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The University of Western Australia ranked 8th in Australia, 176th in the global 2024 rating, and scored in the TOP 100 across 39 research topics. The University of Western Australia ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 115,948 academic publications and 3,453,045 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 162 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#176 of 14,131 In the World
#9 of 59 In Oceania
#8 of 40 In Australia
#20 of 2,713 For Petrology and Geochemistry
#23 of 1,031 For Mining Engineering
#28 of 1,145 For Sports / Exercise science
#472 of 7,738 For Alumni Impact
#241 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top100 For 36 other topics

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Acceptance rate and other statistics

Biology rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 7th for Biology in Australia and 162nd in the World with 75,642 publications made and 2,549,791 citations received. Main research topics: Genetics, Biochemistry, Paleontology, Botany, Immunology.

Biology ranking Location
#7 of 39 In Australia
#7 of 54 In Oceania
#162 of 6,770 In the World

University of Western Australia
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1991 438 4410
1992 426 5027
1993 506 5385
1994 475 5632
1995 528 6042
1996 617 6716
1997 619 7737
1998 752 9039
1999 825 10121
2000 944 12757
2001 960 14211
2002 1118 17214
2003 1195 21010
2004 1347 24442
2005 1419 28063
2006 1625 33190
2007 1683 38145
2008 1791 44475
2009 1969 50083
2010 2232 58165
2011 2469 66291
2012 2863 77751
2013 2987 90879
2014 3206 103708
2015 3412 115271
2016 3782 125437
2017 3899 138562
2018 4062 156593
2019 4209 181067
2020 4426 216620
2021 4551 250610
2022 4346 262372
2023 4291 260234

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield Australia ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Agricultural Science 2 2 31
Horticulture 2 2 41
Forestry 4 4 49
Botany 4 4 53
Animal Science 5 6 66
Zoology 6 6 76
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 8 8 91
Paleontology 7 7 98
Evolutionary Biology 7 8 132
Biotechnology 6 7 136
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 9 11 169
Immunology 6 6 177
Nutrition and Food Science 6 9 179
Microbiology 7 7 183
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 6 7 186
Neuroscience 6 8 188
Genetics 7 7 197
Virology 7 7 208
Pharmacology 7 9 209
Biochemistry 8 8 215
Oncology and Cancer research 6 6 248
Biophysics 7 7 251
Molecular Biology 8 8 300
Entomology 10 12 301
Astrobiology 10 10 325
Toxicology 12 13 396
Nanotechnology 15 16 490

Medicine rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 6th for Medicine in Australia and 153rd in the World with 60,092 publications made and 1,961,156 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Psychiatry, Surgery, Public Health, Immunology.

Medicine ranking Location
#6 of 39 In Australia
#6 of 53 In Oceania
#153 of 6,680 In the World

University of Western Australia
Medicine Publications & Citations

Year Medicine publications Medicine citations
1991 294 3021
1992 312 3535
1993 355 3703
1994 324 3935
1995 384 4240
1996 452 4768
1997 454 5643
1998 535 6341
1999 619 7382
2000 691 9112
2001 699 10295
2002 865 12619
2003 913 15316
2004 1075 18237
2005 1084 21349
2006 1293 25139
2007 1261 29306
2008 1379 34488
2009 1551 38566
2010 1816 44701
2011 2026 51209
2012 2296 59015
2013 2450 69114
2014 2661 80527
2015 2825 89771
2016 3171 97544
2017 3241 105931
2018 3157 117149
2019 3295 132819
2020 3611 161399
2021 3773 186289
2022 3660 193730
2023 3545 190243

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Medicine.

Chemistry rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 8th for Chemistry in Australia and 223rd in the World with 55,911 publications made and 1,908,583 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Materials Science, Petrology and Geochemistry, Chemical Engineering.

Chemistry ranking Location
#8 of 39 In Australia
#8 of 52 In Oceania
#223 of 6,447 In the World

University of Western Australia
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1991 362 3428
1992 354 3904
1993 431 4368
1994 395 4449
1995 456 4866
1996 532 5496
1997 546 6221
1998 660 7356
1999 697 8273
2000 800 10296
2001 804 11380
2002 956 13772
2003 967 16418
2004 1120 19149
2005 1100 22255
2006 1286 25282
2007 1336 28702
2008 1387 33173
2009 1466 36930
2010 1610 42839
2011 1742 48410
2012 2108 56500
2013 2071 66111
2014 2320 75231
2015 2415 83233
2016 2664 91201
2017 2684 100884
2018 2807 115245
2019 2969 133060
2020 3008 157829
2021 3139 183191
2022 3077 193550
2023 3012 194300

