Rankings and Reputation

View highlights from the rankings below.

Update 1, 2020- Key metrics, achievements and initiatives

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; 2nd in 2019 and 3rd in 2018)
Psychology (23rd in the world; 23rd in 2019 and 27th in 2018)
Pharmacy & Pharmacology (31st in the world; 31st in 2019 and equal 25th in 2018)
Nursing (36th in the world; 21st in 2019 and 39th in 2018)

QS rankings are based on four differentially weighted indicator scores – academic and employer reputation (based on global surveys of academic peers and employers); research citations per paper; and h index citations.

2019 Update - Key metrics, achievements and initiatives

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.