University rankings
Revealed: The Australian universities boasting some of the best courses in the world
Four engineering courses have been ranked in the world’s top 10, while 13 data science and AI courses are in the global top 100. Search our table to see more.
- Sally Rawsthorne
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Top Queensland university slips in global rankings, as others rise
The gap between the state’s top and bottom universities have just shrunk, but not in the way the institutions might have been hoping.
- Catherine Strohfeldt and Christopher Harris
Full list: How every university in Sydney ranks in the world
Universities across the country improved their rankings this year thanks to better performance when it came to teaching and research.
- Christopher Harris
WA’s sandstone university records worst global ranking in a decade
Seventeen Australian universities tumbled in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2025 – seven of which experienced their worst performances since 2016.
- Holly Thompson
- Opinion
- University
The most deplorable thing unis copied from big business, aside from vice-chancellor pay
Successive federal governments have engineered a kind of backdoor privatisation of our universities. It’s a race to the bottom.
- Ross Gittins
Feeling overwhelmed by uni applications? Here’s what year 12 students need to know
Your key questions answered, from when to put in your course preferences to how to change them.
- Josefine Ganko
Revealed: Where every Australian university sits in global rankings
A Sydney university has reached an all-time high while three Australian universities are in the top 20.
- Daniella White
Which WA university courses made it to the global top 100?
Two Perth universities sit near the top of a prestigious global subject rankings list for a specialised field related closely to the state’s mining sector.
- Holly Thompson
The five questions to help you decide what to do after year 12
Five Australians share how they finally found career clarity, despite some false starts.
- Kimberly Gillan
‘Running fast just to stand still’: Where do WA universities rank globally?
All Australian universities in the top 200 of one of the most prestigious rankings lists have fallen down the ladder. But in WA, it’s not all bad news.
- Holly Thompson