International ranking results: best ever

Monash University has achieved its best ever result in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Monash now sits in the top 150 universities in the world with an estimated ranking of 137.

The latest rankings, released earlier this morning, place Monash in the 101-150 band, up from the 151-200 band placing last year.

The estimated ranking of 137 represents an improvement of 22 places since 2011. Since 2009, Monash has increased its ranking by an estimated 70 places, the greatest improvement of any Go8 university.

Vice-Chancellor Ed Byrne said the University’s significant improvement in the rankings is a reflection of the dedication and commitment of both academic and professional staff.

“Since 2006, Monash has continued to improve in the ARWU and our achievement in the last 12 months is one, which we should all be justifiably proud,” Professor Byrne said.

"We are achieving wonderful results in research and education and we will continue to strive to be the best for our students and our staff. That commitment filters through to ranking results and it is one way in which we receive international recognition of our success."

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has been presenting the world top 500 universities annually since 2003, based on a set of objective indicators and third-party data.

ARWU uses six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of Highly Cited Researchers, number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index - Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, and per capita performance.

More than 1200 universities are ranked by ARWU every year and the top 500 are published.

View the figures released this week at the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities page.

The Office of Planning and Quality produces regular papers on league table methodologies and rankings results.

For more information, visit the Office of Planning and Quality league tables page.