Reputation and rankings

Reputation and rankings

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RMIT has a global reputation for excellence in professional and vocational education, applied research, and engagement with the needs of industry and communities world-wide. There are at least 15 global ranking schemas, of which (QS, ARWU and THE) are considered the most influential.

RMIT standing in the major ranking schemas

QS

  • =190th globally (and 11th in Australia) in QS World University Rankings 2023. Rankings published for 1,422 institutions.
  • 74th globally in QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022. RMIT ranks 1st in Australia, 18th in Asia Pacific and 43rd globally on the Graduate Employment Rate. RMIT also ranks 61st globally and 13th in Asia Pacific on Partnership with Employers. A ranking of which are the best universities at engaging with employers.

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

  • 351st globally in the 2021 Academic Ranking of World Universities. RMIT has moved up at least 150 places from outside the top 500 in 2015. RMIT is ranked in the 301-400 band. ARWU publishes rankings for 1,000 institutions.

Times Higher Education (THE)

  • 22nd globally in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. RMIT ranks 3rd globally in reducing inequalities, 5th globally in supporting decent work and economic growth. This ranking focuses on measuring universities’ social, environmental and economic impact and progress towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2022, 1,406 universities were included in the ranking.
  • 301-350 (band) in the 2022 edition of Times Higher Education World University Rankings. RMIT ranks 59th globally on international outlook. THE publishes rankings for 1,622 universities.
  • 55th globally in the Young University Rankings. A ranking of the world’s best universities that are aged 49 years or under.

Best Global Universities

  • 244th globally in Best Global Universities 2022. A ranking of the world’s top 1,750 universities, published by U.S. News & World Report. RMIT ranks 219th globally on the global research reputation dimension. This is a ranking which heavily relies on bibliometrics and a reputation survey.

CWTS Leiden Rankings

  • 129th globally on the mean normalized citation score, up from 315th in 2018.
  • 66th globally on proportion of publications in top 1% cited journals, up from 301st in 2018.
  • CWTS Leiden ranks which are deemed to be the most research-intensive universities in the world. Ranks 1,318 institutions in 2022 and derives a set of impact and collaboration measures but it does not produce an overall rank.

Nature Index

  • 400th globally in 2021. Nature Index and 13th in Australia. RMIT is 25 places up from 2020. The Nature Index is a specialised ranking, produced by Nature Research, ranks the world’s top leading universities in the sciences.

NTU Ranking

  •  402nd  globally (and 20th in Australia) in 2021. This ranking is published by the National University of Taiwan (NTU) and is designed to evaluate and compare research universities’ achievements in scientific research by using objective indicators. The NTU Ranking covers the world’s top 800 universities.

Round University Ranking (RUR)

  • 326th globally in 2021, up 26 places from 352nd in 2020. This ranking is published by RUR Rankings Agency and ranks the world’s 869 leading universities based on bibliometric and reputational data.

Webometrics

  • 225th globally in 2022, up 20 places from 245th in the 2021 Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics). The aim of this ranking is to promote academic web presence and support open access initiatives. It ranks over 28,000 universities globally.

Ranking by schema

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World Ranking =206th (Top 250)
Ranking in Australia 14th
Employer reputation 122nd globally, 8th in Australia
International faculty 34th globally, 6th in Australia
International students 83rd globally, 15th in Australia
Art and Design
 15th globally (Top 20) and 1st in Australia
Architecture / Built Environment 31st globally (Top 50) and 3rd in Australia
Communication & Media Studies
 =40th globally (Top 50) and 4th in Australia
Library and Information Management =49th globally (Top 50) and 3rd in Australia
Development Studies 51-100 globally and =4th in Australia
Engineering - Civil & Structural 51-100 globally and =6th in Australia
Geography 51-100 globally and =4th in Australia
Materials Science =87 globally and 7th in Australia
Accounting & Finance =98 globally and 9th in Australia
Agriculture & Forestry 100 globally and 7th in Australia
QS Graduate Employability Rankings (2022) 74th globally, 7th in Australia
Graduate employment rate 43rd globally, 18th in Asia Pacific, 1st in Australia

Partnership with employers

 61st globally, 13th in Asia Pacific, 4th in Australia
Employer reputation (Employability) 100th globally, 33rd in Asia Pacific, 8th in Australia
World ranking 301-350

International outlook

 59th globally, 8th in Australia
THE Impact Ranking (globally) 3rd globally, 2nd in Australia

Reduced Inequalities (SDG 10)

 2nd globally, 2nd in Australia
Decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) 5th globally, 3rd in Australia  
Sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11) =13th globally, 3rd in Australia
Partnership for the goals (SDG 17) 3rd globally, 2nd in Australia
Clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) 23rd globally, 7th in Australia
Industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9) 40th globally, 2nd in Australia  

Responsible consumption and production (SDG 12)

 84th globally, 6th in Australia

Climate action (SDG 13)

 90th globally, 8th in Australia
World ranking 301- 400 (est. 351) globally (21st in Australia)
Publications 306th globally (16th in Australia)
Highly cited researchers 370th globally (18th in Australia)
Nature and Science 363rd globally (18th in Australia)
Per capita performance 246th globally (22nd in Australia)
World ranking (Impact)  
Mean normalised citation score 129th globally (7th in Australia)
Top 1% publications 66th globally (5th in Australia)
Top 10% publications
 94th globally (5th in Australia)
Total citations 300th globally (15th in Australia)
World ranking (Collaboration)  
Collaborative publications 352nd globally (17th in Australia)
International collaborations 285th globally (17th in Australia)
Long distance collaborations 41st globally (17th in Australia)
Industry collaborations 417th globally (11th in Australia)
World ranking 400th globally (13th in Australia)
World ranking 402nd
Subject rankings – global standing  
Civil Engineering 53rd
Mechanical Engineering 54th
Economics & Business 99th
Electrical Engineering 102nd
Materials Science 115th
Computer Science 118th
Chemical Engineering 186th
Energy Science & Engineering 188th
Environmental Science & Engineering 200th
World ranking 326th globally (16th in Australia)

