Statement attributable to Professor The Honourable Bill Shorten, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra:
The University of Canberra (UC) has achieved a pleasing improvement in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, moving 17 places to 477th globally (of 8,808 institutions) and rank 27 of the 37 evaluated Australian universities.
This improvement can be attributed to UC researchers who are leading some notable research locally and dedicating themselves to educating the next generation of leaders.
Significant improvements were noted in the International Faculty category, where UC moved up 114 places to be ranked 160th globally, Citations per Faculty was up 19 places to rank 351st globally, and we noted some pleasing improvement in the International Research Network category.
These rankings are based on 2024 data, prior to the University’s significant restructure. While these results are encouraging, I believe that UC is on a trajectory that will see further improvement in global rankings moving forward.
Rankings are one of the many metrics that the University of Canberra uses to build a holistic picture of our performance, but they don’t form our only benchmark.
The two most important metrics we rate are student experience, and how quickly our graduates get a job after they leave UC – and we do really well on both.
Other measures include our contributions to industry through partnerships, graduates joining the workforce and research, the impact and value of our research, the quality of our services to meet students’ needs, and contributions to our community.