Ranked 1st in the world for reduced inequalities (SDG 10)
Full ranking profile 57 placements
Every placement the Index records for RMIT. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2024 Headline reduced inequalities (SDG 10) | Times Higher Education | =1 |
| THE Impact 2026 clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) | Times Higher Education | =1 |
| THE Impact 2023 reduced inequalities (SDG 10) | Times Higher Education | =1 |
| THE Impact 2026 reduced inequalities (SDG 10) | Times Higher Education | =3 |
| THE Impact 2025 reduced inequalities (SDG 10) | Times Higher Education | =5 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Business Administration | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =6 |
| THE Impact 2026 decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) | Times Higher Education | =8 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Business Administration | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =10 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Architecture & Built Environment | Quacquarelli Symonds | =15 |
| THE Impact 2026 climate action (SDG 13) | Times Higher Education | =15 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =15 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Art & Design | Quacquarelli Symonds | =19 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Architecture & Built Environment | Quacquarelli Symonds | =21 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Art & Design | Quacquarelli Symonds | =26 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =26 |
| THE Young 2024 universities under 50 years old | Times Higher Education | =28 |
| THE Impact 2025 decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) | Times Higher Education | =30 |
| NTU 2025 Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | =39 |
| NTU 2025 Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =41 |
| THE Impact 2025 advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | =56 |
| THE Impact 2026 advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | =63 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =71 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =72 |
| QS Employability 2022 graduate employability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =74 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =80 |
| QS Sustainability 2026 sustainability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =95 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =119 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =121 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =123 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =125 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =139 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =148 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | =198 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =205 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =212 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =212 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =233 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =251 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =258 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =276 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =278 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =280 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =283 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =285 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =291 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =306 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =333 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =384 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =384 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | =424 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =444 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =465 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =502 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =551 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =551 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =782 |
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
RMIT on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
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RMIT also ranked 1st in Australia and 29th globally in Library & Information Management, an interdisciplinary subject area that spans data science, knowledge management and information science.
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