International Ranking

The University of Adelaide is ranked in the top 1% of universities in the world. This is based on the Times Higher Education Supplement, QS and Shanghai Jiao Tong Rankings.

Times Higher Education Supplement

The University of Adelaide has been ranked within the top 176 Universities in the world in The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-13.

These rankings have been developed in concert with rankings data provider Thomson Reuters, with input from more than 50 leading figures in the sector from 15 countries across every continent.

The rankings of the top universities across the globe employ 13 separate performance indicators. These 13 elements are brought together into five headline categories, which are:

• Teaching - the learning environment (worth 30 per cent of the overall ranking score)
• Research - volume, income and reputation (worth 30 per cent)
• Citations - research influence (worth 30 per cent)
• Industry income - innovation (worth 2.5 per cent)
• International mix - staff, students and reasearch (worth 7.5 per cent).

Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

In 2012 the University of Adelaide was ranked within the Top 201 - 300 universities in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. 

The ARWU is based on:

Criteria	Indicator
Quality of Education	Alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals
Quality of Faculty	Staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals
	Highly cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories
Research Output	Papers published in Nature and Science
	Papers indexed in Science Citation Index-expanded and Social Science Citation Index
Per Capita Performance	Per capita academic performance of an institution

QS World University Rankings

The University of Adeaide ranked 102 in the 2012 results.

The QS World University Rankings are based on data covering four key areas of concern for students: research, employability, teaching adn internationalisation, utilising six indicators:

• Academic reputation (40%)
• Employer reputation (10%)
• Faculty/student ratio (20%)
• Citations per faculty (20%)
• International faculty ratio (5%) and international student ratio (5%)