List of universities in Australia

This is a list of universities in Australia.

The Commonwealth Higher Education Support Act 2003 sets out three groups of higher education providers. Students at all three types of institutions are eligible for FEE-HELP, an income contingent loan to cover charges and fees.

Contents

Universities

National

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Victoria

Queensland

Western Australia

South Australia

Tasmania

Northern Territory

Other self-accrediting higher education institutions

Like universities, these institutions have the authority to accredit their own qualifications. However they cannot use the title "University".[1]

State and territory accredited higher education institutions

Each qualification these institutions offer must first be approved by the relevant state or territory authority. For the purposes of maintainability, the list below only aims to include institutions that create their own degree, masters or doctorate courses – not those that deliver courses created by others, or create only lesser courses. Links to full lists of Higher Education course originators can be found at the bottom of this section.

Institutions that only deliver higher education courses created by another institution can be found via the parent institution listed.

Government

Specialist

General

Christian

National

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

South Australia

Tasmania

Queensland

Victoria

Western Australia

Other private

Specialist

General

Full listings

Institutions operating in the external territories are auspiced by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training. However, there are none at this time (2005).

Groupings of universities

Rankings of universities

Australian Universities featuring in the top 400 universities from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012:[2]

National Rank University World Rank
1 University of Melbourne 37
2 Australian National University 38
3 University of Sydney 58
4 University of Queensland 74
5 Monash University 117
6 University of New South Wales 173
7 University of Western Australia 189
8 University of Adelaide 201-225
9 Macquarie University 226-250
10 University of Wollongong 251-275
11 University of Newcastle 276-300
11 Queensland University of Technology 276-300
13 Charles Darwin University 301-350
13 University of Tasmania 301-350
15 Curtin University 351-400
15 Deakin University 351-400
15 Flinders University 351-400
15 Griffith University 351-400
15 La Trobe University 351-400
15 University of South Australia 351-400
15 Swinburne University of Technology 351-400


Rankings from the 2011 Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities:[3]

National Rank University World Rank
1 University of Melbourne 60
2 Australian National University 70
3 University of Queensland 86
4 University of Sydney 96
5 University of Western Australia 102–150
6-7 Monash University 151–200
6-7 University of New South Wales 151-200
8-9 Macquarie University 201–300
8-9 University of Adelaide 201–300
10-13 Flinders University 301–400
10-13 James Cook University 301–400
10-13 University of Newcastle 301–400
10-13 University of Tasmania 301–400
14-19 Curtin University of Technology 401–500
14-19 Griffith University 401–500
14-19 La Trobe University 401–500
14-19 Swinburne University of Technology 401–500
14-19 University of Technology Sydney 401–500
14-19 University of Wollongong 401–500


In February 2011 the Australian Research Council (ARC) released the ratings.[4] The following table lists the top 15 universities.

KEY (Research Ratings Table) rated 0 - 5 (- = n/a):

  1. C1 = physical, chemical and earth sciences
  2. C2 = humanities and creative arts
  3. C3 = engineering and environmental sciences
  4. C4 = social, behavioural and economic sciences
  5. C5 = mathematical, information and computing sciences
  6. C6 = biological and biotechnological sciences
  7. C7 = biomedical and clinical health sciences
  8. C8= public and allied health sciences
University C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 Average Score
Australian National University 4.7 4.6 4 4 4.5 4 5 5 4.38
University of Melbourne 4.7 4.5 3.7 4.2 4.7 4 5 4 4.33
University of Queensland 4.3 4 5 4 3.7 4.3 5 4 4.17
University of New South Wales 4 4.2 3.7 4.2 4 4 5 3 4.04
University of Sydney 4 4.2 3.7 3.4 4 3 5 4 3.83
University of Western Australia 3.7 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.5 5 5 4 3.64
University of Adelaide 4.3 3.5 4 2.4 3 4.5 5 4 3.55
Monash University 4 3.7 5 3.2 2.7 3 5 2 3.45
Macquarie University 4.3 3 4 2.8 2.5 5 2 3 3.24
Queensland University of Technology 3.7 3 3.3 2.6 4 2 3 4 3.09
Griffith University 4 3 2.3 2.6 3 3.5 3 3 3
Melbourne College of Divinity 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
University of Technology Sydney 3 3 2 3 3 4 2 3 2.95
University of Tasmania 4 2.8 3 1.8 3 3.5 3 2 2.81
University of Newcastle 3 3.4 3 1.6 2 3 3 3 2.71
University of Wollongong 3.7 3.4 3 1.6 2 3 3 3 2.71

2005 Teaching Performance Rankings (The Australian)

This table shows the teaching standards in Australia universities and was published in The Australian newspaper. The scaling method used in preparing this league table had seven components:

  1. CEQ (Course Experience Questionnaire) generic skills: 17.91%
  2. CEQ good teaching: 18.5%
  3. CEQ overall satisfaction: 18.9%
  4. Students in full-time employment after they graduate: 11.48%
  5. Those that go on to full-time study: 10.29%
  6. Drop-out or attrition rates: 10.65%
  7. Student progress or pass rates: 12.26%
Rank University Score
1 University of Wollongong 34.24
2 Australian Maritime College 30.79
3 University of Melbourne 29.93
4 Swinburne University of Technology 29.33
5 University of Queensland 28.73
6 Australian National University 26.95
7 University of New England 25.56
8 University of Canberra 24.25
9 University of Ballarat 24.08
10 University of Sydney 23.93
11 Murdoch University 23.49
12 University of Western Australia 23.42
13 Australian Catholic University 22.73
14 Monash University 22.16
15 RMIT University 21.18
16 Macquarie University 19.96
17 Charles Sturt University 19.44
18 University of Technology, Sydney 18.72
19 Victoria University 18.65
20 University of the Sunshine Coast 18.44
21 Deakin University 18.35
22 Griffith University 18.25
23 Edith Cowan University 17.91
24 Curtin University of Technology 17.45
25 University of Newcastle 16.31
26 Flinders University 16.02
27 University of Southern Queensland 15.39
28 Southern Cross University 14.83
29 RMIT 14.49
30 James Cook University 14.17
31 Queensland University of Technology 13.67
32 University of New South Wales 13.56
33 University of Western Sydney 12.85
34 University of Tasmania 12.00
35 Central Queensland University 11.49


See also

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/top-400.html
  3. ^ http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2011.html
  4. ^ Excellence in Research for Australia lays bare research myths

External links

List of universities in Oceania
Sovereign states
Dependencies and
other territories