Australian University Rankings

2014 THE Times Higher Education World University Reputation Rankings - Australian University Rankings

The 'Reputation Rankings' system was invented by Times Higher Education so it could release a ranking scale twice per year instead of annually like its competitors. THE claims it is based on the subjective opinions of over 16,000 responses from senior academics in 150 countries.

The Australian universities have not performed very well in the 2014 rankings with only the University of Melbourne remaining relatively stable while the other 5 which were in the top 100 in 2013 all dropping down the table including Monash dropping out altogether.

Key Features For Australia:

• Australia loses one its top 100 entrants with Monash dropping out making a total of 5 remaining
• University of Melbourne has a small fall back to 43
• Australian National University has a big drop from 42 to 61-70
• University of Sydney drops from 49 to 61-70
• University of Queensland drops from 71-80 to 81-90
• UNSW drops from 81-90 to 91-100
• Monash drops out (from 91-100 in 2013)

University	2014	2013	2012
University of Melbourne	43	39	43
Australian National University	61-70	42	44
University of Sydney	61-70	49	50
University of Queensland	81-90	71-80	71-80
University of New South Wales	91-100	81-90	-
Monash University	-	91-100	-

2013-2014 THE Times Higher Education World University Rankings - Australian University Rankings

Australian universities have fallen in the latest THE Times Higher Education World University Rankings with one less university in the top 100 and one less university in the top 200. Australia's number one and two ranking universities both decline with the University of Melbourne dropping from 28 to 34 and ANU dropping from 37 to 48. University of Queensland has a slight improvement from 65 to 62 while University of Sydney drops from 62 to 72. Monash University bucks the trend in an attempt to consolidate its position in the top 100 moving from 99 to 91. However UNSW falls nearly 30 places from 85 to 114, exiting the top 100. University of Adelaide also follows the trend dropping from 175 to 201-225, falling out of the top 200.

Key Features:

• One less university in the top 100 making a total of 5 (UNSW drops from 85 to 114)
• One less university in the top 200 making a total of 7 (Adelaide drops from 175 to 201-225)
• Flinders drops out of the top 400 but Swinburne enters the top 400 maintaining the total number of Australian universities in the top 400 at 19
• Australia's number 1 and 2, Melbourne and ANU, both drop, the former from 28 to 34, the latter from 37 to 48
• Monash improves its position within the top 100 moving from 99 to 91
• UWA improves its position within the top 200 moving from 190 to 168

Aus Rank	University*	World Rank 2013	(World Rank) ( 2012)
1	University of Melbourne	34	28
2	Australian National University	48	37
3	University of Queensland	63	65
4	University of Sydney	72	62
5	Monash University	91	99
6	University of New South Wales	114	85
7	University of Western Australia	168	190
8	University of Adelaide	201-225	176
9	The University of Newcastle	251-275	276-300
10=	Macquarie University	276-300	251-275
10=	Queensland University of Technology	276-300	251-275
10=	University of Wollongong	276-300	301-350
13=	Deakin University	301-350	351-400
13=	Murdoch University	301-350	301-350
13=	University of South Australia	301-350	301-350
13=	University of Technology Sydney	301-350	351-400
17=	Charles Darwin University	351-400	351-400
17=	Swinburne University of Technology	351-400	-
17=	University of Tasmania	351-400	351-400
-	Flinders University	-	351-400

Original Source : http://www.australianuniversities.com.au/rankings/