At the University of Melbourne, we are proud of our outstanding reputation for excellence in teaching and research. Independently published world rankings consistently place us as a leader in higher education in Australia, the Asia-Pacific and around the globe.

The most prestigious and highly regarded international rankings of world universities rank us

*Academic Ranking of World Universities 2012.
^†Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-2013.
^#QS World University Rankings 2012-2013

Academic Ranking of World Universities 2012

The ARWU is collated by the Center for World Class Universities and the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. It ranks the top 500 higher education institutions according to a range of criteria, including: staff and alumni winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals; highly cited researchers; articles published in Nature and Science and science citation indices; and academic performance in relation to the number of academic staff.

We are ranked:

• No. 1 in Australia
• No. 57 in the world

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Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-2013

We are ranked:

• No. 1 in Australia
• No. 28 in the world

These rankings of the top universities across the globe employ 13 separate performance indicators designed to capture the full range of university activities, from teaching to research and knowledge transfer.

The Times Higher Education also publishes a series of subject rankings. We are ranked:

• No. 1 in Australia and No. 16 in the world for Clinical, Pre-clinical and Health
• No. 1 in Australia and No. 25 in the world for Engineering and Technology
• No. 1 in Australia and No. 26 in the world for Physical Sciences
• No. 1 in Australia and No. 27 in the world for Life Sciences
• No. 2 in Australia and No. 23 in the world for Social Sciences
• No. 3 in Australia and No. 23 in the world for Arts and Humanities

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The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2013

The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings employ the world's largest invitation-only academic opinion survey to provide the definitive list of the top 100 most powerful global university brands.

We are ranked:

• No. 1 in Australia
• No. 39 in the world

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QS World University Rankings 2012-2013

The QS World University Rankings are based on six indicators, including academic reputation, employer reputation and citations per faculty.

We are ranked:

• No. 36 in the world (overall)
• No. 9 in the world for graduate employability

QS also publishes a series of discipline and subject rankings:

• No. 1 in Australia and No. 16 in the world in Life Sciences and Medicine
• No. 1 in Australia and No. 31 in the world in Engineering and Technology
• No. 2 in Australia and No. 19 in the world in Social Sciences and Management
• No. 2 in Australia and No. 21 in the world in Arts and Humanities
• No. 2 in Australia and No. 28 in the world in Natural Sciences

The QS rankings also show Melbourne to be the fastest-rising university in the Group of Eight, a prestigious association of leading Australian universities.

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Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT), 2012

These rankings are produced by the National Taiwan University and are based on research productivity, impact and excellence.

We are ranked:

• No. 1 in Australia
• No. 3 in the Asia-Pacific
• No. 35 in the world

HEEACT also publishes a series of field and subject rankings

• No. 1 in the Asia-Pacific and No. 27 in the world for Clinical Medicine
• No. 2 in the Asia-Pacific and No. 33 in the world for Life Sciences
• No. 2 in the Asia-Pacific and No. 36 in the world for Environment/Ecology
• No. 4 in the Asia-Pacific and No. 41 in the world for Agriculture

QS Global 200 Top Business Schools, 2011

QS rates business schools across a variety of key criteria. The rating is produced solely on the views of MBA employers and recruiters around the world.

Melbourne Business School ranks:

• No. 3 in Asia-Pacific

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The Economist 'Which MBA?' rankings, 2011

The Economist ranks full-time MBA programs based on a range of criteria, including career opportunities, education experience, salary increase and potential to network.

The Melbourne Business School MBA ranks:

• No. 1 in Asia and Australasia
• No. 32 in the world

Melbourne Business School claimed the highest ever ranking for an Australian Business School.

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Financial Times Business School Rankings, 2012

We are ranked:

• No. 2 in Australia (overall measure)
• No. 46 in the world (overall measure)

More information about the Financial Times Global MBA rankings

Rankings for the city of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is also proudly situated in the heart of the city of Melbourne. We have a long history of actively engaging with community groups across the city, and our reputation and success is closely tied to that of Melbourne as a whole.

• In 2012, Melbourne was judged as the most liveable city in the world for a second consecutive year by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
• Melbourne was also named the 4th most student-friendly city in the QS Best Student City Rankings in 2012.

More information about the Economist Most Liveable City index

More information about the QS Best Student City Rankings