The University of Newcastle rises in world rankings
The University of Newcastle is constantly developing and improving its reputation for academic and research excellence, which is recognised by independent organisations within Australia and worldwide.
Some recent rankings and reputation information
- Ranked 375th University in the world
(Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking 2008) - Ranked 61st University in the Asia-Pacific
(Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking 2008) - One of the world's top 100 Universities for engineering/technology and computer sciences
(Shanghai Jiao Tong University rankings by field 2007) - Australian top 10 for research funding and outcomes
- 63rd in the world for biomedical research and top four in NSW
(Times Higher Education Supplement 2005)
Some recent achievements
- Increased our intellectual property disclosures ten-fold since 2003
- Increased our commercialisation of new technologies three-fold in the last four years
- Formed the Hunter Medical Research Institute with the Hunter New England Health service and the community
- Home to the only Australian-based researcher in the 'Worlds Hottest 10' - cancer researcher Professor John Forbes (listed by Thomson Scientific Science Watch Newsletter for 2005-06)
- One of the lowest consumers of energy of all Australian universities
