Ranked 4th in the world for Petroleum Engineering
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Petroleum Engineering, 2025
Full ranking profile 66 placements
Every placement the Index records for Adelaide. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2025 Headline Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =4 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =12 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Mining & Mineral Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =16 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =17 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =18 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Mining & Mineral Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =18 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =25 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Anatomy & Physiology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =42 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =47 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =50 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =64 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =67 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =71 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =79 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =80 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =82 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =82 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | =85 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =85 |
| QS Sustainability 2026 sustainability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =89 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =89 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =94 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =103 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =117 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =119 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =119 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =123 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =133 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =139 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =147 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =151 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =152 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =164 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =167 |
| QS Employability 2022 graduate employability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =171 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =177 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =188 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =198 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =199 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =212 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | =213 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =224 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =245 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =245 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =250 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =250 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =253 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =254 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =264 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =268 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =290 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =296 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =297 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =318 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =325 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =340 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =358 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =376 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =388 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =394 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =410 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =413 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =417 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =574 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =612 |
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
Adelaide on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
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A total of 22 subjects were rated in the global top 100, a remarkable result in the first year of the institution.
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