Top 2% in the World
UOW has for the third year in a row been placed in the top two per cent of universities in the world by its performance in:
- The 2009 Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings.
- The 2009 Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities.
These prestigious rankings systems compare universities across a range of important criteria, with a particular focus on research credentials.
A Five-star University
The 2010 Good Universities Guide confirms UOW's longstanding position as one of the country’s leading research institutions. UOW received five stars in six key areas, where only the top 20 per cent of universities in Australia can be awarded five stars in any one category.
A Decade of Graduate Success
2010 marks the tenth year in a row that UOW has scored five stars in the categories of Getting a Job, Positive Graduate Outcomes, and Graduate Starting Salaries. This shows UOW is a place where students not only get a five-star education, but a five-star chance of gaining a job with a top salary at the end of their degree.
- Getting a Job
- Positive Graduate Outcomes
- Graduate Starting Salary
- Research Intensity
- Graduate Satisfaction
- Generic Skills
2010 Good Universities Guide (Universities & Private Colleges)
Number 1 for Teaching
This year UOW is the only Australian university to be awarded the maximum 10 citations for outstanding contributions to student learning by the Australia Learning and Teaching Council. It is the third consecutive year that UOW has been placed in the top five.
Additionally, UOW was one of only two universities to achieve top-tier status in every discipline of the 2008 Australian Government Learning and Teaching Performance Fund allocations.
Graduate success
UOW graduate salaries are consistently in the top 20% nationwide. The university has been awarded the maximum five-star rating for starting salaries by the independent Good Universities Guide 10 years in a row.
In 2007, the UOW Career Service won the 2007 Australian Graduate Recruitment Industry award (AAGE) for best careers service for employers.
Employers rank UOW Top 100 in the world
For the third year in a row, UOW has been ranked in the top 100 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education Employer Review (2009). This review rates employers’ opinions of UOW graduates.
Five-Star in Salaries Ten Years in a Row
UOW has scored the maximum five-star rating for graduate salaries from the independent Good Universities Guide every year 1999–2008. Under the Guide’s rating system, only the top 20% of universities in Australia can be awarded five stars in any one category.
Number 1 for Student Satisfaction
The University of Wollongong has been rated first for overall satisfaction among Australian university students in the independent Sweeney Research Group’s 2009 ‘Uni Student Report’. Students ranked their university based on the opportunities for becoming involved in campus life at their universities.
