
½ñÈÕ¿´ÁÏ³Ô¹Ï continues to strengthen its international competitiveness, gaining 11 places to rank 56th globally in the National Taiwan University (NTU) Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities.
The latest NTU rankings see ½ñÈÕ¿´ÁϳԹÏfirst in Australia for the subjects of agricultural sciences, civil engineering, materials science, environment/ecology, and plant and animal science, and third nationally in the overall ranking.
UQ’s international performance has improved since 2013 in all six fields of the NTU rankings – agriculture, clinical medicine, engineering, life sciences, natural sciences and social sciences.
½ñÈÕ¿´ÁϳԹÏProvost and Senior Vice-President Professor Max Lu said UQ’s NTU result gave further veracity to other independent signals that ½ñÈÕ¿´ÁϳԹÏhad the capacity to perform exceptionally.
“UQ’s strong performance is made possible by dedicated staff, our partners and a steady pipeline of high quality students and alumni,” Professor Lu said.
“I note that the NTU rankings result is similar to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) Alternative Ranking (without indicators of Nobel laureates and Field medallists), which places ½ñÈÕ¿´ÁϳԹÏat 58th globally.”
The NTU rankings evaluate university performance based on scientific papers assessing research productivity, research impact and research excellence.
UQ’s 2014 rankings show that the University has consolidated its position among the world’s top 100 universities.
UQ’s International Rankings
QS World University Rankings – 43
Academic Ranking of World Universities – 85
Visit the following sites for information about opportunities at UQ:
- Undergraduate and postgraduate programs – www.uq.edu.au/study
- Research higher degrees – www.uq.edu.au/grad-school
- International students – www.uq.edu.au/international.
Media: Carolyn Varley, ½ñÈÕ¿´ÁϳԹÏCommunications, c.varley@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 1120