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Why choose Australia's future-focused university, UTS? Our numbers speak for themselves.

Written by UTS College | January 15, 2026 10:55:05 AM Z

New rankings have been released with UTS once again leading the way in delivering future-focused education. 


UTS is in the world's Top 10 young universities

UTS has jumped 6 places from #15 to now rank:

  • No. 9 Young University in the World (Times Higher Education (THE) 2021 Young University Rankings)
  • No. 1 Young University in Australia (Times Higher Education (THE) 2021 Young University Rankings)

Future-focused degrees

UTS has also climbed the ranks in key future-focused study areas including Computer Science, Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (AI).


Computer Science & Engineering

  • No. 1 in Australia for Computer Science & Engineering (ARWU 2020)
  • No. 1 in Australia for Computer Science (CWTS Leiden Rankings 2021)
  • No. 29 worldwide for Computer Science & Engineering (ARWU 2020)
  • Top 100 in the world for Computer Science & Engineering (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021)

 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research

  • No.1 in Australia for AI Research (AI Research Index 2021)
  • No. 10 Worldwide in AI Reseach (AI Research Index 2021)


In the 2021 ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects released at the end of May, UTS increased its ranked position in 17 subjects and now is ranked in the world’s top 50 for six subjects: Computer Science & Engineering (11), Nursing (11), Telecommunication Engineering (16), Water Resources (36), Instruments Science & Technology (39) and Transportation Science & Technology (44).


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