Ranked 11th in the world for Sport Science
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments, 2025 Placement won by its School of Exercise and Nutrition Science.
Full ranking profile 66 placements
Every placement the Index records for QUT. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRSSSD 2025 Headline Sport Science School of Exercise and Nutrition Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =11 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Biomedical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =16 |
| THE Young 2024 universities under 50 years old | Times Higher Education | =17 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Communication & Media Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =19 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2024 Sport Science School of Exercise and Nutrition Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =20 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Nursing | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =20 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =31 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Communication & Media Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =33 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =42 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =42 |
| THE Impact 2024 gender equality (SDG 5) | Times Higher Education | =47 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =76 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =77 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =78 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =84 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =87 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =96 |
| THE Impact 2025 advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | =101 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =108 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =112 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =143 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =144 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | =172 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =176 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =190 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =201 |
| THE Impact 2026 advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | =201 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =201 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =203 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =204 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =208 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =208 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =213 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =219 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =224 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =226 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =232 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =240 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =243 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =256 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =261 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =263 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =274 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =287 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =298 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =299 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =316 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =333 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =338 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | =355 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =362 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =365 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =367 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =375 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =397 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =401 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =423 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =429 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =435 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =441 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =452 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =453 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =482 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =503 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =871 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.