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Swinburne has ranked in the top 400 of the world’s best universities in the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Swinburne places at 389^th overall, which is up 52 places from the previous year’s rankings, positioning Swinburne in the top three per cent of universities worldwide.

Swinburne’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development) says this year marks the first time that Swinburne has ranked in the top 400 in all three major rankings.

“This outstanding outcome is the result of Swinburne’s comprehensive strategy driven by research excellence, internationalisation and impact,” says Professor Subic.

This year Swinburne has improved its position in a number of globally recognised rankings.

• The QS World University Rankings ranked Swinburne in the , improving its 2018 position by 4 places to 383^rd
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked Swinburne in the , climbing 19 places from 2018 to 367^th
• Swinburne had on last year’s position in the ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019

Swinburne’s world-leading and internationally recognised research is reflected in recent initiatives, including:

• The launch of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre in the largest manufacturing research and development centre of its kind in Australia
• The first in the Southern Hemisphere, a partnership between Swinburne and Amazon Web Services
• The launch of a new global in partnership with Capgemini
• Playing a key role in the new Cooperative Research Centre for Smart Satellite Technologies and Analytics –
• A Cooperative Research Centre Project, valued at over $2 million, to to allow live monitoring of milk supply chains

Times Higher Education World University Rankings

The judge research-intensive universities across five core pillars: Teaching, Research, Knowledge Transfer and International Outlook.

Swinburne improved in many areas in the 2020 rankings including citations, research income, publications and research reputation.