Ranked 2nd in the world for Mineral & Mining Engineering
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Mineral & Mining Engineering, 2025
Full ranking profile 103 placements
Every placement the Index records for UNSW. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2025 Headline Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =2 |
| THE Impact 2026 climate action (SDG 13) | Times Higher Education | =2 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =2 |
| THE Impact 2025 climate action (SDG 13) | Times Higher Education | =3 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =3 |
| THE Impact 2026 clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) | Times Higher Education | =5 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Energy Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =6 |
| THE Impact 2025 responsible consumption and production (SDG 12) | Times Higher Education | =7 |
| QS Sustainability 2026 sustainability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =7 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Mining & Mineral Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =8 |
| THE Impact 2026 responsible consumption and production (SDG 12) | Times Higher Education | =8 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =10 |
| THE Impact 2025 advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | =11 |
| THE Impact 2025 life on land (SDG 15) | Times Higher Education | =11 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =11 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Law & Legal Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =12 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =13 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Law & Legal Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =13 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =18 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =19 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =19 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =19 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =20 |
| NTU 2025 Geosciences | National Taiwan University | =21 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =21 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Information & Computing Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =21 |
| NTU 2025 Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =22 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =23 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =24 |
| NTU 2025 Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | =24 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | =24 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Environmental Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | =25 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =25 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =25 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | =25 |
| NTU 2025 Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | =26 |
| NTU 2025 Computer Science | National Taiwan University | =27 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =27 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =28 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =28 |
| QS Employability 2022 graduate employability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =29 |
| THE Impact 2025 affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) | Times Higher Education | =30 |
| NTU 2025 Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =30 |
| THE Impact 2026 affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) | Times Higher Education | =30 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | =33 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Architecture & Built Environment | Quacquarelli Symonds | =33 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Engineering | METU (URAP Lab) | =33 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =34 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =34 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =34 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =36 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =38 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =39 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =40 |
| THE Impact 2026 advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | =41 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =41 |
| NTU 2025 Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =41 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =42 |
| NTU 2025 Materials Science | National Taiwan University | =42 |
| NTU 2025 Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =44 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =45 |
| NTU 2025 Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =45 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =51 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =51 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =51 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =51 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | =52 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =52 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =53 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =53 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =54 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =55 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =57 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =61 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =64 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =65 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =71 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =71 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =74 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =75 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =77 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =79 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =79 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =80 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =83 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =85 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =90 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =91 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =97 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =99 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =105 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =109 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =117 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =118 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =139 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =151 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =160 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =171 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =202 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =242 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =242 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =461 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =513 |
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
UNSW on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
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In total, 39 UNSW subjects placed in the global top 100, with rankings based on academic reputation, employer reputation and research citations.
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