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Research excellence spurs jump in THE rankings

12 October 2022
Sydney 54th globally
Research and international outlook key to University moving to 54th position globally in 20th year of Times Higher Education rankings.

The ±¬ÁÏÍõ has jumped four places in the 2023 edition of the to 54thÌýposition globally out of 1,799 institutions worldwide.ÌýÌý

Research excellence was a major contributor to the result, with research being the University’s strongest overall indicator, cementing our status as a world-leading, research-intensive university.ÌýThe University also scored highly for international outlook, reflecting the University’s established position as a global institution.ÌýÌý

“Our research activity and international connections, including partnerships and research collaborations, underpin this outcome and I congratulate our academic and professional staff on our competitiveness in this ranking. As we commit to our next 10-year strategy, aspiring to be one of the world’s great universities, we have an excellent foundation to build on,â€�ÌýsaidÌýVice-Chancellor and President, Professor Mark Scott AO.Ìý

The University has been at theÌýforefront of COVID-19 research, from advising governments on public health measures and developing variant-proof vaccines, in collaboration with industry. And to fast-trackÌýthe path to Net-Zero, we are pioneering advances in waste management, solar panel and battery technology.Ìý

We collaborate with some of the best research universities in the world,Ìýincluding Harvard University, National University of Singapore and UCL, and have theÌýlargest student mobility program in Australia.ÌýÌý

Our research activity and international connections, including partnerships and research collaborations, underpin this outcome and I congratulate our academic and professional staff on our competitiveness in this ranking.
Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Mark Scott

±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýEmma JohnstonÌýAO, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research),Ìýsaid: “Improvement in the rankings is one way the excellence of our research activity is acknowledged, alongside indicators such as our strong record of successful start-ups and spin-outs, our twenty-nine academicsÌýnamed as world-leading expertsÌýand theÌý$40 million we were recently awardedÌýunder theÌýMedical Research Future Fund.â€�

“They are an encouraging recognition of the importance and quality of our efforts as the University strives to address pressing global challenges with new discoveries and translational research.�

“Examples of recent exemplary research includeÌýstudiesÌýthat monitored 78,500 adults to confirm 10,000 steps at a quick pace lowers risk of disease,Ìýcritical contributions toÌýtwo pioneering studiesÌýidentifying genetic signatures explaining ethnic differences in the severity of prostate cancer, ourÌýcontribution to aÌýÌýon the discovery in Borneo of the earliest evidence of an amputation, andÌýa PhD student developingÌýa toolÌýto assist surgeons in planning complexÌýjawbone reconstruction by generating a ‘digital twin’ of the patient using CT scan data.â€�Ìý

This is the 20thÌýedition of the annual Times Higher Education (THE) rankings whichÌýjudge universitiesÌýacross citations, research, teaching, international outlook and industry.Ìý

In other rankings results this year, theÌý±¬ÁÏÍõ performed strongly in theÌýAcademic Ranking of World UniversitiesÌý(ARWU) for the third year,ÌýimprovingÌýnine places globally to 60th, as well as theÌýShanghaiRankingÌýGlobal Ranking of Academic Subjects, recording 14 research areas in the top 50 globally, including nursing (7th), telecommunication engineering (9th) and transportation science and technology (10th). In theÌýQS World University RankingsÌýreleased in June, the University ranked 41st in theÌýworld.

This year Australia has seven universities in the world top 100, up from six last year, and 10 universities in the world top 200 – making it the joint-fifth most-represented country in the top 200.Ìý

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