Canberra, Australia
Australian National University
Ranked in the world
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Australian National University is ranked 3rd in the world for peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16).
Source: THE Sustainability Impact Ratings: peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16), 2023
Full ranking profile
Australian National University's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.
| Ranking | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2023Headlinein the world for peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) | Times Higher Education | 3 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Philosophy | Quacquarelli Symonds | 4 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Philosophy | Quacquarelli Symonds | 8 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Anthropology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 9 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Anthropology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 9 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Archaeology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 10 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Development Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 10 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Archaeology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 10 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Politics & International Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 11 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Political Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 13 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024in the world for Political Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 14 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Development Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 14 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Politics & International Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 14 |
| QS Sustainability 2026in the world for sustainability | Quacquarelli Symonds | 16 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Law & Legal Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 25 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Linguistics | Quacquarelli Symonds | 27 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 29 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 30 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 31 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 32 |
| THE Impact 2024in the world for peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) | Times Higher Education | 35 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 36 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Data Science & Artificial Intelligence | Quacquarelli Symonds | 44 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | 45 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | 45 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | 47 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Space Science | National Taiwan University | 48 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Anatomy & Physiology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 50 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 51 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 53 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 54 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 58 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 58 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 60 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 63 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 67 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 73 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 77 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 78 |
| QS Employability 2022in the world for graduate employability | Quacquarelli Symonds | 79 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 80 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | 81 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 86 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 88 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | 90 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 93 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 93 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 101 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 109 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 121 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 138 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 147 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 159 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 161 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 166 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 179 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 192 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 196 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 204 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 209 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 228 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 229 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 246 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 253 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 257 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 257 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 259 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 262 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 265 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 285 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 298 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 298 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 321 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 329 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 349 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 397 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 420 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 466 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 589 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.
In their own words
ANU on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
A total of 42 ANU subjects are now ranked among the world’s best, contributing another four with this prestigious status.
source · retrieved 2026-09-06