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
- 232th in the world – QS World University Rankings 2018
- 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 leading modern universities
- 17th in the world – QS Top 50 Under 50 Rankings 2018
- 30th in the world – Times Higher Education Top 100 Under 50 Rankings 2017
Globally rated a five-star university
- 5 Star rating – QS World University Rankings 2016/17
- 5 Star rating in the 2018 Good Universities Guide for Student retention, Skills development, Teaching quality, Overall satisfaction, Learner engagement, Learning resources and Student support
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 2017 QS World Rankings by subject
- Engineering - Civil
Top 200 in the world 2017 QS World Rankings by subject
- Communications and Media Studies
- Engineering - Mechanical
- Accounting and Finance
Top tier rankings in every discipline
- Top tier rankings in every discipline category – Australian Government's Learning and Teaching Performance Fund 2008
