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UNSW Sydney has been awarded the maximum five-star rating for ‘Getting a Job’ in the latest Good Universities Guide, the only Group of Eight university to do so this year.

The Guide found that more than 76% of UNSW undergraduates find full-time employment within four months of graduating – ahead of the national average of 69%.

UNSW was one of only two metropolitan-based universities (alongside Notre Dame) to achieve the five-star employment rating. Six regional universities also achieved the maximum score.

"This is a pleasing result for UNSW. The five-star rating reflects just how highly sought after our graduates are in the workforce," said Professor Merlin Crossley, UNSW Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education).

“UNSW graduates also have some of the highest starting salaries in the country, achieving the five-star rating in six areas of study – Computing and Information systems, Creative Arts, Health Services, Law and Paralegal Studies, Science and Mathematics, and Teacher Education.”

Along with the impressive five-star rating for ‘Getting a Job’, UNSW also scored the maximum five-star rating in four other key performance areas: student retention, staff-student ratio, starting salary and student demand.

“This is another good result for UNSW, reflecting our position as a leading research and teaching-intensive university,” Professor Crossley said.

Good Universities Guide, published annually, provides detailed profiles of all Australian universities, as well as other institutions offering tertiary courses.

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Earlier this year, UNSW Sydney launched the inaugural Future of Change Scholarships for Indian students. As a top 50 university dedicated to redefining the future through world-class education and innovation, our scholarships attract some of the brightest minds from all over the world.

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UNSW Sydney is one of only two universities in the world to be ranked in 50 subject areas in the influential ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017.

UNSW joined Ohio State University–Columbus as the universities with the most subjects in the prestigious league table.

UNSW’s result included 38 subjects ranked in the top 100, 18 of which were in the top 50 and two in the top 10.

Water Resources was UNSW’s highest ranked subject (6th in the world), while Finance was ranked at number 10.

Five subjects were ranked first in Australia (Finance, Water Resources, Civil Engineering, Remote Sensing and Library/Info Science).

“This is an exceptionally good news story,” said UNSW Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Nicholas Fisk. “To be one of only two unis globally to be ranked in the most number of subjects is a fantastic result.

“While we are proud of our two top-ten rankings (Water Resources and Finance) and three more top 20 (Civil, Mining, and Marine Engineering), the overall results are a real testament to the breadth and depth of UNSW research and our new positioning as Australia’s most comprehensive research-intensive university.”

UNSW’s best performing subjects include: Water Resources (6), Finance (10), Civil Engineering (11), Mining & Mineral Engineering (12), Marine/Ocean Engineering (18), Library and Information Science (27), Hospitality and Tourism (30), Public Health (31), Remote Sensing (33), Law (37), Computer Science and Engineering (40), Transportation Science & Technology (41), Telecommunication Engineering (42), Chemical Engineering (44), Mechanical Engineering (45), Ecology (45), Aerospace Engineering (47), Psychology (47).

ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects assesses more than 4,000 universities across natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences.

This is the first year ShanghaiRankings has created a league table covering so many subject areas. Previously the group’s Academic Rankings of World Universities assessed only 12 broad discipline areas.

Universities from the United States continued to dominate the top positions on the league tables, taking 32 top positions, followed by eight institutions from China (including Hong Kong) and five from Netherlands, ShanghaiRanking said in a release.

The best performing institution was Harvard, taking 15 crowns.

For more information and a full rundown of the subject rankings, go to the ShanghaiRanking ARWU website.

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Strong results in the areas of research quality, employer reputation and international appeal, have helped UNSW Sydney maintain its spot among the world’s top 50 universities in the 2019 QS World University Rankings.

The rankings placed UNSW 45th in the world, the same ranking it held last year, and just behind Australian National University, the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney. The ranking again positioned UNSW among the top five per cent of the top 1,000 institutions globally.

Professor Ian Jacobs, UNSW President and Vice-Chancellor, said the ranking underscores the University’s commitment to have a global impact through high-quality teaching, cutting-edge research and social engagement.

“This is a good ranking at this stage in the implementation of the UNSW 2025 Strategy,” Jacobs said. “It reflects the quality and the dedication of the UNSW community and our ambition to establish UNSW as Australia’s global university.”    

Since 2014, UNSW has moved up seven places in the prestigious rankings, which are compiled by London-based global education analysts, Quacquarelli Symonds.

Employer reputation was UNSW’s best performing indicator for the second year in a row, placing the University 26th globally. The indicator is based on the views of around 43,000 employers around the world on the institutions providing the best professionals. Next was academic reputation in which UNSW ranked 37th.

The biggest swing over 2017 was in citations per faculty, which jumped 10 spots to 58th globally. The indicator measures the average number of citations obtained per faculty member and is an estimate of the impact and quality of scientific work produced by universities.

UNSW scored a maximum 100/100 on the QS International Faculty Index, based on its proportion of international faculty members. The University’s international faculty ratio is more than six times the global median. The University’s high score on the measure highlights its attractiveness to overseas staff and aligns with a recent Randstad report that placed UNSW in 7th spot on its list of most attractive places to work in Australia.

UNSW again received high marks for its proportion of international students (97.4/100) and academic reputation (90.4/100). The first index measures how attractive the university is to international students, while the latter evaluated the perceptions of academics around the world regarding the best institutions in terms of research.

The QS Rankings have been published since 2004. This year, 1,011 institutions were ranked, including 37 from Australia. Institutions are evaluated based on academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty and international students.

US and UK-based universities continued to jostle for the top rankings with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) taking out the top spot in the league table for the seventh straight year.