38 of the world's top universities are in Australia, which is becoming an increasingly popular destination to study at.
45% of the world's top unviersities are in 10 countries.
Australia just makes the top 10, coming in at 10th place with 38 out of 1,500 of the top universities in the world. The United States of America is on top of the table by a significant margin of 199 universities - roughly double the number of top universities in the United Kingdom which makes 2nd place with 99 top universities.
Australia proudly ranks among the top 10 countries with the highest number of top universities. The global education landscape is dominated by the USA, followed by the UK and China, reflecting diverse academic excellence and cultural richness.
Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland are the Australian states which house the most prestigious universities in the country. Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are the top student cities in the world and there are numerous top universities centered around these cities.
XL - Extra Large: More than 30,000 Students
L - Large: >= 12,000 Students
M - Medium: >= 5,000 Students
S - Small: Fewer than 5,000 Students
5 - Historic: 100 years old and more
4 - Mature: 50-99 years old
3 - Established: 25-49 years old
2 - Young: 10-24 years old
1 - New: Less than 10 years old
The classification for Age and Size are derived from QS Universities here
Australia has a majority of "Established" Age universities which lie between 25-49 years old.
In terms of size, some states have universities of a variety of sizes (such as QLD and NSW) but most states have at most 2 sizes of universities only.
There are a significant majority of universities that are "Established" (Age = 3) and Large (Size = L). There are barely any small (S) universities or very young (Age = 2) universities.
There appears to be a common trend of Australian universities performing especially well in certain parameters which involve the international sphere (such as the International Students and Faculty scores). This is justified as Australia is a very popular destination for immigration.
However, we can see all the universities underperform astronomically in the Faculty Student Score - this significantly brings down the overall score. This gives us a very useful insight that a shortage of Higher Education Workers are limiting Australian universities from reaching their full potential in offering the best education. More information on QS Universities methodology in computing these scores can be found here.