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Times Higher Ed. (THES), World University Rankings [13/10/2011]
 
key, 2010+:  University rank (score);...
e.g.,  Melbourne 25 (67.4);...
 
Computer Science Education Week, December 2011 (1st held Dec. [2009].)
2011 top 50 "Engineering & Technology" Universities:
Cambridge 6 (90.6); Melbourne 25 (67.4); U. Manchester 26 (67.1); U. Sydney 40 (63.4); U. Queensland 45 (58.3)
(2011: Monash University not ranked in the top 50 for Engineering & Technology; see 2010.)
-- publ. [13 Oct. 2011](25/10/2011).
 
(2011: "The University of Melbourne has topped a federal government scorecard of the quality of research in Australia's higher-education institutions. [It] is rated above world standard in 82 research fields ... Almost 80% of its research is rated above world standard. Australian National University has the next highest ... 79%, followed by the U. of Queensland, the [UNSW] and the U. of Sydney. Monash is next, with 57% of its research above world standard. ... [from the ARC's] 'Excellence in Research for Australia' report [of .au's] 41 higher-education institutions in 157 fields of research. ..." -- the Age [www][1/2/2011].) Report: [ARC / ERA / 2010 / Info&Comp (5/5 ANU; 4/5 QUT, UniMelb, UNSW & USyd; 3/5 Monash, ...) ][2/2011].
("A slump in the number of international students ... Monash ... has more international students than any other. ... Monash has just approved 359 redundancies to improve its budget forecast for [2011]. ..." -- the ABC [www][15/12/2010].)
 
2010 top 50 "Engineering & Technology" Universities:
Cambridge 6 (87.8); Melbourne 30 (64.4); U. Sydney 40 (61.6); ANU 44 (60.4)
(2010: Monash University no longer in the top 50 for Engineering & Technology, but Melbourne 36th overall and Monash 178th overall.)
-- publ. [23 Sept. 2010] (10/11/2010).
 
In 2010 the THES "overhauled the methodology" and began to use a "new rankings data provider, Thomson Reuters" -- [thes][2010].
 
key, upto [2009]:
Univ. rank (peer score, cit./paper)
Melbourne 29 (47, 2.6);...
2009 top 50 "Engineering & Information Technology (IT)" Universities:
Cambridge 4 (77, 3.3); Melbourne 29 (47, 2.6); UNSW 33(=) (45, 2.1); ANU 42 (42, 2.4); Monash 50(=) (37, 2.1)
-- publ. [1 October, 2009] (26/10/2009)
 
2008 top 50 "Engineering & Information Technology (IT)" Universities:
Cambridge 5 (76, 3.5); UNSW 27 (55, 2.2); Melbourne 28 (54, 2.8); ANU 36(=) (50,2.6); Monash 47 (44, 2.1)
-- publ. [9 October, 2008] (26/10/2009)
 
2007 top 50 "Technology" Universities:
Cambridge 5 (76, 3.4); Melbourne 21 (54, 2.9); UNSW 28 (53, 2.5); ANU 39 (46, 2.4); Monash 44 (43, 2.0)
-- publ. [November 9, 2007] (25/10/2008)
 
2006 top 100 "Technology" Universities:
Cambridge 6 (82, 2.3); Melbourne 16 (65, 2.2); UNSW 19 (83, 1.6); ANU 24 (58, 1.8); Monash 28 (55, 1.4)
-- publ. [October 13, 2006] (25/10/2008)
 
2005 top 100 "Technology" Universities:
Cambridge 6 (79, 5.1); UNSW 16 (60, -); Melbourne 18 (60, 4.5); Monash 24 (57, -); ANU 29 (54, -)
-- publ. [October 07, 2005] (25/10/2008)
 
2004 top 100 "Engineering & Information Technology" Universities:
Cambridge 8 (116, 5.1); Monash 18 (70, 2.54); Melbourne 22 (66, 4.4); UNSW 26 (62, 3.5); ANU 31 (56, 3.8);
-- publ. [October 07, 2005] (25/10/2008)
 
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