The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is ranked as one of the top institutions for research among the leading universities worldwide.
Among our academic staff (current and retired) we are proud to have many Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
2020 CWTS Leiden Ranking
- 1st in Oceania for number of Top 10 publications in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- 2nd in Australia for the numbers of research publications in the Humanities and Social Sciences
- 15th in the world for the number of research publications in the Humanities and Social Sciences
The data set also places our disciplines 37th in the world in relation to the number of publications belonging to the top 10% in their field.
2021 QS World University Rankings by Subject
- 30th in the world - Education
- Top 100 in the world - Development Studies
- Top 100 in the world - Communication and Media Studies
- Top 100 in the world - History
- Top 100 in the world - Politics
- 79th in the world - Linguistics
- Top 100 in the world - Anthropology
- 50th in the world - English Language & Literature
- 46th in the world - Sociology
- 63rd in the world - Social Sciences and Management
The QS World University Rankings for 2021 measure a university’s performance across a number of indicators including academic reputation, teaching quality and research output.
2020 ARWU Subject rankings
- Sociology placed 59th in the world.
- Political Science placed 87th in the world.
- Education placed 66th 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.
2018 Excellence in Research Australia (ERA)
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.
2021 Times Higher Education Subject Rankings
- Ranked 87th in Arts & Humanities
- Ranked 42nd in Education and placed 4th in Australia.
- Ranked 62nd in Social Sciences and placed 3rd in Australia.
These subject rankings are brought together by scores across five categories: citations, industry income, international outlook, research and teaching.