The University of New South Wales is one of Australia’s leading research and teaching universities, ranked in the top 100 universities worldwide and renowned for the quality of its graduates.
UNSW is a founding member of the prestigious Group of Eight - a coalition of Australia’s leading research intensive universities. Recognised as one of the heavyweights of Australian higher education, UNSW consistently scores highly in a range of national and international rankings.
- UNSW has scored the maximum five-star rating for twelve key performance indicators in the 2014 Good Universities Guide, more than any other university in Australia. Among the five-star ratings are - getting a job, starting salaries, student to staff ratios and positive graduate outcomes.
- The Australian Graduate Survey 2012 shows UNSW graduates in high demand from employers. Our graduates are in the top 5% for median starting salaries, while our domestic postgraduates receive the highest median starting salaries when compared to domestic postgraduates from any other Australian university. The survey results also showed that our undergraduates and postgraduates have the highest employment rate of any of the Group of Eight Universities.
- UNSW has been ranked 85th in the 2012-2013 Times Higher Education World University Rankings - the only global university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The position puts UNSW in the top 5 of Australian institutions. The University has also been ranked in the world's top 100 (81-90) for academic prestige in the 2013 global reputation index.
- The University is ranked 52nd in the 2012 QS World University Rankings, which are based on six factors: academic and employer surveys, staff-student ratios, research citations and the proportion of international staff and students.
- UNSW has been awarded five-star plus in the QS Stars rating system, and is one of only eight universities to achieve this ranking. The QS Stars system evaluates universities against a range of performance indicators based on a ratings method, and includes assessment of areas such as innovation, culture, student engagement and facilities.
- UNSW was recognised in the 2012 Excellence in Research for Australia Report, which assessed the University’s performance in all broad fields of research as "at, above or well above" world standard. The University ranked well above world standard, scoring the maximum five points, in the following fields: chemical sciences; medical and health sciences; commerce, management and tourism services; psychology and cognitive sciences; law and legal studies; studies in creative arts and writing; and history and archaeology.
- The AGSM MBA Program, delivered by the Australian School of Business, is recognised as one of the finest in the world in the Financial Times (UK) 2013 ranking of the top 100 global MBA programs. This is the 14th consecutive year it has ranked in the top 100 MBA programs worldwide and the seventh year running it has ranked in the world’s top 50 MBA programs.
- UNSW is recognized as the Australian university with the strongest links to industry, reflecting its focus on real-world research and innovative research partnerships. In 2013 UNSW will receive $13.2 million in Linkage Project grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC), the highest level of funding in the state and the second highest in the country.