Curtin University, Australia: Global Rankings, National Rankings and Subject-wise Rankings 2021

Curtin University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia established in 1966. It is home to over 50,000 students from all around the world. The university has an enrollment of nearly 13,600 international students i.e. around 23% of the student body. Top countries represented by international students are China, Malaysia, India, Singapore and Hong Kong.

The university offers over 620 choices of internationally recognized programs covering a wide range of disciplines organized into 10 faculties. The masters programs are Mineral Engineering, Geology, Petroleum Engineering, Earth and Marine Sciences, Architecture, Nursing, Civil Engineering, etc. The university has partnerships with over 80 institutions and exchange partnerships with over 90 institutions in more than 20 countries.

Curtin University ranked in the top 1% universities in the world in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020. It also achieved a 5+ star rating in the 2021 Good Universities Guide in teaching quality, starting salaries, learning resources and learner engagement. Besides this, Curtin has ranked in the top 250 institutions in the world rankings given by QS, THE as well as U.S. News. The university performs quite well in the international indicators such as international outlook where it scored 95 in THE rankings and international faculty ratio where it scored 100 in QS Top Universities.

Curtin University Ranking Highlights

The highlights of Curtin University rankings in 2021 are given below:

• On the 174th place in the Best Global Universities in the U.S. News and World Report 2021.
• Placed among the top 201-250th in the THE World University Rankings 2021.
• Ranked 217th in the QS World University Rankings 2021.

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Curtin University World Rankings by QS 

Curtin University ranked 194th in the QS World University Rankings 2022. The university has seen an upward trend in the last few years and in the rankings for 2022 it finally made it to the top 200 universities. Back in 2017, the university ranked 306th, gradually moved into the top 250 in 2019 and finally bagged the 194th position in 2021 rankings. QS Top Universities uses 6 indicators to rank 1,000 universities annually. The university had an overall score of 44.8.

Curtin scored a perfect 100 in the international faculty ratio. The individual scores on various indicators are as follows:

Curtin University World Rankings by THE 

THE ranked Curtin University in the top 201-250th in the World University Rankings 2021. In THE rankings as well Curtin has seen a drastic improvement between 2017 and 2021. It ranked 401st in 2017 and climbed up to the 201st position in 2021. The university scored 95 on the international outlook indicator and 86.9 in citations. The scores on all metrics are given in the table below:

The graph below depicts the THE World University Rankings for Curtin University between 2012 and 2021:

Curtin University World Rankings by US News 

In the U.S. News and World Report 2021, Curtin University ranked #174 in Best Global Universities. The rankings are based on 13 indicators wherein Curtin scored 64.2. The further bifurcation of the thirteen indicators used in the university ranking are tabulated below:

Curtin University Rankings in Australia

Remarkably, Curtin ranked among the top 15 universities in Australia in various influential rankings in 2021. In the U.S. News and World Report 2021, the university ranked #10 in Best Global Universities in Australia. It bagged the 13th position in both THE Best Universities in Australia as well as QS Top Universities 2021. The rankings of the Curtin University in Australia for 2021 are summarized in the table below:

Curtin University Subject-wise Ranking by THE 

In 2021, THE ranked 7 programs offered by Curtin University. The subject rankings are based on 5 indicators including international outlook, research, teaching, industry income and citations. Out of the subjects ranked, Engineering and Technology, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities ranked in the top 200. Programs in Engineering and Technology, Business and Economics and Physical Sciences have scored above 90 in the international outlook category. While the other 3 subjects ranked in the top 250. The complete THE subject rankings 2021 are given in the table below:

Curtin University Subject-wise Ranking by QS 

A total of 35 subjects offered at Curtin University are ranked in the QS WUR Ranking by Subject 2021. At the top position is Mineral and Mining Engineering ranked 2nd worldwide. Geology, Petroleum Engineering and Earth and Marine Sciences have made its place in the top 50. It is one of the top 100 universities for 5 other subjects i.e. Architecture, Nursing, Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics and Sports-related subjects.

Curtin University Subject-wise Ranking by US News 

U.S. News has ranked 21 subjects provided at Curtin University. Out of the subjects ranked, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Geosciences, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health and Energy and Fuels are placed in the top 100. The subjects ranked in the top 150 in the U.S. News and World Report 2021 are given in the table below:

Curtin University Miscellaneous Ranking 

Some other notable rankings of Curtin University are as follows:

• Ranked =34th in THE Young University Rankings 2020
• Ranked #251-300 in QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020

Curtin has been internationally recognized for excellence in education and research. Recently, the university along with Optus inaugurated the first industry-university 5G lab of Western Australia taking its research to the next level. Graduates of the university are the highest paid in Western Australia which has been continuously reflected in the Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT).