The QS discipline rankings are out, for whatever they are worth – which is a bunch for people who find positives to promote. And with hundreds of universities and dozens of subjects it is a rare university that cannot find a win.

However the global position of the top ten ANZ universities by broad discipline category looks like pretty much every other league table.

 

Humanities: ANU (=16), Uni Melbourne (20), Uni Sydney (23), UNSW (= 45), Uni Auckland (=48), Monash U (=50), VU of Wellington ( =73), UoQ (=78), RMIT ( =122), Macquarie U (=125)

 

Engineering and technology: UNSW (=38), UniMelb (40), Monash U (=50), Uni Syd (56), ANU (=61), UoQ (=75), Uni Auckland (=116), UTS (=118), RMIT (=125), UWA(=135)

 

Life sciences and medicine:  Uni Melbourne (21), Uni Sydney (=23),  UoQ (=33), Monash U (34), UNSW (=68),  UWA (=84), Uni Otago (=94), Uni Auckland (=101), Uni Adelaide (=104), ANU (=120)

 

Natural sciences: ANU (33) Uni Melbourne (38) Uni Sydney (54), UNSW (=68), UoQ (77), Monash U (= 86), Uni Adelaide (=115), UWA (=132), Curtin U (=175), Uni Canterbury (=227)

 

Social sciences: Uni Melbourne (20), ANU (23), Uni Sydney (27), UNSW (=30), Monash U (=32), UoQ (=48), Uni Auckland (=53), UWA (=115), UTS (=118) Victoria U of Wellington (=131)