Rankings and Reputation

2020 ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

UQ is ranked fourth in the world for nursing, up from ninth last year.
In addition, UQ is ranked in the top 50 worldwide for Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (26) and Psychology (50).

• Nursing- 4th in the world 
• Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences- 26th in the world 
• Psychology- 50th in the world 

2020 QS World Rankings by Subject Area

UQ was ranked as Australia’s top university for Sports-Related subjects for the second consecutive year in the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject released in March. UQ also showed its strength in Psychology with a global rank of 23, Pharmacy and Pharmacology with a global rank of 31 and Nursing with a global rank of 36. 

• Sport-related subjects- 3rd in the world
• Psychology- 23rd in the world
• Pharmacy & Pharmacology- 31st in the world
• Nursing- 36th in the world

2019 QS World Rankings by Subject Area

• Sport-related subjects (2nd in the world, up from 3rd in 2018).
• Nursing (equal 21st in the world, up from 39th in 2018).
• Psychology (23rd in the world, up from 27th in 2018).
• Pharmacy & Pharmacology (31st in the world, down from equal 25th in 2018).

2019 Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

• Nursing (equal 9th in the world, up from 12th in 2018).
• Psychology (40th in the world, down from 34th in 2018).
• Pharmacy & Pharmacology (27th in the world, up from 51st -75th in 2018).

ERA 2018

• 5s (well above world standard) in all fields of relevance and 4 in nutrition (above world standard).
• Identical ratings to ERA 2015.