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield Australia ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Petrology and Geochemistry 2 2 20
Nutrition and Food Science 6 9 179
Biochemistry 8 8 215
Computational Chemistry 6 6 274
Environmental Chemistry 7 7 277
Organic Chemistry 8 8 283
Materials Science 9 9 290
Pharmacy 7 8 351
Inorganic Chemistry 11 12 439
Physical chemistry 12 13 449
Chemical Engineering 15 16 459
Biochemical Engineering 15 17 477
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 12 13 481
Nanotechnology 15 16 490
Radiochemistry 11 12 647

Environmental Science rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 7th for Environmental Science in Australia and 97th in the World with 53,034 publications made and 1,666,251 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Ecology, Geography and Cartography, Paleontology, Oceanography.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#7 of 39 In Australia
#7 of 53 In Oceania
#97 of 6,798 In the World

University of Western Australia
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1991 336 2699
1992 286 3003
1993 391 3327
1994 354 3774
1995 385 3798
1996 429 3906
1997 435 4414
1998 525 5054
1999 574 5636
2000 599 7284
2001 617 7726
2002 771 9636
2003 755 11580
2004 860 13228
2005 906 15449
2006 1059 18572
2007 1176 21263
2008 1210 24794
2009 1330 28824
2010 1481 33788
2011 1678 38840
2012 1963 46041
2013 2138 56664
2014 2352 64972
2015 2478 73109
2016 2673 80363
2017 2727 89961
2018 2918 103989
2019 3101 123443
2020 3265 146644
2021 3270 172196
2022 3059 181364
2023 2961 181972

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Environmental Science.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 7th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Australia and 157th in the World with 51,855 publications made and 1,453,687 citations received. Main research topics: Sociology, Political Science, Law, Philosophy, History.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#7 of 39 In Australia
#8 of 54 In Oceania
#157 of 7,020 In the World

University of Western Australia
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1991 281 1935
1992 287 2230
1993 335 2262
1994 365 2946
1995 367 2739
1996 419 3160
1997 419 3432
1998 478 3710
1999 546 4450
2000 543 5727
2001 612 6172
2002 760 8144
2003 717 9484
2004 844 11210
2005 887 13435
2006 944 15882
2007 1079 19024
2008 1141 21994
2009 1296 25803
2010 1419 29823
2011 1736 35288
2012 1887 40799
2013 2131 50230
2014 2289 57915
2015 2446 65449
2016 2763 70374
2017 2664 77524
2018 2785 88788
2019 3027 103960
2020 3125 124698
2021 3238 144611
2022 3047 151683
2023 2917 150118

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Engineering rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 8th for Engineering in Australia and 237th in the World with 47,440 publications made and 1,379,779 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#8 of 39 In Australia
#9 of 52 In Oceania
#237 of 6,684 In the World

University of Western Australia
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1991 294 2427
1992 317 2866
1993 361 3093
1994 368 3286
1995 403 3596
1996 440 4005
1997 482 4519
1998 541 5061
1999 579 5523
2000 646 6728
2001 627 7497
2002 876 9315
2003 893 10927
2004 906 12387
2005 951 14976
2006 1035 17213
2007 1122 19392
2008 1082 21942
2009 1213 25596
2010 1323 28745
2011 1521 33774
2012 1736 38867
2013 1802 46961
2014 1996 54534
2015 2094 60211
2016 2266 66341
2017 2291 73581
2018 2402 84381
2019 2607 99906
2020 2568 118171
2021 2678 139026
2022 2564 148428
2023 2545 148983

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Engineering.

Engineering subfield Australia ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Mining Engineering 2 2 23
Geotechnical Engineering 2 2 43
Marine Engineering 3 3 50
Agricultural Engineering 6 6 85
Petroleum Engineering 9 10 120
Civil Engineering 7 8 131
Biotechnology 6 7 136
Architectural Engineering 8 8 140
Structural Engineering 4 4 146
Biomedical Engineering 7 7 170
Robotics 7 8 176
Mechanical Engineering 7 8 211
Metallurgical Engineering 8 8 212
Aerospace Engineering 8 9 217
Systems Engineering 10 11 228
Acoustical Engineering 7 8 231
Remote Sensing 9 9 242
Environmental Engineering 14 14 243
Operations Research 7 8 244
Optical Engineering 8 9 254
Landscape Architecture 15 19 269
Transportation Engineering 11 12 287
Materials Science 9 9 290
Telecommunications 12 13 331
Automotive Engineering 13 14 339
Construction Management 19 23 342
Automation and Control engineering 13 14 344
Reliability and Quality Engineering 14 15 355
Electronic Engineering 10 11 358
Electrical Engineering 12 13 365
Applied/Engineering Physics 9 10 374
Computer Networking 14 15 382
Engineering Management 20 23 387
Human-Computer Interaction 17 19 393
Product and Industrial Design 16 18 423
Industrial Engineering 12 13 428
Renewable Energy Engineering 21 23 453
Chemical Engineering 15 16 459
Biochemical Engineering 15 17 477
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 12 13 481
Nanotechnology 15 16 490
Computer Engineering 13 14 505
Architecture 19 21 526
Aviation 24 30 582
Technical Drawing 16 18 657
Nuclear Engineering 15 17 682
Firefighting and Fire Science 30 34 724

Physics rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 8th for Physics in Australia and 252nd in the World with 44,792 publications made and 1,303,885 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Acoustical Engineering.

