But the rise is more about methodology than dramatic improvement in teaching and research.
Three Australian universities have been named in the global top 20, with the universities of Sydney, Melbourne and NSW leapfrogging the Australian National University.
However, the dramatic changes are not the result of vastly better universities in just a single year, but methodological changes to the ranking that tend to boost large, comprehensive universities with big enrolments of international students over smaller, bespoke ones.The University of Melbourne topped the list at 14, a big jump from 33 last year. The University of Sydney and UNSW ranked at equal 19th, up from 41 and 45 respectively on the previous year.
The University of Melbourne is now the highest-ranked Australian university across the three major global rankings – QS , Times Higher Education and the Academic Ranking of World UniversitiesMelbourne vice chancellor Duncan Maskell said the result stemmed from changes in the QS methodology that included three new categories – employment outcomes, sustainability and international research network – as well as its strong performance in the existing academic reputation category.
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