A history of excellence
Over our 50+ year history, Deakin has grown to be one of the top universities worldwide. Our passion and commitment to teaching, research and student success is recognised by local and international ranking bodies and our students.
#1 Victorian uni for graduate employment
Be in demand as soon as you graduate, with a degree from Victoria’s #1 university for graduate employment.*
#1 Victorian uni for course satisfaction
Our students have voted us Victoria’s #1 university for course satisfaction for 13 years in a row.*
#1 Victorian uni for teaching quality
To be the best, learn from the best at Victoria’s #1 university for teaching quality.^
World university rankings
International ranking bodies consistently place Deakin in the top 1% worldwide.
- Top 200 universities worldwide (#197), 2025 QS World University Rankings
- Top 200 universities worldwide (#177), 2024-2025 U.S. News and World Report Best Global Universities
- Top 300 universities worldwide, ShanghaiRanking 2024 Academic Ranking of World Universities, Times Higher Education 2024 World University Rankings
Top 200 worldwide
In 2024, Deakin University entered the top 200 in the prestigious QS World University Rankings. Deakin's rank of 197 is based on five key indicators – Research and Discovery, Employability and Outcomes, Learning Experience, Global Engagement and Sustainability.
Australian university rankings
Deakin consistently ranks as the #1 Victorian university in the annual Quality Indicators of Learning and Teaching (QILT) surveys.
2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey, Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching
- #1 Victorian university for graduate employment
- #1 Victorian university for course satisfaction
- #1 Victorian university for student satisfaction
2022 Student Experience Survey, Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching#
- #1 Victorian university for student support
- #1 Victorian university for educational experience
- #1 Victorian university for facilities and resources
- #1 Victorian university for teaching quality
Subject rankings
No matter your passion or area of expertise, you can be confident you're making the right choice when you choose to study at Deakin – we're highly regarded in local and international subject rankings across a wide variety of disciplines.**
#1 sport science school worldwide
#11 globally for education and educational research
#16 in the world for nursing
QS World University Rankings by Subject
- Top 1% worldwide for accounting and finance
- Top 1% worldwide for architecture and built environment
- Top 1% worldwide for arts and humanities
- Top 1% worldwide for business and management
- Top 1% worldwide for communication and media studies
- Top 1% worldwide for computer science and information systems
- Top 1% worldwide for life sciences and medicine
- Top 1% worldwide for psychology
- #11 in the world for sports-related subjects
- #4 in Victoria for medicine
- Top 3 law school in Victoria
ShanghaiRanking of Academic Subjects
- Top 1% worldwide for computer science and engineering
- Top 1% worldwide for ecology
- Top 1% worldwide for law
- Top 1% worldwide for public health
- #16 in the world for nursing
- #1 sport science school worldwide^^
Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject
- Top 1% worldwide for computer science
- Top 1% worldwide for engineering
U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Subject Rankings
- #2 in Australia for education and educational research, #11 globally
Research expertise
With a community of more than 2000 researchers, many ranked among the top 1% globally in their field, we are transforming bold ideas into solutions to global challenges.
Research rankings
- #3 young uni in Australia for research quality, Times Higher Education Young University Rankings, 2024
- #9 young uni for research quality worldwide, Times Higher Education Young University Rankings, 2024
- #9 university in Australia for research impact, 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking
More great things about Deakin
- Ranked 66th globally in sustainability, QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024
- #1 university in Australia for equity held in start-up and spin-out companies according to the Survey of Commercialisation Outcomes from Public Research (SCOPR) 2022, Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia
Footnotes
*Australian Graduate Survey 2010–2015, Graduate Outcomes Survey 2016–2023, Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT). The #1 graduate employment is based on overall employment for domestic undergraduates, 4–6 months after course completion, with an equal overall employment rate with Monash University.
^Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Student Experience Survey.
#2022 is the most recent version of this survey.
**Due to difference in when various agencies release their rankings, this can include rankings from 2022 to 2024 reports
^^ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments 2021, 2022, 2023