The THE Times Higher Education World Universities Rankings system developed out of a relationship with the operators of the QS ranking system and was conceived as being much more comprehensive than the QS system. It was through this that THE hoped to overcome some perceived limitations of the QS system.

NOTE: The Times Rankings results year has jumped from 2016 to Times Rankings 2018 because Times has brought forward the year it applies to its ranking table so there are no results for what would have been Times Rankings 2017.

THE Times Higher Education Australian Universities World Rankings

Aus Rank	University	World Rank 2019	(World Rank 2018)	(World Rank 2016)
1	University of Melbourne	32	32	=33
2	Australian National University	49	48	47
3	University of Sydney	59	61	=60
4	University of Queensland	69	65	=60
5	Monash University	84	80	74
6	University of New South Wales	96	85	=78
7	University of Western Australia	134	111	125
8	University of Adelaide	135	134	142
9	University of Technology Sydney	196	201-250	251-300
=10	James Cook University	201-250	201-250	251-300
=10	Macquarie University	201-250	251-300	251-300
=10	Queensland University of Technology	201-250	201-250	201-250
=10	University of South Australia	201-250	201-250	251-300
=10	University of Wollongong	201-250	251-300	251-300
=15	University of Canberra	251-300	351-400	401-500
=15	Flinders University	251-300	301-350	351-400
=15	Griffith University	251-300	251-300	251-300
=18	Curtin University	301-350	351-400	401-500
=18	La Trobe University	301-350	351-400	351-400
=18	The University of Newcastle	301-350	251-300	201-250
=18	Victoria University	301-350	301-350	351-400
=22	Deakin University	351-400	301-350	251-300
=22	University of Tasmania	351-400	301-350	301-350
=22	University of Western Sydney	351-400	401-500	401-500
=25	Australian Catholic University	401-500	501-600	601-800
=25	Murdoch University	401-500	401-500	401-500
=25	RMIT University	401-500	401-500	401-500
=25	Swinburne University of Technology	401-500	401-500	351-400
=29	Bond University	501-600	501-600	501-600
=29	CQUniversity	501-600	501-600	401-500
=29	Charles Darwin University	501-600	301-350	251-300
=29	Edith Cowan University	501-600	501-600	501-600
=29	Southern Cross University	501-600	401-500	501-600
=34	University of Southern Queensland	601-800	601-800	601-800
=34	University of the Sunshine Coast	601-800	501-600	501-600

Source: Times Higher Education world university rankings system (opens in new window)

The particular components of the THE ranking system grouped under category headings are:

Industry Income – innovation

* 2.5% Research income from industry (per academic staff)

International diversity

* 3% Ratio of international to domestic staff

* 2% Ratio of international to domestic students

Teaching – the learning environment

* 15% Reputational survey (teaching)

* 6% PhDs awards per academic

* 4.5% Undergrad. admitted per academic

* 2.25% Income per academic

* 2.25% PhDs/undergraduate degrees awarded

Research – volume, income and reputation

* 19.5% Reputational survey (research)

* 5.25% Research income (scaled)

* 4.5% Papers per research and academic staff

* 0.75% Public research income/ total research income

Citations – research influence

* 32.5% Citation impact (normalised average citation per paper)

The measurement items reflect the objectives of THE in broadening the scope of the ranking system although how well it does this is open to debate.

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