Since 2018, THE World University Rankings has placed the University of Melbourne at the top for Australia, for the thirteenth year in a row. Ranking at number 34 in the world, down from number 33 in the previous year.

Monash University has risen to second position in Australia, making Melbourne home to two of the world’s 50 top-ranked institutions for the first time. In comparison to last year’s rankings, Monash has jumped from 57th to 44th place nationally and from fifth to second among Australian institutions, surpassing the University of Queensland, the University of Sydney, and the Australian National University.

The University of Queensland has placed third among Australia’s leading universities. The University of Queensland has moved up one spot to 53rd in the world, after climbing six spots in the previous year to 54th place.

The University of Sydney climbed to the fourth position in the 2023 edition of THE World University rankings, moving up to 54th place out of 1,780 universities worldwide.

In fifth place is the Australian National University, located in Canberra, the capital and home to the Australian government; ranking 62.

The University of NSW (UNSW) in Sydney has placed 71st globally, being one of the seven Australian universities ranked in the top 100.

According to the rankings, 10 Australian universities are ranked among the top 200 in the world, placing our nation in a tie for fifth place.

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In total, 1,799 institutions from 104 different nations and regions were represented in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023. This makes THE the largest and most diversified university rankings to date.

The report carefully calibrated 13 performance metrics that were used to compile the table, which evaluates schools based on their effectiveness in four areas: education, research, knowledge exchange, and global engagement.

This year’s list analysed more than 121 million citations across more than 15.5 million scholarly publications and included survey responses from 40,000 academics from around the world. In total, THE gathered approximately 680,000 data points from over 2,500 institutions that provided data.

This year’s league table, which is trusted by students, teachers, governments, and industry experts worldwide, reveals how the global higher education landscape is changing.

Further findings show that 526 universities are listed as “reporters”, which means they shared information but did not meet THE criteria to be ranked; however, they agreed to be listed as reporters in the final results.

Australia has the third-highest number of international students in the world, trailing behind the United Kingdom and the United States. This is quite an accomplishment for a nation with only 24 million people.