Sydney continues to move up in latest THE rankings
The University of Sydney has been ranked 59 in the world in the 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) World University rankings.
Jumping two places since last year鈥檚 rank of 61, the results are a consequence of the University鈥檚 improvement in several indicators, including citations, international outlook and industry income.
The University continued to perform strongly in research, where reputation for research excellence among academic peers, research income and papers published in quality peer-reviewed journals are measured.
鈥淭his ranking from the highly respected Times Higher Education agency recognises our position as one of the world鈥檚 foremost universities, a global leader in knowledge creation and mentor and teacher of the next generation of critical thinkers and leaders,鈥� said University of Sydney聽.
鈥淚鈥檓 particularly pleased that our high-quality research has been acknowledged in the results.鈥�
The University is home to more than 90 research centres, with 100 percent of our research rated at word standard or above in the latest Excellence in Research Australia evaluation.
Over our 160 year history, our research has been integral to the global decline in smoking, helped develop new technology to address sleep apnoea and promoted gender equality in our workplaces, including in our military.
Dr Spence said over the past seven years, we鈥檝e invested more than $1.5 billion in multidisciplinary research initiatives that bring together outstanding research teams and capabilities to focus on some of the world鈥檚 biggest challenges 鈥� from finding new treatments and preventions for obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease to creating next-generation nanoscale devices.
鈥湼咔甯＠琫rs are partnering with some of the world鈥檚 biggest companies to ensure their work is having the greatest impact and improving millions of lives around the world.鈥�
Dr Spence pointed to our work with and .
I鈥檓 particularly pleased that our high-quality research has been acknowledged in the results.
The THE World University Rankings judge the world鈥檚 leading universities on 13 indicators grouped into five categories: teaching (the learning environment); research (volume, income and reputation); citations (research influence); international outlook (staff, students and research); and industry income (knowledge transfer).
More than 1200 institutions across the globe were ranked this year, with the University of Oxford topping the list, followed by the University of Cambridge and Stanford University.
The results follow outstanding success in several other rankings this year, including and our graduates being by QS earlier this month.