Rankings and ratings
UTS: Top-ranked young university in Australia*
Our steady rise in international rankings over a number of years shows that UTS has been on the right track in a long program of investment in research and teaching and the kind of campus that will support innovation in both.
As ever, our results are thanks to the hard work of our staff, the quality of our students, the impact of our alumni and the commitment of our partners.
Professor Andrew Parfitt, Vice-Chancellor and President
* THE Young University Rankings 2024
The most prestigious international rankings agencies have ranked and rated UTS highly in recent years. Here are some of our recent achievements:
- Ranked 13th in the world and 5th in Australia for overall contributions to Sustainable Development (Times Higher Education Impact Ranking 2024).
- Ranked 43rd in the world and 8th in Australia for Sustainability (QS Sustainability Rankings 2024)
- Highest-performing university in Australia under 50 years old (THE Young University Rankings 2024).
- Ranked in the Top 100 universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2025, US News Best Global Universities Rankings 2024-2025) and the Top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024).
- 11th-highest performing university in the world under 50 years old (Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024).
- Clarivate Analytics has named nine UTS academics on its list of Highly Cited Researchers for 2023, and two of them in two categories (Highly Cited Researchers 2023).
- 5+ stars for excellence across all 8 categories (QS Stars Rating 2021–2024).
- Ranked 62nd in the world for graduate employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022).
- 100 per cent of UTS research in the broad Fields of Research (FOR) at world standard or above in the 2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) evaluation.
- Almost 80% of UTS’s assessed research areas rated as having a “high” impact beyond academia (the highest proportion in the country), in the 2018 Engagement and Impact Assessment (EIA).
Fuller details of our recent rankings and ratings performance are given below.
QS World University Rankings
UTS ranked 9th in Australia and 88th in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2025. The rankings are based on research, teaching, employability and internationalisation.
QS World University Rankings
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
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International Ranking | 140 | 133 | 133 | 137 | 90 | 88 |
Australian Ranking | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
QS Field Rankings in top 150
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
Arts & Humanities | 136 | 137 | 126 | 197 | =171 |
Engineering & Technology | 106 | 120 | 83 | 133 | =106 |
Social Sciences & Management | 125 | 166 | 115 | 182 | =158 |
QS Subject Rankings
In QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, UTS is among the world’s top institutions in 34 of 55 subjects, including Nursing, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Library and Information Management, Art and Design, Sports-related Subjects, Mineral & Mining Engineering, Law, Computer Science & Information Systems, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Accounting and Finance and Environmental Sciences. See our rankings in the top 150 below.
Subject Fields in the Top 150
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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Nursing | 7 | 11 | 24 | 20 | 24 |
Library & Information Management | 32 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 31 |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | - | - | - | - | 40 |
Art & Design | 23 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 |
Sports-related Subjects | 37 | 29 | 43 | 50 | 47 |
Engineering Mineral & Mining | - | - | 51-60 | 50 | 51-70 |
Law | 51-100 | 61 | 72 | 69 | 68 |
Computer Science & Information Systems | 51-100 | 75 | 68 | 73 | 73 |
Engineering Electrical & Electronic | 51-100 | 79 | 88 | 94 | 83 |
Accounting & Finance | 51-100 | 71 | 76 | 87 | 90 |
Environmental Sciences | 101-150 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 96 |
Architecture & Built Environment | 51-100 | 51-100 | 51-100 | 51-100 | 51-100 |
Communication & Media Studies | 51-100 | 51-100 | 51-100 | 51-100 | 51-100 |
Engineering Civil & Structural | 51-100 | 51-100 | 51-100 | 51-100 | 51-100 |
Economics & Econometrics | 101-150 | 103 | 124 | 123 | 128 |
Business & Management Studies | 101-150 | 127 | 127 | 142 | 138 |
Education & Training | 51-100 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 101-150 |
Materials Science | - | 101-150 | 151-200 | 151-200 | 101-150 |
Pharmacy & Pharmacology | 201-250 | 251-300 | 201-250 | 101-150 | 101-150 |
Statistics & Operational Research | 101-150 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 101-150 |
QS Sustainability Rankings
UTS ranked 43rd in the world and 8th in Australia in the QS Sustainability Rankings 2024.
