Engineering ahead with the Times

19 October 2005

The Faculty of Engineering has been named the best engineering school in Australia and the 16th best in the world in the UK's 2005 Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings.

In the first of a series of faculty-level analyses, the UK's most authoritative higher education publication examined the top 100 institutions for science and technology.

UNSW Engineering rose from 29th to 16th place, ahead of Melbourne (18); Monash (24); Australian National University (29) and Queensland (40). Science scored 40th position, up from 69 in 2004.

"I am delighted to see the high standing of UNSW in engineering and technology this year," said Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Professor Brendon Parker.

"The assessment is based on the views of 2,375 research-active academics worldwide. As such, it reflects the impact of our research on the world community and the excellent standards of our graduates."

The tables also include citations per published paper by researchers at each institution.

Full rankings of the world's top 200 universities will be published in the Times Higher Education Supplement on October 28.