Australian University Rankings

The top 8 unis in Australia, according to the latest ratings, remain the Go8: the Group of Eight universities known for research. They consist of:

two unis from Melbourne: Melbourne Uni [1] and Monash [5]
two from Sydney: USyd [2] and UNSW [3]
one each from Brisbane (UQ [4]), Canberra (ANU [6]), Perth (UWA [7]), and Adelaide (Adelaide Uni [8])

World Rankings of Australian Universities

Australian universities are strongly represented in world university rankings. Depending on the ranking system, Australia has around six of the world's top 100 universities. Most of other Australian universities rank in the top 500 or top 1000.

We've extracted data from the different ranking agencies to give a composite rank for every university in Australia. The 42 unis are ranked from top to bottom. The table also shows the survey rankings of QS and Times, academic research rankings of Shanghai ARWU, and web publishing rankings of Webometrics.

Aust rank	World	University	QS	THE	ARWU	Webo
1	31	University of Melbourne	13	39	37	36
2	52	University of Sydney	18	61	74	55
3	55	UNSW Sydney	19	83	77	39
4	57	University of Queensland	40	77	63	49
5	60	Monash University	37	58	82	62
6	78	Australian National University	30	73	125	84
7	122	University of Western Australia	77	149	125	136
8	125	University of Adelaide	82	128	175	115
9	163	UTS	88	154	250	159
10	190	Macquarie University	133	178	250	200
11	215	Deakin University	197	225	250	187
12	216	Curtin University	174	225	250	215
13	225	QUT	213	225	250	210
14	237	RMIT University	123	275	350	199
15	250	University of Wollongong	167	225	350	259
16	267	Griffith University	255	325	250	239
17	278	La Trobe University	217	225	350	321
18	307	University of Newcastle	179	275	450	323
19	320	University of Tasmania	293	275	350	362
20	363	Western Sydney University	384	325	350	392
21	364	Flinders University	336	275	450	393
22	372	University of South Australia	340	325	450	374
23	429	James Cook University	445	450	350	469
24	443	Swinburne	291	275	250	957
25	501	Murdoch University	436	450	550	569
26	510	Edith Cowan University	516	375	650	500
27	614	University of Canberra	403	450	850	754
28	674	Australian Catholic University	925	375	650	744
29	691	UniSQ	396	375	650	1343
30	691	CQUniversity	495	550		870
31	697	Charles Darwin University	625	375		937
32	713	Southern Cross University	576	550		876
33	713	Victoria University	745	550		708
34	735	Bond University	587	375		1127
35	822	Charles Sturt University	875	900		663
36	876	University of the Sunshine Coast	1100	700	750	952
37	895	Federation University Australia		450		1180
38	924	University of New England	1100			747
39	1883	Torrens University Australia				1883
40	2638	University of Notre Dame				2638
41	9864	Avondale University				9864
42	11339	University of Divinity				11339