Ranked 1st in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers)
Source: CWTS Leiden Ranking: PP(top 10%), mathematics and computer science (2025), 2025
Full ranking profile 47 placements
Every placement the Index records for Swinburne. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Leiden 2025 Headline mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Automation & Control | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =9 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Automation & Control | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =13 |
| THE Young 2024 universities under 50 years old | Times Higher Education | =24 |
| NTU 2025 Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =32 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =49 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =56 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =77 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Art & Design | Quacquarelli Symonds | =101 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =107 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =125 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | =164 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =192 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =194 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =217 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =230 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =230 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =231 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =249 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =251 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =272 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =277 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =291 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =291 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =294 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =303 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =308 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =320 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =324 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =337 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =351 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =361 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =365 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =368 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =368 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =371 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =406 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =433 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =444 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =495 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | =499 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =500 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =599 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =651 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =708 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =714 |
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
Swinburne on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
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Among the subjects ranked, Architecture and Built Environment now places among the top 200 in the world, up from the top 240 in 2024.
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