24 October 2008

The UNSW Faculty of Engineering has been ranked the number one Engineering school in Australia and 27th in the world in the latest Times Higher Education rankings.

UNSW Engineering was ranked 27th in the Technology sector of the prestigious international rankings this year, improving on its placing of 28th in 2007. The Technology category covers Engineering and IT disciplines.

Dean of Engineering, Professor Graham Davies, said the ranking was a tribute to the high standards of the Faculty.

“It’s great news that UNSW Engineering is confirmed as number one in Australia,” Professor Davies said.

“It reflects the excellence of our research and teaching and confirms that UNSW is the place to study engineering.”

Across all disciplines UNSW remains one of the top 50 universities in the world. While slipping slightly, from 44th position in 2007 to 45th this year, UNSW moved up one place, from 6th to 5th, among the GO8 universities.

The world ranking for Social Sciences at UNSW was 28, for Arts and Humanities 51, for Life Sciences and Biomedicine 50 and for Natural Sciences 39.

Another category, based on employer satisfaction with the quality of graduates, gave UNSW a world ranking of 17th, the second highest for an Australian university after Melbourne.

UNSW Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer said: “It’s great to see us maintaining our position in the top 50. The results for engineering and social sciences are particularly good and the employer ranking is outstanding”.

The rankings, produced by careers and education group QS and featuring 33 countries, were based on a survey of 6,354 academics and the views of 2,339 employers.