The University of Newcastle has continued its steady growth as a world-renowned educative institution, with new rankings released showing improvements across every broad subject area.
The 2022 QS World Rankings by Subject assessed more than 1,500 institutions across the globe for their research quality, academic reputation and international research network in five broad subject areas.
University of Newcastle Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alex Zelinsky AO, revealed the institution improved across all five broad subject areas, including Arts and Humanities, Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences and Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences and Management.
Professor Zelinsky explained the results reflected the University’s dedication to improvement across all disciplines.
“Arts and Humanities jumped 49 places to 253, Engineering and Technology 46 places higher to rank in the top 200 for the first time, and Social Sciences and Management moved an impressive 52 places to rank 251 in the world,” Professor Zelinsky said.
“To improve so significantly across the board is a real testament to our talented and dedicated staff who have excelled through an incredibly challenging two years.”
Data also revealed the University ranked in the top 200 universities for Engineering and Technology and Life Science and Medicine.
The Natural Sciences broad subject area moved from the 401 to 450 band to rank 348.
The scale evaluates universities according to six different metrics, including their academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio and other metrics such as citations per faculty, international faculty ratio and international student ratio.
Professor Zelinsky said the results painted a positive picture when investigating disciplines within the broad subject areas.
“The University’s research and teaching in the discipline of Minerals and Mining remain among the best in the world, ranked 29,” Professor Zelinsky said.
He said it included the University’s Civil Engineering courses, where the undergraduate course was highly ranked for educational experience in the national Student Experience Survey in 2019 and 2020.
“Nursing also maintained its position as a leader at our University, ranking 35th in the world … and in Law, an area that the University has focused on as an area of growth,” he said.
“We were pleased to rank in the top 300 in the world.”
The QS World Rankings by Subject ranked 1543 institutions across 51 subjects in five broad subject areas.
This year, Australia’s top-ranked University was the Australian National University in Canberra, ranking 27th globally.
In global university rankings, the University of Newcastle retained its place at 197.
“The University of Newcastle is committed to being a world leader in education and research and to see our university rank so highly among world leaders reaffirms our position as a leading institution for the region,” Zelinsky said.
“Students who attend our university can feel confident they are receiving a world-class education from experts in their fields.”
Maia O’Connor