QS Sustainability Rankings | 2023 | 2024 |
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Overall | =69 | 43 |
Environmental Impact | 60 | =77 |
Environmental Education | 111 | =174 |
Environmental Research | =123 | =127 |
Environmental Sustainability | =63 | =71 |
Social Impact | 107 | =29 |
Employability & Outcomes | 78 | 89 |
Equality | 64 | 13 |
Health & Wellbeing | =63 | =36 |
Impact of Education | =127 | =95 |
Knowledge Exchange | 346 | =91 |
Governance | NA | 13 |
QS Graduate Employability Rankings
UTS ranked 62nd in the world and 5th in Australia in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022. The university's highest indicator was for 'Employer Reputation'.
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
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International Ranking | 69 | 64 | 69 | NA* | 62 |
Australian Ranking | 5 | 6 | 7 | NA* | 5 |
*QS did not release a ranking this year.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
UTS is ranked 148 by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which judges world-class universities across all of their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. UTS is 9th in Australia in the THE World University Rankings top 1000.
UTS ranked 1st in Australia and 11th globally in the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024, a comprehensive system the agency designed for universities under 50 years old with indicators linked to industry innovation as well as academic excellence.
UTS ranked 13th in the world and 5th in Australia in the 2024 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which assesses universities against the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
THE WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
International Ranking | 201-250 | 196 | 194 | 160 | 143 | 133 | 148 |
Australian Ranking | 9-12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
THE YOUNG UNIVERSITY Rankings (2018-2024) | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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International Ranking | 16 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
Australian Ranking | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
THE Impact Overall Ranking | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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International Ranking | 15 | =14 | =13 |
Australian Ranking | 2 | 4 | 5 |
THE Impact Individual SDG Rankings | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals | 21 | =11 | 1 |
SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation | 2 | 21 | 5 |
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production | 3 | 18 | 12 |
SDG 13: Climate Action | NA | =26 | 15 |
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth | 101–200 | =27 | 19 |
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | NA | 24 | 37 |
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities | 97 | 31 | 48 |
SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 14 | =58 | 52 |
SDG 5: Gender Equality | NA | NA | 100-200 |
SDG 2: Zero Hunger | NA | 101-200 | NA |
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | NA | 101-200 | NA |
SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions | NA | 101-200 | NA |
THE Subject Rankings (Broad Subjects) | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Computer Science | 79 | 83 | 70 | 69 | 78 |
Education | =77 | 101-125 | 90 | 91 | =83 |
Engineering & Technology | 101-125 | 101-125 | 101-125 | 101-125 | 101-125 |
Law | 60 | =72 | 81 | =95 | 101-125 |
Business & Economics | 101-125 | 101-125 | 101-125 | 126-150 | 126-150 |
Clinical, Pre-Clinical & Health | 251-300 | 201-250 | 176-200 | 151-175 | 151-175 |
Physical Sciences | 176-200 | 151-175 | 151-175 | 126-150 | 151-175 |
Social Sciences | 201-250 | 201-250 | 201-250 | 201-250 | 151-175 |
Life Sciences | 201-250 | 201-250 | 176-200 | 151-175 | 176-200 |
Arts & Humanities | 201-250 | 176-200 | 176-200 | 201-250 | 201-250 |
Psychology | - | - | - | - | 201-250 |
Shanghai Ranking
UTS has ranked in the top 300 world universities in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) conducted by the Shanghai Rankings organisation. The published rankings for UTS are shown in the table below.
