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Monash improves its world ranking

14 October 2009

Monash Ancora Imparo shield

Monash has improved its position in the prestigious Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, moving up two places to be ranked number 45 in the world.

Monash Vice-Chancellor Professor Ed Byrne welcomed the University's climb up the world ranking list.

"Monash University is a world-class university that will continue to get better," Professor Byrne said.

"This improvement in world ranking is a tribute to the hard work of many talented, dedicated teachers and researchers across the University.

"Monash is a new type of Australian university, with a strong international focus and a commitment to delivering the solutions to many of the problems facing societies across the globe.

"I am very proud of our past and equally excited about the contribution Monash will make in coming years."

Monash ranked in the Top 100 for all the five discipline areas:

  • Life Sciences and Biomedicine, 25
  • Natural Sciences, 53
  • Engineering and Information Technology, 50
  • Arts and Humanities, 37
  • Social Sciences, 26

Monash is Australia's largest research-intensive university. It has campuses situated in and around Melbourne as well as in Malaysia and South Africa, with construction of a postgraduate campus about to get underway in India.

Last year the University celebrated the 50th anniversary of its establishment. Monash is one of the youngest universities to regularly feature in the list of top 50 universities in the world.