The University of Queensland (UQ) has continued its surge in global university tables, ranking 67th in the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities released by the National Taiwan University (NTU) today.
UQ has risen five places overall since 2012, is in the global top 20 for three subjects and one field, and is Australia’s best university for six subjects and two fields.
UQ President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj said the results signified the quality, energy and productivity of the UQ community.
“The NTU ranking reflects the quality as well as the volume of science publications, and it carries a very positive message about UQ for discerning current and prospective international collaborators in academia, industry and philanthropy,” Professor Høj said.
In field rankings, UQ ranks 12th in agriculture, sitting at number one in the Asia-Pacific and in Australia.
It has also fared well in the engineering field, rising to 59th in the world and first in Australia.
In subject rankings, UQ is in the top 20 – and first in Australia – in environment and ecology (11), civil engineering (13) and plant and animal science (16), and is also Australia’s top institution for agricultural sciences, chemistry and materials science.
UQ has maintained its position as the eighth highest ranked institution in the Asia-Pacific and the third highest in Australia.
“These results have good implications for our capacity to attract and hold high-quality students and staff from around the world,” Professor Høj said.
“Crucially, the NTU rankings also reflect the output of UQ research in many areas that are critical for people and communities worldwide.
“Ranking results can fluctuate from year to year, but the clear signal about UQ, from this and three other major rankings released over the past two months is that our global position is strengthening,” he said.
“This is good news not only for UQ students, staff, alumni and partners, but also for Queensland and Australia, which share some kudos from the stature of their universities.”
The NTU system evaluates university performance based on scientific papers, and assesses research productivity, research impact and research excellence.
UQ has improved in all four major international university rankings in 2013, sitting at 63 (up from 65) in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2013-14 released on 3 October; at 43 in the QS World University Rankings 2012-2013 (up from 46); and at 85 (up from 90) in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2013.
For details of the range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs offered by UQ, visit www.uq.edu.au/study.
People interested in undertaking research higher degrees at UQ should visit www.uq.edu.au/grad-school.
Information for international students is at www.uq.edu.au/international.
Media: Carolyn Varley, UQ Communications, c.varley@uq.edu.au or 07 3365 1120.
