Ranked 2nd in the world for Human Movement & Sports Sciences
Full ranking profile 102 placements
Every placement the Index records for Sydney. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| URAP 2024-2025 Headline Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =2 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | =3 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | =3 |
| QS Employability 2022 graduate employability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =4 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =5 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Nursing | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =6 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Public Health | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =10 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =12 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =13 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =14 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =14 |
| QS Sustainability 2026 sustainability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =15 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Veterinary Science | Quacquarelli Symonds | =16 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Philosophy | Quacquarelli Symonds | =16 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Veterinary Science | Quacquarelli Symonds | =16 |
| SCImago 2025 societal impact | SCImago Research Group | =16 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =16 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =16 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =16 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Law & Legal Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =17 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =17 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =18 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =19 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =19 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2025 Sport Science Exercise and Sport Science Major | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =19 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Pharmacy & Pharmacology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =20 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Pharmacy & Pharmacology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =20 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =21 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =22 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =24 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =24 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =24 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =25 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Education & Training | Quacquarelli Symonds | =25 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Anatomy & Physiology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =25 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =25 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =25 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =26 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =27 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Information & Computing Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =27 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =28 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Architecture & Built Environment | Quacquarelli Symonds | =28 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Communication & Media Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =28 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =28 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =29 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =30 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | =31 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =31 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =32 |
| NTU 2025 Agricultural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | =34 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Anthropology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =36 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =37 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Data Science & Artificial Intelligence | Quacquarelli Symonds | =38 |
| NTU 2025 Pharmacology & Toxicology | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | =38 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Archaeology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =39 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Linguistics | Quacquarelli Symonds | =39 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =39 |
| NTU 2025 Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =39 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =42 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =45 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =45 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =49 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =49 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =51 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =53 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =53 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =56 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =58 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =60 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =61 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =67 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =72 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =73 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =74 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =78 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =80 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =82 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =83 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =87 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | =94 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =97 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =100 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =107 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =119 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =122 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =148 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =152 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =160 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =164 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =178 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =182 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =194 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =204 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =243 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =314 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =324 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =328 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =477 |
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
Sydney on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
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The University has held the number one position in Australia for the past six QS Graduate Employability rankings.
Source , retrieved The Index records QS Employability 2022 at 4th in the world for graduate employability.