Physics ranking Location
#8 of 39 In Australia
#8 of 52 In Oceania
#252 of 6,603 In the World

University of Western Australia
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1991 284 2510
1992 296 2899
1993 349 3179
1994 360 3442
1995 384 3676
1996 404 4083
1997 458 4594
1998 532 5037
1999 550 5409
2000 642 6596
2001 621 7271
2002 839 9086
2003 823 10449
2004 856 11856
2005 873 14245
2006 938 16159
2007 1083 18274
2008 1027 20858
2009 1116 23555
2010 1262 26525
2011 1428 31039
2012 1659 36043
2013 1717 43507
2014 1834 49757
2015 1935 55446
2016 2129 61460
2017 2153 68006
2018 2358 79092
2019 2460 92547
2020 2414 109585
2021 2463 127494
2022 2327 135499
2023 2319 135972

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield Australia ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Medical Physics 7 7 208
Astrophysics and Astronomy 7 7 218
Acoustical Engineering 7 8 231
Biophysics 7 7 251
Optical Engineering 8 9 254
Quantum and Particle physics 7 8 281
Nuclear Physics 8 8 283
Materials Science 9 9 290
Theoretical Physics 7 7 296
Astrobiology 10 10 325
Atomic and Molecular physics 8 8 344
Applied/Engineering Physics 9 10 374
Condensed Matter Physics 8 8 428
Nanotechnology 15 16 490

Computer Science rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 7th for Computer Science in Australia and 206th in the World with 40,595 publications made and 1,178,203 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Neuroscience, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Telecommunications.

Computer Science ranking Location
#7 of 39 In Australia
#8 of 53 In Oceania
#206 of 6,752 In the World

University of Western Australia
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1991 234 1706
1992 259 2202
1993 260 2049
1994 274 2320
1995 313 2451
1996 363 2784
1997 379 3181
1998 435 3592
1999 460 3849
2000 519 4876
2001 467 5382
2002 796 7508
2003 729 8499
2004 729 9969
2005 735 11476
2006 819 13903
2007 879 15684
2008 948 18469
2009 992 21873
2010 1127 24977
2011 1297 29738
2012 1478 34398
2013 1585 40649
2014 1684 46843
2015 1765 52573
2016 2000 57905
2017 2087 64647
2018 2169 73659
2019 2232 85551
2020 2330 102308
2021 2382 120956
2022 2283 127549
2023 2426 127086

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Computer Science.

Psychology rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 6th for Psychology in Australia and 144th in the World with 30,477 publications made and 911,933 citations received. Main research topics: Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Child Psychology, Clinical Psychology.

Psychology ranking Location
#6 of 39 In Australia
#7 of 52 In Oceania
#144 of 6,528 In the World

University of Western Australia
Psychology Publications & Citations

Year Psychology publications Psychology citations
1991 137 1376
1992 177 1916
1993 186 1801
1994 157 1946
1995 180 2028
1996 212 2333
1997 213 2689
1998 257 2876
1999 320 3237
2000 348 4087
2001 324 4528
2002 432 5676
2003 442 6928
2004 459 8088
2005 460 9369
2006 596 11418
2007 563 13451
2008 657 15328
2009 755 17824
2010 899 20327
2011 1064 24026
2012 1154 27626
2013 1304 32917
2014 1369 38800
2015 1492 43616
2016 1735 47572
2017 1673 51934
2018 1641 58163
2019 1742 66966
2020 1870 81096
2021 1946 93152
2022 1883 97471
2023 1856 96619

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Psychology.

Psychology subfield Australia ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Special Education 8 8 89
Clinical Psychology 8 9 125
Organizational / Business / IO Psychology 8 8 127
Child Psychology 8 9 131
Occupational Therapy 10 13 131
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 13 15 136
Social Psychology 9 10 144
Psychiatry 6 6 145
Cognitive Science 7 7 151
Sexology 13 15 185
Neuroscience 6 8 188
Education Majors 19 22 199
Social Work 22 26 258

Mathematics rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 7th for Mathematics in Australia and 160th in the World with 22,365 publications made and 704,056 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Math Teachers, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research.

