World's Best Colleges: Australian and New Zealand Universities
Posted June 18, 2009
U.S. News & World Report's World's Best Colleges and Universities rankings based on the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings identified these to be the world's top universities in 2008.
| Rank | Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australian National University Australia | 92.0 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 93 | Student to Faculty Score 82 | International Faculty Score 99 | International Students Score 91 | Citations per Faculty Score 74 |
| 2 | The University of Sydney Australia | 82.4 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 99 | Employer Review Score 97 | Student to Faculty Score 55 | International Faculty Score 97 | International Students Score 93 | Citations per Faculty Score 54 |
| 3 | The University of Melbourne Australia | 82.3 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 100 | Student to Faculty Score 59 | International Faculty Score 54 | International Students Score 96 | Citations per Faculty Score 56 |
| 4 | University of Queensland Australia | 80.7 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 95 | Employer Review Score 97 | Student to Faculty Score 49 | International Faculty Score 100 | International Students Score 78 | Citations per Faculty Score 63 |
| 5 | University of New South Wales Australia | 79.8 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 97 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 35 | International Faculty Score 83 | International Students Score 91 | Citations per Faculty Score 68 |
| 6 | Monash University Australia | 78.7 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 98 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 52 | International Faculty Score 99 | International Students Score 99 | Citations per Faculty Score 37 |
| 7 | The University of Auckland New Zealand | 74.5 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 95 | Employer Review Score 94 | Student to Faculty Score 36 | International Faculty Score 94 | International Students Score 99 | Citations per Faculty Score 42 |
| 8 | The University of Western Australia Australia | 71.3 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 72 | Employer Review Score 88 | Student to Faculty Score 52 | International Faculty Score 92 | International Students Score 83 | Citations per Faculty Score 65 |
| 9 | University of Adelaide Australia | 68.1 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 72 | Employer Review Score 89 | Student to Faculty Score 39 | International Faculty Score 87 | International Students Score 95 | Citations per Faculty Score 61 |
| 10 | University of Otago New Zealand | 65.3 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 73 | Employer Review Score 75 | Student to Faculty Score 36 | International Faculty Score 100 | International Students Score 88 | Citations per Faculty Score 53 |
| 11 | Macquarie University Australia | 57.1 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 65 | Employer Review Score 87 | Student to Faculty Score 18 | International Faculty Score 88 | International Students Score 100 | Citations per Faculty Score 41 |
| 12 | University of Canterbury New Zealand | 56.4 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 62 | Employer Review Score 86 | Student to Faculty Score 24 | International Faculty Score 99 | International Students Score 93 | Citations per Faculty Score 37 |
| 13 | Rmit University Australia | 53.7 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 60 | Employer Review Score 92 | Student to Faculty Score 24 | International Faculty Score 100 | International Students Score 100 | Citations per Faculty Score 22 |
| 14 | University of Wollongong Australia | 53.6 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 48 | Employer Review Score 85 | Student to Faculty Score 43 | International Faculty Score 98 | International Students Score 96 | Citations per Faculty Score 31 |
| 15 | Queensland University of Technology Australia | 53.4 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 67 | Employer Review Score 87 | Student to Faculty Score 26 | International Faculty Score 58 | International Students Score 62 | Citations per Faculty Score 27 |
| 16 | Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand | 51.2 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 58 | Employer Review Score 75 | Student to Faculty Score 22 | International Faculty Score 100 | International Students Score 92 | Citations per Faculty Score 27 |
| 17 | Curtin University of Technology Australia | 50.7 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 51 | Employer Review Score 84 | Student to Faculty Score 30 | International Faculty Score 100 | International Students Score 100 | Citations per Faculty Score 25 |
| 18 | University of Technology, Sydney Australia | 50.5 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 52 | Employer Review Score 94 | Student to Faculty Score 23 | International Faculty Score 99 | International Students Score 95 | Citations per Faculty Score 24 |
| 19 | La Trobe University Australia | 49.2 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 55 | Employer Review Score 63 | Student to Faculty Score 24 | International Faculty Score 91 | International Students Score 85 | Citations per Faculty Score 31 |
| 20 | Flinders University Australia | 46.3 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 28 | Employer Review Score 48 | Student to Faculty Score 95 | International Faculty Score 25 | International Students Score 83 | Citations per Faculty Score 25 |
| Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds (www.topuniversities.com) | |||||
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