Melbourne's reputation best in Australia

The University of Melbourne has the best reputation among universities in Australia and is 45th in the world, according to the Times Higher Education first World Reputation Rankings. Melbourne was also the leading university in the Oceania region in the survey of more than 13,000 academics, who were asked to assess the strengths of institutions' teaching and research capabilities. Melbourne's Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis welcomed the news and said it was encouraging in that it reaffirmed the university's achievements in the past year. 'It is gratifying to be recognised and lauded by this large body of peers. In recent years, we have taken a new direction and embarked on a landmark renewal of the university's vision. This ranking announcement comes as another welcome validation of our efforts. ?I would like to acknowledge the work of all our teaching staff and researchers, without whom this outstanding result and others would not have been possible.