* The number one ranked university in the world (not seen in this list) had a score of 100 and the scores of all other institutions around the world are expressed as a percentage of the top rating university's score. In this list only Australian universities are depicted. To calculate the rankings the following criteria were considered:
Teaching (30%) - the learning environment
Research (30%) - volume income and reputation
Citations (30%) - research influence
International Outlook (7.5%) - staff, students and research
Industry income (2.5%) - innovation.
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Best Australian universities by Times Higher Education 2023
According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023, the highest ranked Australian university was the University of Melbourne with a score of ****. That same year, the Australian National University and the University of Queensland took out second and third place for Australian universities.
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