Rankings
In 2009, the Graduate Management Association of Australia (GMAA) awarded Deakin's Master of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration (International) courses the maximum score of five stars, placing them in the top rank of Australia's MBA courses.
In 2007, the list of the top ranked universities in The Times Higher Education-Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings was expanded to 400 institutions worldwide. In this ranking, Deakin University was placed for the first time at equal 374th. In 2009, THES and QS split to conduct their own rankings from 2010. In 2009, the Russian Global University Ranking ranked the world's top 500 universities. Each university was placed into one of five bands. Deakin was placed in the third band (201-300) with a ranking of 283-284.
| Ranking Institution | # | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Times Higher Education-Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (pre-2010) | 400 | 374 | 396 | 355 | - | - |
| THES (Post-2009) | 400 | - | - | - | 399 | 381 |
| QS World University Rankings (post-2009) | 400 | - | - | - | 362 | |
| QS World University Rankings - Engineering and Technology | 300 | - | - | - | =272 | |
| QS World University Rankings - Natural Sciences (Chemistry) | 200 | - | - | - | - | 151-200 |
| QS World University Rankings - Social Sciences (Economics) | 200 | - | - | - | - | 151-200 |
| QS World University Rankings - Social Sciences (Sociology) | 200 | - | - | - | - | 101-150 |
| QS World University Rankings - Social Sciences (Accounting and Finance) | 200 | - | - | - | - | 51-100 |
| Russian Global University Ranking | 500 | - | - | 283-284 | ||
| Graduate Management Association of Australia (GMAA) MBA | - | - | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Graduate Management Association of Australia (GMAA) MBA(International) | - | - | 4/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 |
The Australian Good Universities Guide publishes an annual rating of the status and standing of Australian universities. The university's status and standing for each criterion was:
| Criteria | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prestige | 3/5 | N/P | N/P* | |||||
| Student Demand | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | |||||
| Non-government Earnings | 3/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | |||||
| Research Grants | 2/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | |||||
| Research Intensiveness | N/P | 2/5 | 2/5 | |||||
| Total Score | 11/20 | 13/20 | 13/20 |
Note: N/P - No publication available.
Research produced by the Melbourne Institute in 2006 ranked Australian universities across seven main discipline areas: Arts & Humanities, Business & Economics, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, and Science.
For each discipline, Deakin was ranked:
| Discipline | R1* | No. | R2* | No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts & Humanities | 17 | 35 | 17 | 35 |
| Business & Economics | 15 | 39 | 24 | 34 |
| Education | 6 | 35 | 8 | 32 |
| Engineering | 20 | 28 | 18 | 28 |
| Law | 20 | 29 | 20 | 28 |
| Medicine** | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Science | 24 | 38 | 27 | 31 |
.*R1 refers to Academics' rankings in tables 3.1 - 3.7 in the report. R2 refers to Articles and Research rankings in tables 5.1 - 5.7. No. refers to the number of institutions compared with Deakin.
.**As Deakin's Medical School will commence operations in 2008 there are no data available.
Deakin ranks 24 in Australia, 29 in the Oceania, and 609 in the world in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities:
Deakin has not yet been ranked in the world rankings produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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