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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy

Sydney’s UNSW overtakes University of Melbourne in global rankings for first time

The vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales Prof Attila Brungs
The vice-chancellor of the University of NSW, Prof Attila Brungs, said the institution was ‘excited to be number one in Australia’ in the QS World University Rankings. Photograph: Richard Freeman/UNSW

The University of New South Wales has overtaken the University of Melbourne for the first time in a prestigious world university rankings list.

UNSW ranked 19th in the QS World University Rankings, an improvement of one place for the Sydney university on last year’s result and 30 places since 2017.

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