Statistics
82% of our research is ranked at world standard or above (Excellence in Research for Australia 2015)
IRU members earn $352 million in research income representing 9% of all university research income
Download IRU Statistics on Research.
We educated 211,393 students in 2017:
14% of the sector
We enrol 25% of Australia’s low SES undergraduate students
We educate 21% of Australia’s Aboriginal
and Torres Strait
Islander students
IRU enrolled just under 45,000 international students in 2017
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1.4% of IRU academic staff are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
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Our universities rank in the
top 500 universities in the world (Times Higher Education Rankings 2015)
Our universities rank in the top 100 universities aged 50 or less
Rankings – All Australian Universities
Rankings – World University Rankings by Subject
