WA universities drop in new rankings

All but one of Western Australia’s five major universities have slipped in new global rankings compiled by a UAE-based consultancy firm.

The list, compiled by Centre for World University Rankings, calculates its places based on each university’s education, employment, faculty and research performance; it does not assess student surveys or university submissions.

The University of Western Australia was the highest ranked WA-based institute on the list, placing 156^th globally and in seventh place nationally.

While it maintained its national ranking from last year, its global ranking fell from 151^st place, mostly due to a lower research and faculty score.

Curtin University, meanwhile, fell from 361^st to 363^rd, Murdoch University from 885^th to 867^th, and The University of Notre Dame Australia from 1,761^st to 1,763^rd.

The only university to improve its global ranking was Edith Cowan University, which moved from 1067^th to 1037^th due to a significant improvement in its research score.

All WA-based universities maintained their national rankings this year.