The University of Queensland has been ranked in the global top 20 in five academic subject areas in this year’s QS World University Rankings by Subject, reflecting UQ’s research and teaching capabilities.

24 March 2023
The sandstone buildings of UQ's Great Court with people wandering in the background.

The University of Queensland has been ranked in the top 50 in the Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU).

15 August 2022
View from Great Court across to cloisters at UQ St Lucia campus

The University of Queensland is continuing to climb the world rankings, with new figures showing an improvement across all broad subject areas compared to last year.

7 April 2022

The University of Queensland has continued a stellar year in global rankings, jumping three places in the highly regarded Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.

12 September 2019

The University of Queensland has moved to its highest ever position in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), sitting at 54th globally.

16 August 2019

The University of Queensland is the top-ranked institution in Australia in this year’s Nature Index of high-quality research outputs.

8 June 2018

The University of Queensland has been recognised as the top university in Australia for global research quality in the 2018 CWTS Leiden Ranking.

18 May 2018
UQ is one of Australia’s top three universities

UQ has continued its climb in one of the world’s most respected university ranking systems.

17 October 2017

High-quality research from The University of Queensland is helping drive the nation’s success in a prestigious rankings system.

27 October 2016
The ranking reflects UQ’s decades of hard work and focus on research excellence

The University of Queensland has rocketed up the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities, to rank 55th globally and second in Australia.

15 August 2016

The University of Queensland is again Australia’s highest-ranking institution on the Nature Index, further strengthening its global reputation as a top-tier research organisation.

21 April 2016
UQ ranks at number one in Australia in Mineral Resources and Mining Engineering (10th globally) and Environmental Science (12th globally).

The University of Queensland is number one in Australia in two subject areas and among the world’s top 20 in four, a global review published today confirms.

22 March 2016

UQ has climbed five places in a prestigious global ranking that places it 60th globally and confirming that its placing at 46, 47, 56 and 77 in other rankings of the world’s more than 10,000 universities is real and a clear reason international...

1 October 2015

The University of Queensland has held its position among the world’s top 50 universities, ranking 46th globally and number one in Queensland in the 2015/16 QS World University Rankings.

15 September 2015

The University of Queensland has again shown its global leadership credentials, ranking as Australia’s top institution and within the global top 100 of the prestigious Nature Index.

18 June 2015