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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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