Melbourne Victoria
=18 301–350 University of Newcastle Callaghan New South Wales
=18 301–350 Victoria University Melbourne Victoria
=22 351–400 Deakin University Geelong Victoria
=22 351–400 University of Tasmania Hobart Tasmania
=22 351–400 Western Sydney University Sydney New South Wales
=25 401–500 Australian Catholic University Sydney New South Wales
=25 401–500 Murdoch University Murdoch Western Australia
=25 401–500 RMIT University Melbourne Victoria
=25 401–500 Swinburne University of Technology Hawthorn Victoria
=29 501–600 Bond University Gold Coast Queensland
=29 501–600 Central Queensland University Rockhampton Queensland
=29 501–600 Charles Darwin University Casuarina Northern Territory
=29 501–600 Edith Cowan University Joondalup Western Australia
=29 501–600 Southern Cross University Lismore New South Wales
=34 601–800 University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba Queensland
=34 601–800 University of the Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Queensland