The School of Law is proud to be part of one of the best modern universities in the world. We are also very proud of our history of achievement that has led to strong outcomes in global university rankings.
Awards and rankings
5 stars
UOW Law and Paralegal Studies received 5-star ratings for learner engagement and teaching quality.
The Good Universities Guide 2023
Top 200
UOW ranked among the top 200 universities in the world for Law.
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024
Top 150
UOW ranks among the top 150 universities in the world for Law.
Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by subject 2024Number 1 in NSW
UOW postgraduate Law and Paralegal studies ranked number one NSW for overall learner engagement, skills development and teaching quality.
The Good Universities Guide 2023Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)
In 2018, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) rated the discipline of Law and Legal Studies at the University of Wollongong ‘above world standard’.
This national survey of academic research was conducted by the Australian Research Council (ARC). It is an assessment system that uses a broad range of indicators of research quality, including research outputs, research income and esteem measures, to evaluate the quality of the research and highlight the research strengths of individual universities.
The majority of UOW Law and Legal Studies research is produced by researchers in three centres based in the Faculty of Business and Law:
- Legal Intersections Research Centre (LIRC);
- Transnational Law and Policy Centre and
- Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS).
Research undertaken by LIRC is characterised by applied, contextual, and policy-related approaches, with strong socio-legal and cross-disciplinary orientations in areas such as criminal law. TLPC creates opportunities for the sustainable and ethical development, implementation and dissemination of transnational law and policy. ANCORS is the leading specialist legal research centre dedicated to ocean governance, fisheries law and policy and maritime security issues in the southern hemisphere. Interdisciplinarity is a defining feature of the three concentrations and both have leading national and international profiles.
This is the third time that research in the discipline of law and legal studies at UOW has been found to be ‘above world standard’, sustaining the same ERA rating achieved since 2012.
Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Awards
First Year Law Integration Team, Dr Cassandra Sharp, Ms Margaret Bond, Dr Trish Mundy, Ms Karina Murray and Dr Julia Quilter were awarded the 2015 Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.
Awarded by the Federal Government’s Department of Education and Training, this prestigious national award recognises UOW Law’s premier first year experience and the tremendous collegial effort of the first year team to support our students. The citation was awarded for the implementation and sustained development of an integrated first year law curriculum that heightens student engagement.