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