Continuing recognition for research excellence in US rankings 

The University of Sydney has excelled in the US News Best Global Universities Rankings. Our top performing subjects are endocrinology and metabolism, electrical and electronic engineering and arts and humanities. The University of Sydney has continued to excel in the US News Best Global Universities Rankings, placing 28th globally and second in Australia. Measuring research performance via indicators such as the number of scholarly papers, books and highly cited papers as well as international collaborations, the rankings also include subject rankings. Among our top performing subjects this year are endocrinology and metabolism (9  globally), electrical and electronic engineering (10  globally) and arts and humanities (12  globally). Among our other high performing subjects globally this year are oncology (13 ), Artificial Intelligence, (16th), clinical medicine (20th), social science and public health (21st), engineering (25th), pharmacology and toxicology (27 ), public, environmental and occupational health (27 ) and computer science (29th). The US News Best Global Universities Rankings assess 2,000 top institutions, up from 1,750 last year, spread across 95 countries, up from 90 last year.  "It is encouraging to see our continued strong performance in these rankings, only one of multiple ways we benchmark our performance.