Ranked 4th in the world for Mineral & Mining Engineering
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Mineral & Mining Engineering, 2026
Full ranking profile 57 placements
Every placement the Index records for Curtin. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =4 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =5 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Mining & Mineral Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =8 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2024 Sport Science School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =13 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2025 Sport Science Exercise and Sport Science Program | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =13 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =13 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Business Administration | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =18 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Mining & Mineral Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =20 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =32 |
| THE Young 2024 universities under 50 years old | Times Higher Education | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | =43 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =54 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =81 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =87 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =105 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =108 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =110 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =111 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =151 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | =152 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =174 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =179 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =179 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =183 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =183 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =189 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =190 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =192 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =199 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =201 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =203 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =206 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =219 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =234 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =235 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =241 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =241 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =243 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =251 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =274 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =287 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =309 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | =329 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =334 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =359 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =378 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =384 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =393 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =404 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =469 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =497 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =501 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =501 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =507 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =719 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =738 |
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
Curtin on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
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Curtin is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide in the highly regarded Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2025.
Source , retrieved The Index records ARWU 2025 at 201st in the world.
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Curtin ranked fourth in the world for Mineral and Mining Engineering in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026.
Source , retrieved The Index records QS by Subject 2026 at 4th in the world for Mineral & Mining Engineering.