Domestic and COVID-19 pressures aside, the University of Wollongong finally had some good news to celebrate on Wednesday.
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UOW has secured a spot in the world's top 200 institutions in the 2021 QS World University Ranking.
In an impressive showing, the university jumped 16 places to achieve an overall rank of 196th globally and 10th in Australia.
UOW competed with over 1600 institutions globally, including 36 Australian institutions, and has jumped 87 places in six years due to its globally recognised research activities.
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UOW Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Wellings welcomed the new rankings and said the university's global approach to research partnerships and collaboration has underpinned this achievement.
The ranking agency evaluates universities using six metrics: academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty to student ratio, citations per faculty member, and international faculty ratio, and international student ratio.
A marked improvement in citations per faculty member lifted UOW's ranking in this metric a stunning 33 places to 75th globally and was the strongest contributor to the university taking its place in the top 200.
"I am delighted to see our world-class research capabilities are making a global impact and these rankings recognise the efforts of our researchers through their strategic partnerships and collaborations," Professor Wellings said.
"UOW research is dedicated to addressing real-world problems beyond the scope of a single discipline, in collaboration with industry, government and our wider communities.
"We should be proud that UOW is so highly ranked. Our long term investments in major research teams and the breadth of our academic work has driven the university forward."
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Agron Latifi
Wollongong born and bred. I love reporting about the Illawarra region and have been doing it for more than 20 years. I've moved into sport recently after covering the education round for the last five plus years for the Illawarra Mercury. It's been a great pleasure.
Wollongong born and bred. I love reporting about the Illawarra region and have been doing it for more than 20 years. I've moved into sport recently after covering the education round for the last five plus years for the Illawarra Mercury. It's been a great pleasure.
