Sydney rises in latest ARWU ranking
The University of Sydney has been ranked 69th聽in the world and 4th in Australia聽in the聽 The University has聽moved up five places in the world from 74th in the 2020 rankings.聽
"I鈥檓 delighted to see the University鈥檚 strong performance and improved position in these prestigious rankings. They focus heavily on disciplines based in engineering and science so it鈥檚 also terrific to see our steady progress over the past three years in these areas," said Vice-Chancellor and Principal Mark Scott AO.
Released annually by the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, ARWU ranks more than 2000 universities worldwide and publishes the top 1000. It uses six indicators to rank universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, papers published in journals of Nature and Science, papers indexed in prominent citation databases, and per capita performance.
"Rankings don鈥檛 measure everything we value, but they do give us insight into how others perceive our research, and we want to ensure the great work our researchers do is recognised globally,"聽said Professor Duncan Ivison, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research).
The were released in June this year. Three University of Sydney subjects were ranked in the top 20 globally and 29 subjects had at least one rank increase this year.聽Nursing was ranked 10th in the world, transportation science and technology was ranked 14th and veterinary science was ranked 15th.
We are now in the top 70 in the major university global rankings. We have been ranked 38th聽in the world in the聽QS World University Rankings,听27th聽in the聽,听2nd聽in the聽Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings, and 51st in the聽Times Higher Education World University Rankings.听听
The University has also been named the leading university in Australia, and fourth globally, for graduate employability in the .