ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
Established in 1874, we’re proudly ranked in the top 1% of universities worldwide and a member of the Group of Eight, making us one of Australia’s leading research universities.

Our outstanding staff and graduates are leaders in their field, with an international reputation for quality research, education and progressive thinking.

World Rankings

The University of Adelaide is consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities
The University of Adelaide is consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities. We are recognised globally as a leading research university.
This is measured by the best-known world university ranking methodologies available – Times Higher Education, QS World University Rankings and the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).
134 in Times Higher Education world university rankings
109 in QS World University Rankings
139 in Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU)
82% of our research assessed as “above or well above world standard” in the Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) results
Top 200 in all five fields measured by ARWU Rankings