Thirteen Australian universities have earned a place in the global top 200, according to the 2021 Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities released last week.
For the second consecutive year Australia has 13 universities in the top 200, making it third in the world for the number of universities in the global 200.
The ARTU ranks educational institutions by the total score, which is calculated by their “aggregate position in the three most influential global rankings – the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Times Higher Education (THE) and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).”
Here are the top Australian universities according to the ARTU:
| University | Australian Ranking | World Ranking |
| University of Melbourne | 1 | 28 |
| University of Queensland | 2 | 42 |
| ANU Canberra | 3 | 44 |
| University of Sydney | 4 | 47 |
| UNSW Sydney | 5 | 50 |
| Monash University | 6 | 57 |
| University of WA | 7 | 90 |
| University of Adelaide | 8 | 102 |
| UTS Sydney | 9 | 146 |
| Macquarie University | 10 | 179 |
| University of Wollongong | 11 | 190 |
| Curtin University | 12 | 192 |
| Queensland University of Technology | 13 | 198 |
| Deakin University | 14 | 222 |
| University of New Castle | 15 | 232 |
| Griffith University | 16 | 234 |
| Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) | 17 | 240 |
| La Trobe University | 18 | 242 |
| Swinburne University of Technology | 19 | 255 |
| University of Tasmania | 20 | 256 |
| James Cook University | 21 | 262 |
| University of Western Sydney | 22 | 298 |
| Flinders University | 23 | 302 |
| University of South Australia | 24 | 312 |
| University of Canberra | 25 | 356 |
