We excel across an incredible breadth and depth of subjects and disciplines in university rankings, from arts to architecture, engineering to education, geography to technology, and business.
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1
in Australia for sustainability
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=2
in Australia overall
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=19
in the world
We are ranked in the top 70 for four of the other most credible and influential world university rankings.
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7
in sustainability: QS World University Rankings 2024
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28
in US News & World Report Rankings 2023
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54
in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023
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60
in Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2022
Facts & figures
| Subject | Australia | World | Rankings source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting and finance | 3 | 35 | QS 2023 |
| Archaeology | 2 | 45 | QS 2023 |
| Agricultural sciences | 3 | 32 | US News and World Report |
| Architecture and the built environment |
3 | 31 | QS 2023 |
| Artificial intelligence | 3 | 16 | US News and World Report |
| Anatomy and physiology | 1 | 13 | QS 2023 |
| Anthropology | 3 | 31 | QS 2023 |
| Arts and humanities | 1 | 12 | US News and World Report |
| Classics & ancient history | 1 | 39 | QS 2023 |
| Clinical medicine | 1 | 20 | US News and World Report |
| Communication and media studies | 2 | 35 | QS 2023 |
| Development studies | 3 | 34 | |
| Education | 3 | 26 | QS 2023 |
| Engineering – civil and structural | 2 | 20 | QS 2023 |
| English language and literature | 1 | 18 | QS 2023 |
| Geography | 3 | 21 | QS 2023 |
| History | 2 | 32 | QS 2023 |
| Law | 3 | 16 | QS 2023 |
| Linguistics | 3 | 42 | QS 2023 |
| Medicine | 2 | 25 | QS 2023 |
| Modern Languages | 2 | =41 | QS 2023 |
| Nursing | 3 | 7 | ShanghaiRanking 2022 |
| Oncology | 1 | 13 | US News and World Report |
| Pharmacy and Pharmacology | 2 | 16 | QS 2023 |
| Philosophy | =3 | =28 | QS 2023 |
| Politics and international studies | 3 | =45 | QS 2023 |
| Psychology | 3 | 27 | QS 2023 |
| Public health | 4 | 33 | ShanghaiRanking 2022 |
| Social policy and administration |
3 | 36 | QS 2023 |
| Sociology | 3 | =38 | QS 2023 |
| Space science | 2 | 51 | US News and World Report |
| Sports-related subjects | 2 | 4 | QS 2023 |
| Surgery | 1 | 41 | US News and World Report |
| Telecommunication engineering | 1 | 9 | ShanghaiRanking 2022 |
| Transportation science and technology | 1 | 10 | ShanghaiRanking 2022 |
| Veterinary sciences | 1 | 23 | QS 2023 |