Mathematics ranking Location
#7 of 39 In Australia
#8 of 52 In Oceania
#160 of 6,305 In the World

University of Western Australia
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1991 102 592
1992 112 725
1993 127 739
1994 124 907
1995 172 984
1996 156 1104
1997 187 1253
1998 218 1326
1999 227 1464
2000 261 1947
2001 237 2248
2002 392 3180
2003 378 3583
2004 389 4135
2005 394 5248
2006 438 6347
2007 491 7442
2008 515 8694
2009 519 10548
2010 603 12065
2011 744 14137
2012 864 16486
2013 921 19915
2014 1011 23716
2015 1039 27247
2016 1179 29950
2017 1232 33254
2018 1284 37380
2019 1340 43686
2020 1328 51938
2021 1414 62224
2022 1331 65733
2023 1383 65808

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield Australia ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Statistics 7 8 157
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 7 8 159
Actuarial Science 9 9 192
Applied Mathematics 8 9 234
Operations Research 7 8 244
Math Teachers 21 26 253
Blockchain and Cryptography 19 20 596

Business rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 10th for Business in Australia and 173rd in the World with 15,595 publications made and 380,073 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Advertising.

Business ranking Location
#10 of 39 In Australia
#11 of 52 In Oceania
#173 of 6,187 In the World

University of Western Australia
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1991 87 385
1992 96 466
1993 108 495
1994 110 678
1995 132 630
1996 122 766
1997 147 869
1998 157 823
1999 165 971
2000 187 1416
2001 193 1518
2002 286 2260
2003 281 2607
2004 291 2921
2005 286 3489
2006 317 4376
2007 371 5029
2008 383 6332
2009 421 7682
2010 423 8294
2011 543 9880
2012 569 11490
2013 634 13825
2014 641 15772
2015 707 17643
2016 788 18668
2017 784 20180
2018 851 22735
2019 934 26780
2020 894 31776
2021 940 37045
2022 888 38425
2023 904 39194

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Business.

Economics rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 10th for Economics in Australia and 155th in the World with 12,860 publications made and 314,219 citations received. Main research topics: Development Studies, Finance, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Investment Banking and Stock trading, International Trade.

Economics ranking Location
#10 of 39 In Australia
#11 of 52 In Oceania
#155 of 5,995 In the World

University of Western Australia
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1991 67 331
1992 63 344
1993 81 422
1994 87 573
1995 114 536
1996 107 628
1997 125 717
1998 135 683
1999 135 806
2000 149 1104
2001 156 1193
2002 204 1668
2003 191 1848
2004 223 2295
2005 222 2616
2006 248 3285
2007 251 3715
2008 271 4514
2009 298 5611
2010 309 6315
2011 465 7176
2012 444 8501
2013 529 10471
2014 540 12555
2015 602 13643
2016 715 14990
2017 693 16153
2018 710 18380
2019 794 21357
2020 764 26330
2021 868 31040
2022 814 32904
2023 747 32527

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Economics.

Art & Design rankings

The University of Western Australia ranked 7th for Art & Design in Australia and 150th in the World with 7,896 publications made and 166,154 citations received. Main research topics: Fashion Design, Literature, Aesthetics, Art History, Computer Graphics.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

Art & Design ranking Location
#7 of 39 In Australia
#8 of 51 In Oceania
#150 of 5,720 In the World

University of Western Australia
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1991 50 295
1992 43 269
1993 63 284
1994 55 462
1995 69 370
1996 79 494
1997 72 476
1998 91 535
1999 101 624
2000 80 885
2001 81 853
2002 129 1191
2003 129 1261
2004 141 1429
2005 130 1710
2006 161 1987
2007 161 2325
2008 160 2521
2009 200 3150
2010 207 3551
2011 254 4506
2012 315 4983
2013 364 6074
2014 411 6920
2015 333 7523
2016 470 8169
2017 375 9263
2018 420 10581
2019 452 12984
2020 389 14836
2021 430 16796
2022 381 16868
2023 383 16691

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Western Australia in various areas of Art & Design.

Art & Design subfield Australia ranking Oceania ranking World rank
Cinematography 12 13 93
Aesthetics 7 8 111
Performing arts 10 10 128
Singing and Vocal Performance 11 12 131
Painting and Drawing 6 6 137
Sculpture 6 6 137
Illustration and Concept Art 6 6 141
Game Design and Development 10 12 142
Photography 11 11 142
Art History 7 8 159
Fashion Design 10 11 162
Animation 7 7 177
Literature 11 12 182
Entertainment Industry Business 18 22 237
Music 11 13 241
Interior Design 13 16 260
Multimedia 15 17 261
Computer Graphics 7 8 263
Landscape Architecture 15 19 269
Creative Writing 22 28 283
Architecture 19 21 526
Graphic Design 22 29 560
UX/UI Desgin 19 25 617