Sydney rises in Times Higher Education global reputation ranking
The University of Sydney has improved its place in the latest THE World Reputation Rankings, jumping from band 71-80 to 61-70. This moves the University into second place, up from third, for reputation in Australia.
The annual ranking lists the top 100 universities for teaching and research reputation, based on the results of an invitation-only academic opinion survey.
“This outcome is a great tribute to our academic and professional staff who are doing so much to lift the performance of the University in education and research.
“In the past few years, we’ve undertaken some of the biggest reforms in a century to both our curriculum and our research approach; and it’s starting to pay off,” Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Duncan Ivison said.
“More importantly, this result also demonstrates the extraordinary contribution our staff and students are making to society more generally. We are working with more partners than ever before, collaborating to tackle some of the biggest challenges the world faces – whether it’s climate change, chronic disease, inequality or artificial intelligence.”
The questionnaire was completed by more than 10,000 senior academics from 135 countries. The respondents, who are experienced, published scholars, are asked to identify the top 15 universities for research and the top 15 for teaching.
The survey data will also be used alongside 11 other indicators to determine the THE World University Rankings, which will be released in September this year.
This result follows the University of Sydney’s strong performance in rankings announced last month, placing 42nd in the world and first in the state in the 2020 QS World University Rankings and with 12 subjects ranked in the top 50 in the 2019 ARWU Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.
There are now six Australian universities in the top 100, up from three last year, a significant achievement for the domestic higher-education sector.