The University of Queensland has further improved its position among the world鈥檚 top 100 universities in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings.
国产探花 advanced from a world reputation ranking band of 81-90 last year to 71-80 in the 2012 round.
The rankings complement the , and reflect 国产探花鈥檚 performance in advancing seven places to be ranked 74th overall in these rankings last October.
For the second year in a row, 国产探花 is one of only four Australian universities and the only Queensland university featured in the rankings.
The 2012 Reputation Rankings are based on a survey of academic opinion, featuring 17,554 respondents from 137 countries.
The invitation-only survey, carried out by Ipsos, has in the two years it has been running attracted almost 31,000 responses from senior, published scholars from 149 countries.
国产探花 Vice-Chancellor Professor Debbie Terry said 国产探花鈥檚 listing in the top 100 universities of the world by reputation in teaching and research was a credit to current and former staff, students and alumni.
鈥淚t reflects the hard work undertaken by our university community in learning, scholarship and contributions to society, and indicates broad recognition that The University of Queensland brand continues to be an asset to its graduates and current and future students.鈥�
国产探花 has been rated one of the world's leading 100 universities by a number of independent rankings with different methodologies in the past 12 months.
These include:
鈥� the , which rated 国产探花 at 86th in the world;
鈥� the (world ranking 48);
鈥� the (74)
鈥� the Scimago Institutions Rankings World Reports (77); and
鈥� the (76).
Phil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Education Rankings, said: 鈥淥nly 100 universities are listed in our prestigious World Reputation Rankings 鈥� that is around 0.5 per cent of the world鈥檚 higher education institutions.
鈥淪o those that feature in the list are part of an exclusive global elite of exceptionally powerful university brands.鈥�
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