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 the #1 Victorian university for graduate employment.*
#1 Victorian uni for course satisfaction
Our courses are designed with industry and delivered by experts, meaning you graduate ready for success.
#1 Victorian uni for student support
We are committed to supporting you to ensure you are in peak study mode at all times.
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 #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
2023 Student Experience Survey, Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching
- #1 Victorian university for student support
- #1 Victorian university for facilities and resources
- #1 Victorian university for postgraduate educational experience
- #1 Victorian university for postgraduate 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
#15 in the world for nursing
QS World University Rankings by Subject
- Top 150 worldwide for accounting and finance
- Top 7 in Australia for anthropology related subjects
- Top 150 worldwide for architecture and built environment
- Top 10 in Australia for art and design
- #12 in Australia for arts and humanities
- Top 200 worldwide for business and management
- Top 250 worldwide for chemistry
- Top 10 in Australia for communication and media studies
- Top 200 worldwide for computer science and information systems
- Top 200 worldwide for economics and econometrics
- Top 10 in Australia for English language and literature related subjects
- Top 10 in Australia for history related subjects
- Top 250 worldwide for law
- #3 in Victoria for psychology
- Top 7 in Australia for sociology related subjects
- #14 in the world for sports-related subjects
- Top 3 law school in Victoria
ShanghaiRanking of Academic Subjects
- #27 in the world for business administration
- Top 300 worldwide for clinical medicine
- Top 150 worldwide for computer science and engineering
- Top 200 worldwide for ecology
- #42 in the world for education
- Top 300 worldwide for food science and technology
- #20 in the world for hospitality and tourism management
- #15 in the world for nursing
- Top 200 worldwide for psychology
- #43 in the world for public health
- #1 sport science school worldwide**
- #30 in the world for textile science and engineering
Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject
- Top 175 worldwide for computer science
- Top 150 worldwide for engineering
- #4 in Victoria for life sciences
- Top 250 worldwide for medical and health subjects
- Top 250 worldwide for psychology
U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Subject Rankings
- #2 in Australia for education and educational research, #11 globally
Australian Financial Review Best Universities 2024
- #1 in Victoria, #5 nationally for teaching
AFR BOSS Best Business Schools 2024
- Top 3 business school in Victoria overall
- #2 in business school in Victoria for career impact
- #8 in business school in Australia for research quality
Research expertise
We are the #2 Victorian university for research quality, transforming bold ideas into solutions for global challenges, across a community of more than 2,000 researchers.
Research rankings
- #2 Victorian university for research quality, THE World University Rankings, 2025
- #3 university in Victoria for research impact, CTWS Leiden Ranking, 2024
- #6 leading research institution in Australia, The Australian's 2025 Research Magazine
- #9 university in Australia for research impact, CWTS Leiden Ranking, 2024
Subject rankings
- #3 in Victoria for biomedical and health sciences research, CWTS Leiden Ranking Open Edition, 2025
- #3 in Victoria for life and earth sciences research, CWTS Leiden Ranking Open Edition, 2025
- #3 in Victoria for mathematics and computer science research, CWTS Leiden Ranking Open Edition, 2025
- #1 in Australia for research in nutrition science, The Australian's 2025 Research Magazine
- #28 in the world for interdisciplinary science research, THE Interdisciplinary Science Rankings, 2025
- #3 in Victoria for social sciences and humanities research, CWTS Leiden Ranking Open Edition, 2025
More great things about Deakin
- The arts degree with the highest earning potential in Victoria.^^
- Ranked #91 globally in sustainability, QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025
- #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 of Victorian universities, 4–6 months after course completion, with an equal overall employment rate with Monash University.
^2023 Student Experience Survey, Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT). This is the most recent QILT survey.
#Due to differences 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, 2024.
^^QILT Graduate Outcomes Survey 2023, Median graduate income five years out, humanities, culture