In summary

  • Swinburne University of Technology has achieved a total of 17 subjects ranked in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025

  • Architecture & Built Environment and Education both rose in the rankings 

  • Art and Design maintained its ranking in the world’s top 150, while Media and Communications, and Physics and Astronomy, placed in the world’s top 250

Swinburne University of Technology has excelled in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025, with 17 subjects placing in the prestigious rankings.

Among the subjects ranked, Architecture and Built Environment now places among the top 200 in the world, up from the top 240 in 2024. Also moving up the ranks was Education, which placed 301-350 in 2025, up from 351-400 in 2024.

Art and Design maintained its ranking in the world’s top 150, Media and Communications, and Physics and Astronomy, placed in the world’s top 250, and Engineering - Civil and Structural was in the world’s top 275. 

Engineering - Electrical and Electronic, Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing, and Materials Science all made the top 300 globally.  

Among broad faculty areas, Engineering and Technology climbed 22 places from last year to 333, up from 355 in 2024.

Swinburne's Professor Karen Hapgood, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, says the rankings are inspiring evidence of Swinburne’s success in its goals as an institution. 

“Swinburne continues to deliver high quality education and world-leading research. While rankings are just one metric of our success, these results emphasise how our strategic focus is having an impact.”

The QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2025 were produced from analysis of the reputation and research of over 5,200 institutions.  

The rankings feature over 50 individual subjects which range across five broad faculty areas. 1,747 institutions were ranked this year across Engineering and Technology; Natural Sciences; Life Sciences and Medicine; Arts and Humanities; and Social Sciences and Management.

The rankings feature over 50 individual subjects which range across five broad faculty areas. From this group, 1,747 institutions were ranked this year across Engineering and Technology; Natural Sciences; Life Sciences and Medicine; Arts and Humanities; and Social Sciences and Management.