Best Australian and New Zealand Universities in Academic Reputation and Research Performance

There are 21 Australian and 6 New Zealand universities amongst the top 400 world universities in the THE (Times Higher Education) World Universities Rankings 2011-2012 (source).

* indicates a university not in the ARWU list (below).

TOP OCEANIA UNIVERSITIES 2011-2012

WORLD RANK	INSTITUTION	COUNTRY / REGION	OVERALL SCORE
37	University of Melbourne	Australia	71.9
38	Australian National University	Australia	71.2
58	University of Sydney	Australia	62.4
74	University of Queensland Australia	Australia	58.6
117	Monash University	Australia	51.1
173	University of Auckland	New Zealand	44.6
173	University of New South Wales	Australia	44.6
189	University of Western Australia	Australia	42.9
201-225	University of Adelaide	Australia	Data withheld by THE
201-225	University of Otago	New Zealand	Data withheld by THE
226-250	Macquarie University	Australia	Data withheld by THE
251-275	Victoria University of Wellington	New Zealand	Data withheld by THE
251-275	University of Wollongong	Australia	Data withheld by THE
276-300	University of Newcastle	Australia	Data withheld by THE
276-300	Queensland University of Technology  *	Australia	Data withheld by THE
301-350	University of Canterbury	New Zealand	Data withheld by THE
301-350	Charles Darwin University *	Australia	Data withheld by THE
301-350	University of Tasmania	Australia	Data withheld by THE
301-350	University of Waikato *	New Zealand	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Curtin University	Australia	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Deakin University *	Australia	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Flinders University	Australia	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Griffith University	Australia	Data withheld by THE
351-400	La Trobe University	Australia	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Massey University	New Zealand	Data withheld by THE
351-400	University of South Australia *	Australia	Data withheld by THE
351-400	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia	Data withheld by THE

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2012 (here) focuses exclusively on the universities' research strength, and publishes the top 500 universities by research strength in the world. Amongst these 500, 19 are in Australia, and 5 are in New Zealand.

* indicates a university not in the THE list (above).


Australia

Country Rank	Institution	World Rank
1	University of Melbourne	57
2	The Australian National University	64
3	The University of Queensland	90
4	University of Sydney	93
5	The University of Western Australia	96
6-7	Monash University	101-150
6-7	University of New South Wales	101-150
8-9	Macquarie University	201-300
8-9	The University of Adelaide	201-300
10-16	Flinders University	301-400
10-16	Griffith University	301-400
10-16	James Cook University *	301-400
10-16	Swinburne University of Technology	301-400
10-16	University of Newcastle	301-400
10-16	University of Tasmania	301-400
10-16	University of Wollongong	301-400
17-19	Curtin University of Technology	401-500
17-19	La Trobe University	401-500
17-19	University of Technology, Sydney *	401-500
* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

New Zealand 

Country Rank	Institution	World Rank
1	The University of Auckland	151-200
2	University of Otago	201-300
3-5	Massey University	401-500
3-5	University of Canterbury	401-500
3-5	Victoria University of Wellington	401-500
* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Related:

* Best American and Canadian Universities in Academic Reputation and Research Performance (here)

* Best British and Irish Universities in Academic Reputation and Research Performance (here)