University’s reputation top-ranked

For the first time South Australia has a university ranked in the top universities globally for its reputation among global academia.

The University which ranks 88 in the world overall, has been placed at number 157 in the Times Higher Education (THE) Reputation Rankings 2022 along with six other Australian universities.

“The latest rankings show the University of Adelaide’s growing prestige in the academic community for the world-class work that it is undertaking,” said Professor Peter Høj AC, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Adelaide.

“The University’s academic reputation is because of our highly talented people at the University who endeavour to solve some of society’s most pressing challenges and educate future generations to lead positive change

“Our staff have an impact not just locally but also nationally and globally by continually punching above its weight.”

Senior, published academics were asked by the THE to name no more than 15 universities out of more than 10,000 world-wide which they believe are the best for research and teaching in their field. Only the top 200 universities in the world are included in the ranking.

“The University’s academic reputation is because of our highly talented people at the University who endeavour to solve some of society’s most pressing challenges and educate future generations to lead positive change."Professor Peter Høj AC, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Adelaide.

The University’s research strength was recently underlined when 14 researchers were named for their outstanding work in the Clarivate annual global list of only 6938 Highly Cited Researchers (HCR).

The University of Adelaide was ranked 88 in the THE University Rankings for 2023 and ranked 74 in the 2022-2023 US News Best Global Universities. In the THE subject rankings five subjects are listed in the top 50 globally, and a total of 16 are ranked in the top 100.
 

Current global rankings for the University of Adelaide:

• Times Higher Education World University Rankings: 88
• UNSW Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities: 102
• QS World University Rankings: 109
• Academic Ranking of World Universities: 132
• US News Best Global Universities: 74