Assessment of Australian Universities: A Global Perspective
Australian universities are evaluated in terms of their standing compared to international counterparts, contribution to the global common good, fulfillment of their potential, alignment with national expectations, and impact on the country. Analysis includes student statistics, research collaborations, rankings in Shanghai ARWU, and proportion of papers with international co-authors.
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How good are Australian universities? Simon Marginson University College London, UK 10 October 2017 R. Douglas Wright Lecture MDHS, University of Melbourne
How good? How good are Australian universities? In relation to what - to other universities abroad? - to the global common good? - to their own potential? - to what the country allows them to be? How good are they for Australia? How good is Australia itself? How good have the universities made Australia?
1.4 million students 40 public universities (91% of students) 363,000 international students (26% of all students) 442,000 students in STEM and health 359,000 students in management and commerce 57,000 in PhDs $26.6 billion higher education income 42% from governments 20% from students through tuition loans 24% other student fees, of this 20% ($5.3 billion) from international students total higher education exports (2015-16), including spending in general community = $13.7 billion
Proportion of research papers that had international co-authors, 2008-14 Netherlands 58% UK 56% Australia 52% Canada 51% USA 35% China 24% In the 2012-2015, 50% of all University of Melbourne papers had international co-authors, 49% in biomedical and health sciences
Australia in the Shanghai ARWU top 500 Universities in the ranking in 2017 top 50 Melbourne (39) 51-100 Queensland (55), Monash (78), Sydney (83), Western Australia (91), ANU (97) 101-150 Adelaide, New South Wales 151-200 Curtin, Macquarie 201-300 Deakin, QUT, Tasmania, Wollongong 301-400 Griffith, James Cook, La Trobe, Swinburne, Newcastle, U Technology Sydney, Western Sydney 401-500 Flinders, RMIT
Number of papers published 2012-2015 in top 10% of their field by citation rate Harvard U 7134 Stanford U 3372 U Toronto 2980 University College London 2357 U Wisconsin-Maddison 1766 U British Columbia 1730 National U Singapore 1597 U Melbourne 1518 U California Davis 1493
Number of science papers 2005-2014: USA, China, other East Asia Web of Science/UNESCO data. Papers include reviews and notes. Other East Asia = Japan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam 400,000 350,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 United States China other East Asia
High citation papers, in top 10% of research field, in maths and physical sciences, 2012-2015 (Leiden data) Worl d rank University and system Mathematics and Computing World rank University and system Physical Sciences and Engineering 1 Tsinghua U CHINA 367 1 UC Berkeley USA 1176 2 Nanyang TU SINGAPORE 259 2 MIT USA 1175 3 Zhejiang U CHINA 256 3 Tsinghua U CHINA 1054 4 Huazhong UST CHINA 250 4 Stanford U USA 976 5 MIT USA 245 5 Nanyang TU SINGAPORE 931 6 Harbin IT CHINA 236 6 Harvard U USA 875 7 National U SINGAPORE 226 7 Zhejiang U CHINA 857 8 Stanford U USA 208 8 U Cambridge UK 801 9 Xidian U CHINA 205 9 National U SINGAPORE 749 10 Shanghai JT U CHINA 196 10 U Science & Tech. CHINA 720 11 City U Hong Kong HK 188 11 ETH Zurich SWITZERLAND 678 12 U Texas Austin USA 187 12 U Tokyo JAPAN 649 13 South East U CHINA 184 13 Shanghai JT U CHINA 638 14 UC Berkeley USA 184 14 Peking U CHINA 636 15 Beihang U CHINA 177 15 Caltech USA 635
Combining all high citation papers in maths, computing, physical sciences, engineering, 2012-2015 (Leiden data) World rank University and system High citation papers in Mathematics, Computing, Physical Sciences and Engineering 1421 1420 1360 1190 1184 1113 1008 975 936 842 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tsinghua U CHINA MIT USA UC Berkeley USA Nanyang TU SINGAPORE Stanford U USA Zhejiang U CHINA Harvard U USA National U SINGAPORE U Cambridge UK ETH Zurich SWITZERLAND 10 11 U Science and Technology CHINA 835 12 Shanghai Jiao Tong U CHINA 834
