Unlike last year, no Australian university managed to hit the top spot on global rankings of academic subjects. Still, some reached the upper echelons of ShanghaiRanking Consultancy’s 2019 lists. Griffith University returned Australia’s best position, coming in second on the Hospitality & ...

The view the world’s academics hold of Australian higher education and an influx of international students has led the sector to international praise. Still, the latest QS World University Rankings, released today, brought with it cause for concern, according to ...

The wheels are still moving on an Australian pilot of a classification system that recognises university success beyond academic rankings. Charles Sturt University and University of Technology Sydney last year announced they will lead a pilot of the Carnegie Community ...

Australian universities have missed out on a spot among the top 20 in a ranking of scientific impact, as the list compilers add two new indicators covering "heavily debated" topics. China and the United States dominated the CWTS Leiden Ranking’s ...

Australian research into environmental science is among the best in the world, according to the 2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) results, at a critically important time for the environment. The results showed that 30 of 34 Australian universities ...

Curtin Singapore is celebrating after topping the rankings of employment outcomes among Singapore institutions in a recent survey. The Private Education Graduate Employment Survey ranked the university first in employability for the second year in a row, with graduates enjoying ...

Australia has copped some crowns in Times Higher Education’s (THE) newest ranking. To nab the top overall spot on the ladder, a university would have to demonstrate its work towards some of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ...

For the first time since 2012, Australia has worked its way to eighth spot on a ranking of national systems of education. Compiled by the Universitas 21 (U21) group of universities and led by University of Melbourne professor Ross Williams, the ranking ...

There’s no bronze for Australian subjects this year. The Swiss higher education system is now home to the third-highest number of departments among the top 10 in their discipline, relegating Australia to fourth place. It’s the first time Australia has not ...

China’s Tsinghua University seems to be going from strength to strength, at least as far as university rankings are concerned. It nabbed the top spot on Times Higher Education’s (THE) list of Asia-Pacific universities, beating out National University of Singapore and ...