Awards and Rankings
UOW is consistently ranked among the best modern universities in the world and is renowned for producing career-ready graduates that are in high demand across the globe. UOW is rated among the Top 10 Universities in Australia based on the QS World University Rankings of 2016.
Top 2% of universities in the world
- 218th in the world – QS World University Rankings 2019
- 251-300 band – Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018
- 201-300 band – Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2017
- 313th in the world – U.S. News Best Global Universities Ranking 2017
- 264th in the world for research quality – 2016 Leiden Ranking
Globally ranked as one of the world's best modern universities
- 16th in the world – QS Top 50 Under 50 Rankings 2019
- 32nd in the world – Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2018
Globally rated a five-star university
- 5 Star rating - QS World University Rankings 2018
- UOW is one of only two Australian universities – and the only publicly funded university - to achieve 5-stars in all student experience measures in the 2018 Good Universities Guide: Overall experience; Skills development; Student support; Teaching quality and Learning resources and learner engagement
Top 1% for graduates as rated by global employers
- UOW is consistently ranked in the top 1% of universities in the world for the quality of our graduates, ranking in the 151-200 band in the 2018 QS Graduate Employability Rankings.
Top 100 in the world 2018 Times Higher Education World Rankings by subject
- Engineering
Top 150 in the world 2018 QS World Rankings by subject
- Engineering - Civil
Top 200 in the world 2018 QS World Rankings by subject
- Communications and Media Studies
- Engineering - Electrical
- Accounting and Finance
- Business and Management Studies
Top tier rankings in every discipline
- Top tier rankings in every discipline category – Australian Government's Learning and Teaching Performance Fund 2008
