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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)

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