ANU leads in education, research and public policy

The Australian National University (ANU) strengthened its role as a national leader in research, education and public policy excellence in 2015 while building its reputation as one of the world's finest universities. The ANU annual report for 2015, tabled in Federal Parliament, shows ANU had a highly-successful year in 2015. The University's global reputation was reinforced when ANU was recognised among the world's top 20 universities and was named Australia's top university for the impact of its research publications and collaborations. ANU also led the nation in the 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) results, with 95 per cent of broad-fields research and 91 per cent of specific discipline research rated above or well above world standard. At the same time, ANU topped the Australian rankings for producing the country's most employable graduates. ANU had more than 22,600 students in 2015, with more than half enrolled in postgraduate courses. ANU also enjoyed one of the highest student retention rates in Australia, at 93 per cent.