Four of the five Australian universities with the best law programs fall in this year’s list
Four of the five Australian universities that offer the best law programs have fallen in a global ranking.
This year’s edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020: Law list included 18 Australian universities. They are:
- The University of Melbourne [10]
- The University of Sydney [13]
- The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) [14]
- The Australian National University [17]
- Monash University [35]
- The University of Queensland [39]
- The University of Western Australia [51-100]
- University of Technology Sydney [51-100]
- Griffith University [101-150]
- Macquarie University [101-150]
- Queensland University of Technology [101-150]
- The University of Adelaide [101-150]
- University of Wollongong [101-150]
- Curtin University [201-250]
- Deakin University [201-250]
- La Trobe University [251-300]
- The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) [251-300]
- University of Tasmania [251-300]
Last year, The University of Melbourne was sixth, The University of Sydney was 12th, The Australian National University was 15th, and Monash University was 31st. Also experiencing a decline this year were The University of Adelaide, which was in the 51-100 bracket last year; Deakin University, which was in the 151-200 group; and La Trobe University, which was in 201-250.
Not making this year’s list are Bond University, University of Canberra, and Western Sydney University. The number of Australian universities only declined by one because of Curtin University and The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) entering the rankings.
Three universities also performed better in the global rankings. The University of Queensland rose from 43rd, and Griffith University and University of Wollongong both climbed from 151-200.
The 25 best universities for law around the world are:
- Harvard University
- University of Oxford
- University of Cambridge
- Yale University
- Stanford University
- The London School of Economics
- University of California, Berkeley
- Columbia University
- New York University
- The University of Melbourne
- University of Chicago
- National University Singapore
- The University of Sydney
- The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
- King’s College London
- University College London
- The Australian National University
- Georgetown University
- The University of Hong Kong
- = The University of Tokyo
- = The University of Toronto
- The University of Edinburgh
- Peking University
- Leiden University
- Université Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne