8 October 2009
Monash University 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 University 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. This improvement in world ranking is a tribute to the hard work of many talented, dedicated teachers and researchers across the University," Professor Byrne said.
"Monash University 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 University will make in coming years."
Monash University ranked in the Top 100 for all the five discipline areas:
- Life Sciences and Biomedicine, 25
- Natural Sciences, 53
- Engineering and IT, 50
- Arts and Humanities, 37
- Social Sciences, 26
Monash University 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.
University staff last year celebrated the 50th anniversary of its creation by an act of State Parliament. Monash University is one of the youngest universities in the world to regularly feature in the elite top 50 ranking.
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