Our world university rankings

At Monash, we take our reputation seriously. Monash has achieved an enviable national and international reputation for research and teaching excellence in a short 50 years. Monash is ranked in the top one per cent of world universities. And, in line with our vision and strategy for the future, Monash will continue to drive for improvement.

But while rankings are important, we care as much about your individual experience as we do about our position on the global scale. Monash gives you opportunities that don't affect our rankings, but will enrich your life as a Monash student.

Monash is ranked:

  • in the top one per cent of world universities – 80th in the world – according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2017–2018)
  • in the top 100 world universities, with an estimated rank of 79th according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2016.
  • 21st in the World's Most International Universities in 2017 as released by Times Higher Education.

Leaders from the world's most successful companies consistently rate Monash as a preferred university from which to hire graduates. Global Employability Rankings, 2011–2015, New York Times

Ranked 56th in the world from which to hire graduates (Global Employability University Rankings, 2015)

The Good Universities Guide 2016 awarded Monash five stars for:

  • staff qualifications
  • student retention
  • research grants.

Top one per cent of business employability education providers. Monash is the only Group of Eight university with triple crown international business accreditation within the Faculty of Business and Economics:

  • AACSB
  • EQUIS
  • AMBA.

Discipline rankings

Monash is ranked:

  • the best university in Australia for engineering and technology (Times Higher Education, 2016-2017)
  • the best university in Australia for chemistry (Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2015)
  • 2nd in the world for pharmacy and pharmacology (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 14th in the world for education (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 18th in the world for nursing (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 22nd in the world for performing arts (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 23rd in the world for accounting and finance (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 24th in the world for chemical engineering (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 24th in the world for anatomy (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 26th in the world for law (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 29th in the world for business (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 29th in the world for medicine (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 36th in the world for chemistry (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 37th in the world for statistics (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 38th in the world for psychology (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 41st in the world for clinical, pre-clinical medicine and health (Times Higher Education, 2016-2017)
  • equal 48th in the world for materials science (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • equal 48th in the world for social policy (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 49th in the world for earth sciences (QS Subject rankings 2018)
  • 63rd in the world for business and economics (Times Higher Education, 2016-2017)

Monash is a member of the Group of Eight, an alliance of leading Australian universities recognised for their excellence in teaching and research. Group of Eight universities produce graduates who find full-time employment sooner,begin on higher salaries, and are more likely to move onto postgraduate  studies  than  graduates from other Australian universities.