University of Queensland Rankings: World ranking & National ranking

Brisbane St Lucia, QLD 4072
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Updated on - Apr 30th, 2022 | 01:30 PM By Venushree Agarwal

The University of Queensland is a globally respected public research university in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is well-known for adhering to the highest teaching and research standards. It is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world by every major ranking organization. According to the QS World University Rankings 2022, the University of Queensland is listed #47 in the world.

University of Queensland Ranking Highlights

UQ is one of only three Australian members of Universitas 21, as well as a founding member of the Group of Eight (Go8) and a member of Universities Australia. Some of the highlights of the University of Queensland rankings are listed below: 

  • According to QS Global World Rankings, 2022, Ranked #41 in Masters in Finance, ranked #47 in QS Global World Rankings, 2022, and ranked #63 in QS Graduate Employability Ranking, 2022.
  • Times Higher Education's World University Rankings, 2022, ranks it at #54.
  • According to US News and World Report, the university is ranked #36 in the world's best universities for 2021.
  • US News and World Report ranked it third among the best global universities in Australia and New Zealand in 2021.
  • US News and World Report ranked it third among Australia's best global universities in 2021.

University of Queensland World Rankings

UQ is placed 36th in the world by the US News Global Rankings for 2021, 51st in the Academic Ranking of World Universities for 2021, 47th in the QS World University Rankings, and listed 54th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2022. Following are some of the world rankings of the University of Queensland given by these ranking agencies.

Ranked by

World Ranking 2021

ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) - Universities Rankings

#51

QS - World University Ranking

#46

THE (Times Higher Education) - University Ranking

#62

Global Universities US News & World Report

#36

University of Queensland National Rankings

The University of Queensland is second nationally and equal second in Australia in their most recent research assessment, the Australian Research Council placed based on the average of four major global university league tables. Tabulated below ranking at University of Queensland National Rankings.

Ranked by

National Ranking 2021

QS National

5

THE National

2

ARWU National

2

US News National

3

ERA National

2

University of Queensland Rankings by Subject

Queensland University is known for its business programs, and it has improved its academic reputation among administrators and academics during the last five years. In 2021, the QS Global MBA is ranked 99th. It has 41st ranking in the Times Higher Education's PG Business and Economics rankings in 2021. In 2021, it is ranked 88th by QS Engineering and Technology. The same for its computer courses, which are ranked 126-150th in THE's PG Computers rankings for 2021. Tabulated below ranking at University of Queensland Rankings by Subject.

Course name

Ranked by

Ranking 2020- 2021

Global MBA

QS 2021

99

PG Business and Economics 

THE (Times Higher Education)

41

Engineering and Technology

QS 2021

88

PG Computers

THE (Times Higher Education)

126-150