Australian University Rankings 2012

2012 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Rankings

University 2012 Rank 2010 Rank Proportion of Excellence Strength Weakness Breadth Melbourne 1 2 85.45% 18.8 0 22 Sydney 2 5 84.54% 18.6 0 22 ANU 3 1 80% 15.2 0 19 UQ 3 3 80% 17.6 0 22 UNSW 4 4 75.24% 15.8 0 21 Monash 5 6 68% 13.6 0 20 UWA 6 7 47.62% 10 0 21 Adelaide 7 8 46.36% 10.2 2.4 22 Macquarie 8 10 35% 7 1.6 20 Wollongong 9 11 32.22% 5.8 2.4 18 SCU 10 25 31.11% 2.8 4.2 9 Tasmania 11 13 26.67% 5.6 5.6 21 QUT 12 9 26.32% 5 0.8 19 UTS 13 20 25.56% 4.6 0 18 Newcastle 13 16 25.56% 4.6 3.4 18 UniSA 14 19 22.67% 3.4 1.6 15 Swinburne 15 18 21.67% 2.6 3.6 12 Griffith 16 12 20% 4 2.4 20 RMIT 16 21 20% 3.2 2.4 16 Deakin 17 17 18.95% 3.6 4 19 JCU 18 14 17.89% 3.4 6.6 19 UWS 19 23 16% 3.2 5 20 La Trobe 20 15 15.56% 2.8 2.4 18 CQU 21 28 15.38% 2 8.6 13 CDU 22 24 14.55% 1.6 4.2 11 Murdoch 23 18 14.44% 2.6 4.8 18 Bond 24 28 8.89% 0.8 6 9 USC 24 28 8.89% 0.8 6.4 9 CSU 25 28 5.33% 0.8 9.4 15 Curtin 26 22 5% 1 4.8 20 UNE 27 27 4.71% 0.8 4.6 17 Flinders 28 28 3.81% 0.8 6 21 USQ 29 25 0% 0 10.2 15 Victoria 29 28 0% 0 6.8 13 Canberra 29 26 0% 0 7 13 ECU 29 28 0% 0 8.8 13 Ballarat 29 28 0% 0 8.4 11 ACU 29 28 0% 0 4.8 9 Notre Dame 29 28 0% 0 2.8 3

Proportion of excellence.This is a percentage figure representing the number of four and five scores divided by the number of fields which show research activity. Five scores are given a weighting.

Strength.The total number of four and five scores. A score of four represents "above world standard" and a score of five represents "well above world standard".

Weakness.The total number of one and two scores. A score of two represents "below world standard" and a score of one represents "well below world standard".

Breadth.This is the total number of fields which show research activity up to a maximum of 22.