THE Times AU Subject Rankings

THE Times Subject Rankings Australian Universities

The subject area rankings published by Times Higher Education uses the same data that is used to compile the overall world rankings. The difference is that in this breakdown the results are subject specific, showing the relative ranking of a university for that specific subject area.

The six specific subject areas used are conglomerates of multiple related subjects brought together under one umbrella. The six subject conglomerates are Arts and Humanities, Clinical, Pre-clinical and Health, Engineering and Technology, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences.

These six subject areas are then evaluated according to 13 performance indicators which are grouped into the five areas with a weighting of:

* 30% Teaching: – the learning environment

* 30% Research: – volume, income and reputation

* 30% Citations: – research influence

* 7.5% International outlook: – staff, students and research

* 2.5% Industry income: – innovation

The top 100 from each six subject area are then presented in ranked order, with the following table showing Australian universities have performed creditably with between six and eight universities in five out of the six subject areas.

2019 THE Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings
Aus Rank	University	Score	World Rank
Subject Area: Arts and Humanities
1	Australian National University	75.2	16
2	University of Sydney	72.1	18
3	University of Melbourne	71.9	19
4	Monash University	55.6	44
5	University of Queensland	45.1	67
6	Macquarie University	45.1	67
7	La Trobe University	36.4	99
8	University of New South Wales	36.3	100
Subject Area: Clinical Pre-Clinical and Health
1	University of Melbourne	81.5	13
2	University of Sydney	75.4	23
3	University of Queensland	65.8	42
4	Monash University	64.3	46
5	University of New South Wales	62.2	54
6	University of Adelaide	51.3	95
7	University of Western Australia	51.2	96
Subject Area: Engineering and Technology
1	University of Melbourne	62.8	37
2	University of Queensland	62.7	39
3	University of Sydney	60.4	46
4	Monash University	60.2	48
5	University of New South Wales	54.2	63
6	University of South Australia	51.5	69
Subject Area: Life Sciences
1	University of Melbourne	70.1	29
2	University of Queensland	69.4	31
3	Australian National University	68.6	33
4	Monash University	56.8	63
5	University of Western Australia	56.2	64
6	University of Sydney	55.8	65
7	University of Adelaide	50	96
Subject Area: Physical Sciences
1	Australian National University	69.7	28
2	University of Melbourne	69.2	30
3	University of Queensland	52.7	87
Subject Area: Social Sciences
1	University of Melbourne	76	19
2	Australian National University	70.4	24
3	University of Sydney	65.1	31
4	University of Queensland	62.4	35
5	University of New South Wales	58.4	46
6	Monash University	53.5	61
7	University of Western Australia	49.7	77