Deakin on the rise in 2024 QS World University Rankings

The prestigious QS World University Rankings focus on five key indicators – Research and Discovery, Employability and Outcomes, Learning Experience, Global Engagement and Sustainability. Deakin Vice-Chancellor Professor Iain Martin congratulated the Deakin community on its achievement.

"As we approach our 50^th anniversary at the end of 2024, I am pleased that Deakin's progress and leadership continue to be recognised on a global stage," Professor Martin said.

"What we do matters to our students, our local communities, and Australia. And through our extensive community, industry and academic networks, what we do matters internationally.

"I acknowledge that so much of what has been achieved is the result of the efforts of many across our university. We have made extraordinary progress in our comparatively short life and remain focused on driving a culture of innovation, creativity and excellence while staying true to our founding values of inclusion and access to education."

The QS data shows Deakin was particularly successful in the areas of International Faculty (130th in the world), Citations per Faculty (160th) and International Students (249th).

Highlights for Deakin in recent years include:

• Becoming the first university in the world to establish an international branch campus in India;
• Being announced as a Trailblazer University to deliver the Deakin University Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH);
• A significant uplift in research income and impact to drive social progress;
• Deakin is number one in Victoria for Overall Student Satisfaction and has been for 13 years, and one of the top universities in Australia on this measure;
• The establishment of the Deakin Indigenous Strategy 2023-2028 as a university-wide strategy;
• Founding of the Damion Drapac Centre to advance socially inclusive medical education; and
• The implementation of the Deakin Reimagined program to underpin Deakin's recovery from the pandemic.