Ranked 7th in the world for life on land (SDG 15)
Full ranking profile 23 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of the Sunshine Coast. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2025 Headline life on land (SDG 15) | Times Higher Education | =7 |
| THE Impact 2025 climate action (SDG 13) | Times Higher Education | =16 |
| THE Impact 2025 life below water (SDG 14) | Times Higher Education | =20 |
| THE Impact 2026 zero hunger (SDG 2) | Times Higher Education | =29 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =91 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =295 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =394 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =438 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =484 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =495 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =501 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =520 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =614 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =766 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =790 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =854 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =1001 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =1042 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =1077 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =1121 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =1151 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =1201 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1242 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.