Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings
THE has been providing trusted performance data on universities since 2004. In 2021, its rankings include almost 1,500 universities across 92 countries, using 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators grouped into five areas:
- teaching (the learning environment)
- research (volume, income and reputation)
- citations (research influence)
- international outlook (staff, students and research)
- industry income (knowledge transfer).
Overall
Top 300 globally
Times Higher Education ranks La Trobe in the world’s top 300 universities.
Time Higher Education (THE), 2023, World University Rankings 2024
Top 50 in the Asia-Pacific
La Trobe is ranked as one of the best 50 universities across East Asia, South-East Asia and Oceania.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2022, Best universities in Asia 2022
Top 50 'Golden Age' universities
La Trobe is ranked #45 and among the world’s best universities established between 1945 and 1967.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2020, Best 'Golden Age' universities
Top-rated globally
La Trobe is in the top 1% of universities worldwide.*
Times Higher Education (THE), 2022, World University Rankings 2022; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 2023, Ranking Web of Universities
Impact Rankings 2020
Universities ranked against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Top 20
We’re ranked in the top 20 universities in the world for our efforts to promote economic growth and full, productive and decent work for all.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2023, Impact Rankings 2023: decent work and economic growth
Top 100
We’re ranked in the top 100 in the world for gender equality.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2023, Impact Rankings 2023: gender equality
Top 200
We’re ranked in the top 200 universities in the world for our efforts to protect and restore life on land.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2023, Impact Rankings 2023: life on land
Top 100 worldwide
We’re ranked in the top 100 universities in the world for our work to advance the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2023, Impact Rankings 2023
Arts, social sciences and communications
Top 300 globally
We’re ranked in the world’s top 300 for arts and humanities.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2023, World University Rankings 2024 by subject: arts and humanities
Business and commerce
Top 300 globally
We’re ranked in the world’s top 300 for business and economics.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2023, World University Rankings 2024 by subject: business and economics
Education and teaching
Top 200 globally
We’re ranked in the world’s top 200 for education.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2023, World University Rankings 2024 by subject: education
Health
Realistic and safe spaces for students to put theory into practice
Our public clinics provide essential healthcare services and real-world learning experiences under the guidance of expert clinicians.
Top 200 globally
We’re ranked in the world’s top 200 for psychology.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2023, World University Rankings 2024 by subject: psychology
IT and engineering
Top 400 globally
We're ranked in the world’s top 400 for computer science.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2023, World University Rankings 2024 by subject: computer science
Law and criminology
Top 200 globally
We’re ranked in the world’s top 200 for law.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2023, World University Rankings 2024 by subject: law
Science
Top 200 globally
We're ranked in the world’s top 200 for life sciences.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2023, World University Rankings 2024 by subject: life sciences