Ranking by study area

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Architecture / Built Environment

  • 31st globally (Top 50) and 3rd in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2021

Art and Design

  • 15th globally (Top 20) and 1st in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022

Art and Humanities

  • 99th globally and 7th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 176–200 globally for THE World University Rankings 2022 by Subject
  • 193rd globally for 2022 Best Global World University Rankings

Fashion and Textiles

  • RMIT School of Fashion & Textiles is Ranked in the Top 11 of the Business of Fashion’s (BoF’s) ‘Best Fashion Schools in the World’ Survey, and Number 1 in Australia

Engineering and Technology

  • =116th globally and 9th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 176-200 globally for Times Higher Education Rankings by Subject 2022

Computer Science & Information Systems

  • 151-200 globally (Top 200) and =10th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 104th globally (Top 150) for Best Global World University Rankings 2022
  • 101-150th globally (Top 150) for ShanghaiRankings 2022
  • 118th globally (Top 150) for 2021 NTU World University Rankings

Engineering - Chemical

  • 151-200th globally (Top 200) and 8th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 174th globally for Best Global World University Rankings 2022
  • 201-300th globally for ShanghaiRankings 2022
  • 186th globally for NTU World University Rankings 2021

Engineering - Civil & Structural

  • 51-100th globally (Top 100) and 6th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 43rd globally (Top 50) for Best Global World University Rankings 2022
  • 47th globally (Top 50) and 5th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022
  • 53rd globally (Top 100) for NTU World University Rankings 2021

Engineering - Electrical & Electronic

  • =150th globally (Top 150) and 10th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 78th globally (Top 100) for Best Global World University Rankings 2022
  • 101-150th globally (Top 100) and 7th in Australia for 2022 ShanghaiRankings
  • 102nd globally (Top 150) for NTU World University Rankings 2021

Engineering - Mechanical, Aerospace & Manufacturing

  • 140th globally (Top 150) and 7th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022

Engineering – Mechanical

  • 56th globally (Top 100) for Best Global World University Rankings 2022
  • 54th globally (Top 100) for NTU World University Rankings 2021
  • 101-150th globally (Top 150) and 8th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Materials Science & Engineering

  • 101-150th globally (Top 150) and 9th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Automation & Control

  • 51-75th globally (Top 100) and 7th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Instruments Science & Technology

  • 51-75th globally (Top 100) and 4th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Energy Science & Engineering

  • 201-300th globally (Top 300) and 12th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Transportation Science & Technology

  • 151-200th globally (Top 200) and 11th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

  • 151-200th globally (Top 200) and 10th in Australia for 2022 ShanghaiRankings

Food Science & Technology

  • 76-100th globally (Top 100) and 3rd in Australia for 2022 ShanghaiRankings

Aerospace Engineering

  • 46th globally (Top 50) and 2nd in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Metallurgical Engineering

  • 51-75th globally (Top 100) and 5th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Telecommunication Engineering

  • 201-300th globally (Top 300) and 9th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Agriculture & Forestry

  • Top 100 globally and 7th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022

Biomedical and Health Sciences

  • 185th globally and 10th in Australia for 2022 Leiden Ranking on mean normalized citations.

Life and Earth Sciences

  • 168th globally and 9th in Australia for 2022 Leiden Ranking on proportion of publications in top 1% most cited.

Chemistry

  • 251-300th globally and 13th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 301-400th globally and 14th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022
  • 271st globally for Best Global World University Rankings 2022

Environmental Sciences

  • 101-150th globally and 9th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022

Geography

  • 51-100 (Top 100) globally and =4th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 151-200th globally and 14th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Mathematics

  • 301-350th globally and 15th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022

Materials Science

  • 87th globally (Top 100) and 7th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 97th globally for Best Global World University Rankings 2022

Physics and Astronomy

  • 87th globally (Top 100) and 7th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 97th globally for Best Global World University Rankings 2022

Accounting & Finance

  • Top 100 globally and 9th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022

Business & Management Studies

  • 151-200th globally (Top 200) and 8th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022

Executive Masters of Business Administration

  • 69th globally and 9th in Asia Pacific for QS Executive Master of Business Administration

Communication & Media Studies

  • =40th globally (Top 50) and 4th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 76-100th globally (Top 100) and =8th in Australia for 2022 ShanghaiRankings

Development Studies

  • 51-100th globally (Top 100) and =4th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022

Economics & Econometrics

  • 201-250th globally and 13th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 126th globally (Top 150) for 2022 Best Global World University Rankings
  • 99th globally (Top 100) for 2021 NTU World University Rankings

Education

  • 151-200th globally (Top 200) and 15th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
  • 176-200 gobally (Top 200) in Times Higher Education Rankings by Subject 2022

Finance

  • 101-150th globally (Top 150) and 9th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Library Management

  • =49th globally (Top 50) and 3rdd in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022

Business Administration

  • 151-200 globally and 8th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Hospitality and Tourism Management

  • 76-100 globally (Top 100) and =11th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Management

  • 101-150 globally (Top 150) and 8th in Australia for ShanghaiRankings 2022

Sociology

  • 201-250th globally and 15th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022

Statistics & Operational Research

  • 201-250th globally and 11th in Australia for QS Rankings by Subject 2022
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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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