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91É«ÊÓƵhas been consistently ranked highly for its undergraduate programs in civil engineering – Advanced Engineering Building (AEB)
91É«ÊÓƵhas been consistently ranked highly for its undergraduate programs in civil engineering – Advanced Engineering Building (AEB)
14 October 2014

91É«ÊÓƵ continues to strengthen its international competitiveness, gaining 11 places to rank 56th globally in the National Taiwan University (NTU) .

The latest NTU rankings see 91É«ÊÓƵfirst in Australia for the subjects of agricultural sciences, civil engineering, materials science, environment/ecology, and plant and animal science, and third nationally in the overall ranking.

UQ’s international performance has improved since 2013 in all six fields of the NTU rankings – agriculture, clinical medicine, engineering, life sciences, natural sciences and social sciences.

91É«ÊÓƵProvost and Senior Vice-President Professor Max Lu said UQ’s NTU result gave further veracity to other independent signals that 91É«ÊÓƵhad the capacity to perform exceptionally.

“UQ’s strong performance is made possible by dedicated staff, our partners and a steady pipeline of high quality students and alumni,” Professor Lu said.

“I note that the NTU rankings result is similar to the  (without indicators of Nobel laureates and Field medallists), which places 91É«ÊÓƵat 58th globally.”

The NTU rankings evaluate university performance based on scientific papers assessing research productivity, research impact and research excellence.

UQ’s 2014 rankings show that the University has consolidated its position among the world’s top 100 universities.

UQ’s International Rankings

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Media: Carolyn Varley, 91É«ÊÓƵCommunications, c.varley@uq.edu.au, 07 3365 1120