2010 International Undergraduate Prospectus nts. u.au

International Rankings
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We are held in high esteem by our peers
Be educated at an institution consistently ranked among the best
The University of Melbourne is known throughout the Asia-Pacific and worldwide as a
leading international university. Our reputation is underpinned by our commitment to
excellence in teaching and learning and our status as Australia’s highest ranked research
University Q. The University is highly ranked overall, with our international peers W and
employers placing us in the top 10 worldwide.
Times Higher Education, World
University Rankings, 2008
>>No. 38 in the world
>>No. 7 in the Asia Pacific region
>>Only Australian university to rank in the
top 30 in the world in all five of the THE
discipline rankings
>>Leading Australian university in life
sciences and biomedicine
>>No. 9 in the world and leading Australian
university as ranked by employers
>>No. 21 in the world by international
peer review.
Academic Ranking of World
Universities, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, 2008
>>No. 6 in the Asia Pacific region
>>No. 73 worldwide.
http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm
The Higher Education Evaluation
and Accreditation Council of
Taiwan (HEEACT), 2008
>>No. 1 in Australia for Clinical,
Life and Social Sciences
>>No. 1 in Australia for scientific papers
published.
http://ranking.heeact.edu.tw/en-us/2008/
Page/Methodology
www.timeshighereducation.co.uk
The overall international student
progress rate, at 94.4%, was the
highest in the Group of Eight
universities by some margin
(Source: Comparative Academic Performance between Australian and International Students at Go8 Universities by Alan Olsen, 2007).
Q According to key indicators used by the Australian
Government to allocate competitive research funding.
W The peer review score summarises how other universities
rank the University of Melbourne in the Times Higher
Education, World University Rankings, 2008.