Academic Ranking of World Universities | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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International Ranking | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 | 201-300 |
Australian Ranking | 9-15 | 9-17 | 9-18 | 9-15 | 9-15 |
Global Ranking of Academic Subjects | |||||
Telecommunication Engineering | 19 | 16 | 13 | 11 | |
Water Resources | 51-75 | 36 | 29 | 16 | |
Computer Science and Engineering | 13 | 11 | 17 | 17 | |
Nursing | 9 | 11 | 8 | 18 | |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 76-100 | 76-100 | 76-100 | 27 | |
Instruments Science and Technology | 51-75 | 39 | 34 | 33 | |
Biotechnology | 51-75 | 51-75 | 51-75 | 43 | |
Civil Engineering | 101-150 | 101-150 | 51-75 | 46 | |
Transportation Science and Technology | 51-75 | 44 | 51-75 | 48 | |
Business Administration | 201-300 | 151-200 | 101-150 | 51-75 | |
Energy Science and Engineering | 51-75 | 51-75 | 51-75 | 51-75 | |
Management | 151-200 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 51-75 | |
Mechanical Engineering | 151-200 | 151-200 | 101-150 | 51-75 | |
Remote Sensing | 51-75 | 51-75 | 51-75 | 51-75 | |
Automation & Control | 76-100 | 76-100 | 76-100 | 76-100 | |
Economics | 101-150 | 101-150 | 101-150 | 76-100 | |
Finance | 101-150 | 76-100 | 76-100 | 76-100 | |
Statistics | 51-75 | 51-75 | 51-75 | 76-100 |
QS Stars
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UTS has been awarded a significant five+ stars result for excellence in all eight categories of higher education by QS™ for 2021–2024.
- Teaching: 5 Stars
- Employability: 5 Stars
- Internationalisation: 5 Stars
- Research: 5 Stars
- Facilities: 5 Stars
- Subject Ranking: 5 stars (Sports-related Subjects)
- Innovation: 5 Stars
- Inclusiveness: 5 Stars
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UTS Business School has been awarded a significant five stars result for excellence in six out of nine categories of higher education by the QS Initiative — QS Stars Business Schools — a rating system for university business schools.
- Teaching & Student Quality: 5 Stars
- Research: 4 Stars
- Internationalisation & Diversity: 5 Stars
- Employability of our graduates: 5 Stars
- Innovation & Entrepreneurship: 5 Stars
- Facilities: 5 Stars
- Rankings & Public Evaluations: 5 Stars
ERA - Excellence in Research for Australia
The Australian Government benchmarked 100 per cent of UTS research in the broad Fields of Research (FOR) at world standard or above in the 2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) evaluation. The results demonstrate an increase in the quality of research at UTS, with more than 70 per cent of our research classified as ‘above world standard’ (ERA ranking 4) or ‘well above world standard’ (ERA ranking 5).
UTS has also increased the number of areas classified as ‘well above world standard’ (the highest assessment), including the following: physical sciences, environmental sciences, agricultural and veterinary sciences, artificial intelligence and image processing, econometrics, macromolecular and materials chemistry, physical chemistry, genetics, biomedical engineering, human movement and sports science, and nursing.
This is the fourth round of ERA, which the Australian Research Council administers to provide an assessment of research excellence within the Australian university sector. The data informs the government’s strategic research investment decision-making process.
The ERA 2018 National Report is available via the ARC website. For more information about UTS’s world-class research, visit the UTS Research website.
EIA - Engagement and Impact Assessment
In the inaugural Engagement and Impact Assessment (EIA), the Australian Government rated almost 80% of UTS’s assessed research areas as having a “high” impact beyond academia, the highest proportion in the country.
In this assessment, research impact was considered in terms of non-academic contributions of research, such as those to the economy, the environment, culture, or society.
Areas in which UTS rated “high” in all three areas (Engagement, Impact, and Approach to Impact) were Biological Sciences, Engineering, Medical and Health Sciences, Built Environment and Design, and Law and Legal Studies.
The EIA 2018 National Report is available via the ARC website. To read more, visit the UTS new release here.