ACU research boosts climb in rankings
How we have increased our standings to reach the top 3% of universities worldwide.
This is the third consecutive year ACU has risen in the rankings, indicative of its improving research strengths.
The University climbed from joint 30 position last year to rank 25 out of 35 Australian institutions.
The THE World University Rankings is an annual league table of the top universities in the world. It assesses universities under the criteria of teaching, research, citations, industry income, and international outlook. More than 1250 institutions were ranked this year, 156 more than last year, indicating the competitive nature of the rankings.
ACU’s strong performance included improved scores for research and citations, with ACU positioned in the top 400 for research and top 500 for citations worldwide.
It has been ranked in the top 10 Catholic universities worldwide.
ACU Provost Professor Pauline Nugent said the results were a welcome acknowledgement of the commitment the University had made to priority areas in health, education and theology and philosophy.
“It is very encouraging to see that our steady growth and a determination to focus on areas that are fundamental to our mission and core values are having an impact.”
“The University has set out to achieve excellent outcomes, by investing in quality research and programs that will deliver genuinely valuable results for others,” she said.
ACU is increasingly making its mark internationally, with other notable rankings such as:
- Positioned 501-600 in Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
- A top 100 Asia Pacific (APAC) university, recognised as a leader in higher education in the region (Times Higher Education Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2018)
- Recognised as one of the world’s top young universities, included in the top 50 of Generation Y and ranked 101-150 globally (Times Higher Education Young Universities Rankings 2018)
- Ranked in the top 100 for a number of subjects:
- sport science (26 ARWU)
- nursing (41 ARWU)
- education (51-75 ARWU)
- theology, divinity and religious studies (top 100 QS Subject Rankings)
These results follow closely behind the University’s strong performance in the most recent Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment – with 94 per cent of all ACU research judged to be at or above world standards, and ACU placed equal first in Australia in five Fields of Research.
For more information on our achievements and rankings, visit our reputation and ranking page.