Melbourne ranks among world’s top unis – THES
[ UniNews Vol. 15, No. 21
13 - 27 November 2006 ] By Christina Buckridge
The University of Melbourne is already up with the world’s top-performing universities, according to the recent academic discipline rankings released by the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES).
The University’s ranking has moved up in all disciplines surveyed by the THES. All Melbourne disciplines are in the top 30 in the world, with three in the top 10.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Glyn Davis, says the latest rankings confirm that Melbourne has performed consistently well in international and national rankings over the past three years.
“The University of Melbourne aspires to be one of the finest universities in the world. These rankings show that we are already highly regarded by the world’s top performers.”
The THES has ranked Melbourne’s Biomedicine and Technology disciplines as No 1 in Australia.
Biomedicine at No 7 (up from No 10) in the world leads Yale, Tokyo, MIT and University College London, and Technology, No 16 (up from No 22) is ahead of Harvard, UCLA, and Princeton.
The strong Biomedicine ranking follows the University’s recent success in Australian competitive research funding in health and medicine where it won more than $118 million in funding commencing in 2007.
The faculties of Science and Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science are represented in Biomedicine.
Dean of Medicine, Professor James Angus, and Dean of Science, Professor Peter Rathjen, point to the University’s Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology as a successful example of how medicine and science can overlap in today’s cutting-edge research.
Dean of Engineering, Professor Jannie van Deventer, says the THES Technology ranking reflects the international standing and impact of the faculty’s fundamental and applied research.
Arts and Humanities at Melbourne has moved up one place to No 7 in the world in 2006, prompting Dean of Arts, Professor Belinda Probert, to note that the THES ranking continues to confirm Melbourne’s well-deserved international reputation in the area of humanities.
Professor Probert says it is extremely pleasing to see Arts at Melbourne so well-regarded by its peers. “Scholars in the Humanities at Melbourne are in the forefront of their research fields, and a first-year student has the opportunity to engage with these scholars.”
Social Sciences and Science disciplines at Melbourne also moved up – Social Sciences from No 12 to No 10 in the world and Science, from No 32 to No 27.
The University’s success in the discipline rankings followed its worldwide ranking at No 22 by the THES, coming in ahead of Johns Hopkins, University College London, UCLA and Toronto.
In 2005, the University was again listed as No 1 in a ranking of Australia’s universities by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
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