Five Australian universities crack the top 50 on list of the world's best places to get a tertiary education
- A list of the top 1,000 universities across the world has been released for 2020
- Five Australian institutions made it into the top 50 places to earn a degree
- Australian National University in Canberra was top Aussie campus at number 29
Five Australian campuses have made a list of the top 50 universities in the world.
The QS World University Rankings has published its annual list of the top tertiary institutions across the globe for 2020.
The top place to get a higher education in Australia, according to the list, is the Australian National University in Canberra.
The university tied at number 29 with the Universirty of Toronto in Canada - with the two finishing just behind the University of California, Berkeley at number 28.
The number one place internationally to earn a degree is the Michigan Institute of Technology, popularly known as MIT.
The top place to get a higher education in Australia, according to the list, is the Australian National University in Canberra
The University of Melbourne is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It is Australia's second oldest university
Stanford University and Harvard University rounded out a clean sweep of the top three places by the United States.
Oxford University was the highest ranking English institution, with the famous college town at number four.
The California Institute of Technology, or Caltech, was number five.
Researchers said the majority of American universities had been slipping in the individual ranking indicator scores, while Australian scores had been improving.
They said this was largely because Australia was earning a reputation as a quality destination for international students.
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Other local universities to make the top 50 included the University of Melbourne jumping several places from the previous year to number 38.
The University of Sydney reached number 42 while the University of New South Wales followed at number 43.
The University of Queensland was Australia's only other top 50 entry at number 47.
Students sit on the lawn near the Faculty of Law building at The University of Sydney
University of New South Wales was at number 43 on the global list of top universities
The list, which ranks 1,000 universities in total, uses six performance indicators.
Academic reputation, is the major indicator, which was scored using the survey responses of 94,000 individuals in the higher education space about the quality of work done at each institution.
Employer reputation was also scored by questioning nearly 45,000 employers.
Citations per faculty was also included - measuring how many times other academics referenced a university's work in research papers.
International student ratio was measured as an indicator of global awareness and brand reputation, which is a strong point of Australian institutions.
And lastly, faculty staff to student ratio numbers were included as a measure of teaching quality, with Australian universities slipping in this category since the 2019 rankings.
The University of Queensland was Australia's Australia's only other campus to crack the top 50
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