2012 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Rankings
University |
2012 Rank |
2010 Rank |
Proportion of Excellence |
Strength |
Weakness |
Breadth |
Melbourne |
1 |
2 |
85.45% |
18.8 |
0 |
22 |
Sydney |
2 |
5 |
84.54% |
18.6 |
0 |
22 |
ANU |
3 |
1 |
80% |
15.2 |
0 |
19 |
UQ |
3 |
3 |
80% |
17.6 |
0 |
22 |
UNSW |
4 |
4 |
75.24% |
15.8 |
0 |
21 |
Monash |
5 |
6 |
68% |
13.6 |
0 |
20 |
UWA |
6 |
7 |
47.62% |
10 |
0 |
21 |
Adelaide |
7 |
8 |
46.36% |
10.2 |
2.4 |
22 |
Macquarie |
8 |
10 |
35% |
7 |
1.6 |
20 |
Wollongong |
9 |
11 |
32.22% |
5.8 |
2.4 |
18 |
SCU |
10 |
25 |
31.11% |
2.8 |
4.2 |
9 |
Tasmania |
11 |
13 |
26.67% |
5.6 |
5.6 |
21 |
QUT |
12 |
9 |
26.32% |
5 |
0.8 |
19 |
UTS |
13 |
20 |
25.56% |
4.6 |
0 |
18 |
Newcastle |
13 |
16 |
25.56% |
4.6 |
3.4 |
18 |
UniSA |
14 |
19 |
22.67% |
3.4 |
1.6 |
15 |
Swinburne |
15 |
18 |
21.67% |
2.6 |
3.6 |
12 |
Griffith |
16 |
12 |
20% |
4 |
2.4 |
20 |
RMIT |
16 |
21 |
20% |
3.2 |
2.4 |
16 |
Deakin |
17 |
17 |
18.95% |
3.6 |
4 |
19 |
JCU |
18 |
14 |
17.89% |
3.4 |
6.6 |
19 |
UWS |
19 |
23 |
16% |
3.2 |
5 |
20 |
La Trobe |
20 |
15 |
15.56% |
2.8 |
2.4 |
18 |
CQU |
21 |
28 |
15.38% |
2 |
8.6 |
13 |
CDU |
22 |
24 |
14.55% |
1.6 |
4.2 |
11 |
Murdoch |
23 |
18 |
14.44% |
2.6 |
4.8 |
18 |
Bond |
24 |
28 |
8.89% |
0.8 |
6 |
9 |
USC |
24 |
28 |
8.89% |
0.8 |
6.4 |
9 |
CSU |
25 |
28 |
5.33% |
0.8 |
9.4 |
15 |
Curtin |
26 |
22 |
5% |
1 |
4.8 |
20 |
UNE |
27 |
27 |
4.71% |
0.8 |
4.6 |
17 |
Flinders |
28 |
28 |
3.81% |
0.8 |
6 |
21 |
USQ |
29 |
25 |
0% |
0 |
10.2 |
15 |
Victoria |
29 |
28 |
0% |
0 |
6.8 |
13 |
Canberra |
29 |
26 |
0% |
0 |
7 |
13 |
ECU |
29 |
28 |
0% |
0 |
8.8 |
13 |
Ballarat |
29 |
28 |
0% |
0 |
8.4 |
11 |
ACU |
29 |
28 |
0% |
0 |
4.8 |
9 |
Notre Dame |
29 |
28 |
0% |
0 |
2.8 |
3 | |
KEY:
Proportion of excellence.This is a percentage figure representing the number of four and five scores divided by the number of fields which show research activity. Five scores are given a weighting.
Strength.The total number of four and five scores. A score of four represents "above world standard" and a score of five represents "well above world standard".
Weakness.The total number of one and two scores. A score of two represents "below world standard" and a score of one represents "well below world standard".
Breadth.This is the total number of fields which show research activity up to a maximum of 22.