If you’ve been shortlisting universities for your future studious endeavours, then you might want to place the University of Melbourne in the running, as it has (once again) been recognised as one of the best in the world.
According to the annual Times Higher Education (THE) world reputation rankings, the University of Melbourne was placed 39th on the list, making it the highest ranked in Australia.
That’s a rather nice pat on the back when you consider the likes of the University of Oxford, Stanford University, Princeton University and Harvard University all nabbed spots on the esteemed list.
To compile this list over 2000 tertiary institutions across the globe were evaluated, taking into consideration things like teaching, research quality, industry engagement and international outlook.
When sizing up the University of Melbourne, it received an overall score of 78.4 and ranked an impressive 99.3 when evaluated on industry engagement.
The university also fared well in the rankings by subject, placing an impressive 11th place for law and in the 20th spot for medical and health. Not too shabby when you look at the highly regarded institutions featured on the list.
Melbourne is widely considered one of the most liveable cities in the world - pair that with seven campuses, a top notch research cohort and a respected teaching faculty, it makes sense that this uni placed so high on the list.
The University of Melbourne outperformed its fellow Aussie institutions by quite a large stretch with Monash University at 58th spot, the University of Sydney coming in at 61st and the Australian National University at 73rd.
These are the top performing universities in the world for 2025:
- University of Oxford
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Harvard University
- Princeton University
- University of Cambridge
- Stanford University
- California Institute of Technology
- University of California, Berkeley
- Imperial College London
- Yale University
And here’s a breakdown of how Aussie universities placed in the top 100:
- University of Melbourne
- Monash University
- The University of Sydney
- Australian National University
- The University of Queensland
- UNSW Sydney
Check out the full list here.
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