Web publishing ratings of world universities with a focus on Australia.
Webometrics ranks world universities by the volume of material they post on the internet and the number of external links to that material.
Each individual ranking indicates a university's reputation and prominence online. The rating system complement research and reputation rankings from QS, Times and Shanghai ARWU.
Webometrics Ranking for Australia: 2025
| Aust rank | University | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Melbourne | 36 |
| 2 | University of New South Wales | 39 |
| 3 | University of Queensland | 49 |
| 4 | University of Sydney | 55 |
| 5 | Monash University | 62 |
| 6 | Australian National University | 84 |
| 7 | University of Adelaide | 115 |
| 8 | University of Western Australia | 136 |
| 9 | UTS | 159 |
| 10 | Deakin University | 187 |
| 11 | RMIT University | 199 |
| 12 | Macquarie University | 200 |
| 13 | QUT | 210 |
| 14 | Curtin University | 215 |
| 15 | Griffith University | 239 |
| 16 | University of Wollongong | 259 |
| 17 | La Trobe University | 321 |
| 18 | University of Newcastle | 323 |
| 19 | University of Tasmania | 362 |
| 20 | University of South Australia | 374 |
| 21 | Western Sydney University | 392 |
| 22 | Flinders University | 393 |
| 23 | James Cook University | 469 |
| 24 | Edith Cowan University | 500 |
| 25 | Murdoch University | 569 |
| 26 | Charles Sturt University | 663 |
| 27 | Victoria University | 708 |
| 28 | Australian Catholic University | 744 |
| 29 | University of New England | 747 |
| 30 | University of Canberra | 754 |
| 31 | CQUniversity | 870 |
| 32 | Southern Cross University | 876 |
| 33 | Charles Darwin University | 937 |
| 34 | University of the Sunshine Coast | 952 |
| 35 | Swinburne | 957 |
| 36 | Bond University | 1127 |
| 37 | Federation University Australia | 1180 |
| 38 | UniSQ | 1343 |
| 39 | Torrens University Australia | 1883 |
| 40 | University of Notre Dame | 2638 |
| 41 | Avondale University | 9864 |
| 42 | University of Divinity | 11339 |
Ranking of Australian Universities
The Webometrics rankings for 2025 show that Australian universities are strong performers in terms of global digital presence and research output. While the Group of Eight (Go8) universities hold the highest positions, several other institutions demonstrate substantial influence.
How do Australian universities rank?
The results indicate that University of Melbourne is Australia's top-ranked university, coming 36th globally. UNSW and University of Queensland following closely. These rankings are based on factors like research visibility and online reach, showing that these institutions excel in making their academic work accessible and widely cited.
Non-Go8 universities like UTS and Deakin University also perform well, ranking within the top 200 globally.
What are the top 8 Australian universities?
The top 8 universities in Australia are all members of the Go8, reflecting their strong global presence and leadership in research. These results highlight the capacity of these institutions to not only excel in traditional academic fields but also to dominate the digital academic landscape.
Webometrics Ranking Method
The ranking formula has 4 components:
- Impact (50%): Number of links to the university's website
- Presence (17%): Number of web pages published by the university
- Openness (17%): Number of academic publications on the internet
- Excellence (17%): Number of academic publications on the internet that are cited often.
Value to Future Students
The Webometrics rankings offer an alternative measure of the overall strength of universities.
According to Webometrics, the purpose of the rankings is to promote global access to academic knowledge produced by universities. To pursue higher Webometrics rankings, a university needs to enlarge its online academic research footprint.
Top universities are publishing millions of pages produced by dozens of departments and services, hundreds of research teams and thousands of scholars. Strong web presence informs of a wide variety of factors that are clearly correlated with the global quality of the institution.
While encouraging open access to research knowledge is a good thing, the rankings have limited relevance to study choices. The rankings objectively measure web presence. Web presence and education quality do not have a strong, direct relationship.
A large web presence is a combination of university size, research focus, and commitment to web publishing. Increasing any of these indicates institutional strength. But they are not reliable ways to improve teaching services.
