The University of Queensland (UQ) has jumped eight places in the Times Higher Education University World Rankings to sit at equal 54th in the world.
This is UQ’s best global position yet, putting it in equal second place in Australia.
Vice-Chancellor and President of UQ, Deborah Terry said the result was exceptional given the intensely competitive higher education environment along with the pressures associated with a pandemic.
“To enhance our standing on a global stage is exciting and reflects the commitment of our exceptional academic, research and professional staff,” Professor Terry said.
She said UQ improved in the key performance indicators — teaching, research, international outlook and industry income — with the latter achieving the largest increase from a score of 81.0 to 86.2.
Meanwhile, James Cook University (JCU) has climbed in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).
ARWU rankings are determined using indicators such as the number of university staff who have won awards and the number of articles published in academic journals.
Nationally, JCU moved up a band from 16-22 to nine-17 and internationally moved from 301-400 to 201-300.
Vice-Chancellor of JCU, Sandra Harding said the rankings confirmed JCU’s status as a highly competitive, research-intensive university.
“We are a regional Australian university that’s being judged against the world’s largest, most successful players and to be among the top 300 universities is a tremendous achievement,” Professor Harding said.
“This ranking is a reflection of JCU’s extremely strong research performance in many areas, particularly marine science and terrestrial biology,” she said.
