Sport, which encompasses physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation was ranked fourth in the world and veterinary science placed ninth.
Subjects ranked in the top 50 included education (12th), law (12th), anatomy and physiology (13th), nursing (15th), architecture and the built environment (15th), geography (17th) and medicine (18th).
We aim to be the best education and research institution in Australia and among the best in the world....
Domestically the University was ranked number one in Australia for architecture and the built environment, veterinary sciences and education.
The University of Sydney鈥檚 Vice-Chancellor and Principal Dr Michael Spence said, 鈥淲e are a world leading university producing research that matters and providing outstanding teaching. It is pleasing to see this is reflected in the latest QS subject rankings where we have performed well across a broad range of disciplines.
鈥淲e aim to be the best education and research institution in Australia and among the best in the world as we continue to work on solutions to the major research challenges of our time.鈥
He pointed to聽leading research which has the potential to change our hospital and healthcare systems, including:
Domestically, the University of Sydney led the , finding policy inaction on climate change may be having an adverse impact on our health. 聽
鈥淭his year鈥檚 QS performance also included strong performance in our reputation with employers, with our graduates named as Australia鈥檚 most employable for the fourth consecutive year running in the聽,鈥 Dr Spence said.
罢丑别听聽score universities around the world on their reputation with employers and academics. It also measures their H-index as an institution (the H-index is a metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of a publication) and citations per research paper.聽