Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» of Queensland has jumped three places to 42nd in the world and third in Australia in the assessment of the world’s top universities.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj said the result was testament to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»’s commitment to world-class endeavours.
“To be ranked 42nd out of the world’s best-performing 1,250 universities in more than 75 countries is a fantastic achievement,” he said.
“In the past five years Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» has collaborated with 175 US institutions on more than 330 research projects, and we currently have close to 900 American students enrolled.
“It is gratifying to again have Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» recognised internationally in the influential US ranking, and to be confirmed as one of the nation’s top three universities.”
The Best Global Universities ranking also highlights Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»’s improving performance in some academic subject areas.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»’s Best Performing Subject Areas |
2018 |
2019 |
Agricultural Sciences |
24 |
equal 19 |
Biology and Biochemistry |
46 |
42 |
Clinical Medicine |
Equal 72 |
55 |
Economics and Business |
62 |
57 |
Environment/Ecology |
Equal 8 |
6 |
Immunology |
61 |
Equal 46 |
Pharmacology and Toxicology |
24 |
equal 24 |
Psychiatry/Psychology |
49 |
41 |
Social Sciences and Public Health |
22 |
Equal 21 |
Professor Høj said it was particularly pleasing to see strong rankings across an abundance of subjects offered at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».
“In particular, to have our Environment and Ecology subjects rated in the top ten in the world is an endorsement of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»’s focus on delivering significant solutions to the challenges facing the world.”
“This result follows the University’s strong performance in other respected rankings such as the released in July, where Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» was the only Australian university to achieve a number-one spot – for Mining and Mineral Engineering.”
Earlier this year, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» placed fifth in the Asia Pacific and second in Australia in the .
Media: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Communications, communications@uq.edu.au, +61 7 3365 1120.