Melbourne ranked in worlds top 50 unis
[ UniNews Vol. 13, No. 21
15 - 29 November 2004 ]
The University of Melbourne has been listed by The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) at number 22 in the top 50 universities in the world. Melbourne came in ahead of Cornell University, Johns Hopkins, University College London, the University of California Los Angeles and San Diego.
Five other Group of Eight universities were named in the top 50 the Australian National University, Monash University, University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, and the University of Queensland.
The THES has ranked 200 universities in 29 countries on the basis of a survey of 1300 academics in 88 countries while also taking into account cited research produced, the ratio of academic staff to student numbers and an institutions attractiveness to foreign students and internationally renowned academics. Harvard was named at number one with Oxford and Cambridge fifth and sixth respectively.
University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kwong Lee Dow, says that because the THES is a highly-respected British journal its survey will be taken seriously.
He says that the University of Melbournes strength is the number of fields in which it has internationally-recognised academic staff. In such a survey, the University of Melbourne will be well-known for its research and will also come up well in its attractiveness to international students.
While we know where the University is positioned amongst Australian universities, it is very pleasing to see that we are so well-positioned in the worlds top 200 universities.
According to THES editor John OLeary, leading universities increasingly define themselves in terms of international competition. By taking account of the views of academics from across five continents and using the most up-to-date statistics, our ranking gives an informed picture of the worlds top universities, he claims.
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