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World's Best Universities: Australian and New Zealand

Posted February 25, 2010

U.S.News & World Report's World's Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings, identified these to be the world's top universities in 2009.

Rank					Overall Score
1	Australian National UniversityAustralia				90.5
Academic Peer Review Score 100	Employer Review Score 91	Student to Faculty Score 75	International Faculty Score 99	International Students Score 92	Citations per Faculty Score 74
2	University of MelbourneAustralia				83.1
Academic Peer Review Score 100	Employer Review Score 100	Student to Faculty Score 57	International Faculty Score 59	International Students Score 97	Citations per Faculty Score 61
2	University of SydneyAustralia				83.1
Academic Peer Review Score 99	Employer Review Score 97	Student to Faculty Score 58	International Faculty Score 99	International Students Score 95	Citations per Faculty Score 53
4	University of QueenslandAustralia				80.7
Academic Peer Review Score 94	Employer Review Score 95	Student to Faculty Score 47	International Faculty Score 99	International Students Score 82	Citations per Faculty Score 67
5	Monash UniversityAustralia				80.0
Academic Peer Review Score 98	Employer Review Score 99	Student to Faculty Score 56	International Faculty Score 95	International Students Score 96	Citations per Faculty Score 42
6	University of New South WalesAustralia				79.0
Academic Peer Review Score 96	Employer Review Score 99	Student to Faculty Score 39	International Faculty Score 82	International Students Score 93	Citations per Faculty Score 62
7	The University of AucklandNew Zealand				74.7
Academic Peer Review Score 95	Employer Review Score 96	Student to Faculty Score 36	International Faculty Score 93	International Students Score 99	Citations per Faculty Score 45
8	University of AdelaideAustralia				70.8
Academic Peer Review Score 78	Employer Review Score 87	Student to Faculty Score 38	International Faculty Score 87	International Students Score 96	Citations per Faculty Score 62
9	University of Western AustraliaAustralia				70.2
Academic Peer Review Score 72	Employer Review Score 81	Student to Faculty Score 50	International Faculty Score 99	International Students Score 87	Citations per Faculty Score 63
10	University of OtagoNew Zealand				63.8
Academic Peer Review Score 68	Employer Review Score 77	Student to Faculty Score 39	International Faculty Score 100	International Students Score 83	Citations per Faculty Score 52
11	University of CanterburyNew Zealand				55.2
Academic Peer Review Score 57	Employer Review Score 89	Student to Faculty Score 27	International Faculty Score 99	International Students Score 82	Citations per Faculty Score 39
12	Macquarie UniversityAustralia				54.9
Academic Peer Review Score 61	Employer Review Score 77	Student to Faculty Score 20	International Faculty Score 86	International Students Score 100	Citations per Faculty Score 43
13	RMIT UniversityAustralia				51.1
Academic Peer Review Score 53	Employer Review Score 91	Student to Faculty Score 26	International Faculty Score 99	International Students Score 100	Citations per Faculty Score 24
14	Victoria University of WellingtonNew Zealand				49.9
Academic Peer Review Score 51	Employer Review Score 77	Student to Faculty Score 29	International Faculty Score 100	International Students Score 82	Citations per Faculty Score 29
15	University of Technology, SydneyAustralia				49.7
Academic Peer Review Score 49	Employer Review Score 89	Student to Faculty Score 26	International Faculty Score 99	International Students Score 91	Citations per Faculty Score 27
16	La Trobe UniversityAustralia				49.3
Academic Peer Review Score 55	Employer Review Score 59	Student to Faculty Score 25	International Faculty Score 92	International Students Score 89	Citations per Faculty Score 32
17	Curtin University of TechnologyAustralia				49.0
Academic Peer Review Score 46	Employer Review Score 77	Student to Faculty Score 33	International Faculty Score 100	International Students Score 100	Citations per Faculty Score 26
17	Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia				49.0
Academic Peer Review Score 59	Employer Review Score 85	Student to Faculty Score 27	International Faculty Score 21	International Students Score 65	Citations per Faculty Score 30
19	University of WollongongAustralia				48.2
Academic Peer Review Score 36	Employer Review Score 83	Student to Faculty Score 40	International Faculty Score 97	International Students Score 93	Citations per Faculty Score 35
20	Flinders UniversityAustralia				47.6
Academic Peer Review Score 35	Employer Review Score 38	Student to Faculty Score 95	International Faculty Score 20	International Students Score 80	Citations per Faculty Score 26

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Reader Comments

Macquarie University review

Macquarie University is one of the best universities in Australia. The university provides a wide range of student supports for local and international students. Macquarie University welcomes students at the gate to Australia. Buddies from Macquarie International Student Services will greet you at the airport and carefully instruct all steps which are necessary for your livings in Australia. In addition, the university carefully organizes various orientations for different degrees in order to best support your studying and living in Australia. Strong experience lecturers will provide you a wide range of international business knowledge all over the world. One of the advantages of studying in Australia is that students will be able to meet different people from different nationalities because of its diversity. Moreover, iClub will be a good choice for international students to join and learn about Australia. The club is sponsored by Macquarie International Student Services in order to provide good experience for students in Australia. The university also has many workshops for all students to join in order to improve their skills while studying in the campus such as academic writing workshop, reference workshop or other workshops will help you to prepare for future jobs when you nearly finish the degree in the university such as cover letter and resume workshop, interview workshop. Most students have transferred from many famous universities in Australia said that they were fully satisfied while studying in Macquarie and this would be their final stop to complete their degrees.

Henry of XX
Feb 26, 2010 06:57:29 AM [permalink] [report comment]

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