HASS Research Ranking Highlights

• Sociology placed 51-75 in the world
• Political Science placed 76-100 in the world
• Education placed 51-75 in the world.

The ARWU is published by the independent higher education consultancy. The rankings consider the number of highly cited researchers and articles published in high-ranking journals, as well as alumni and staff awards.

Research Environment

• Ranked 44 in Education and placed 4th in Australia.
• Ranked 86 in Social Sciences and placed 5th in Australia.

Research Quality

• Ranked 60 in Social Sciences and placed 2nd in Australia.

The Times Higher Education subject rankings 2024 include 1,906 universities across 108 countries and regions. These rankings measure an institution’s performance across five areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook.

• 4th in Oceania for number of Top 10 publications in the Social Sciences and Humanities
• 17th in the world for the number of research publications in the Social Sciences and Social Sciences
• 33rd in the world in relation to the number of Top 10 publications in the Social Sciences and Humanities

The Leiden Ranking is based on bibliographic data on scientific publications, in particular on articles published in scientific journals. More information here. 

• 40th in the world - Education & Training
• 44th in the world - Sociology
• 50th in the world - Archaeology
• 73rd in the world - Modern Languages
• 77th in the world - English Language and Literature
• 83rd in the world - Linguistics
• Top 100 in the world - Anthropology
• Top 100 in the world - Classics & Ancient History
• Top 100 in the world - Communication & Media
• Top 100 in the world - History
• Top 100 in the world - Philosophy
• Top 100 in the world - Politics
• Top 100 in the world - Social Policy and Administration

The QS Top University Rankings for 2024 measure a university’s performance across a number of indicators including academic reputation, teaching quality and research output.

Specialised fields of research rated at the highest level (5):

• Studies in Human Society
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Literary Studies
• History and Philosophy of Specific Fields.

Excellence in Research (ERA) is Australia’s national research evaluation framework. It identifies excellence across Australia’s higher education institutions and compares Australia's university research effort against international benchmarks.