Professor Zhou (Joe) Jiang, Ph.D.

Joe Jiang’s Rankings of Australian Business Schools 2025

A Ranking of Business Schools in Australia – Started in 2015

Ranking	University	Overall Score	SWR	GA&MBA	R-Lead	RPI
1	University of New South Wales	100.00	93.10	100.00	48.69	86.96
2	University of Queensland	98.22	79.31	43.61	100.00	100.00
3	University of Melbourne	96.72	100.00	100.00	44.06	73.93
4	University of Sydney	90.99	90.23	54.51	57.67	96.73
5	Monash University	83.39	99.43	48.87	66.83	59.02
6	Australian National University	62.58	77.01	16.92	39.11	72.70
7	University of Technology Sydney	62.00	71.26	32.33	37.84	62.41
8	University of Western Australia	57.80	47.99	37.97	38.59	65.48
9	Macquarie University	57.47	62.64	32.71	39.25	54.33
10	RMIT University	54.75	58.62	28.20	39.98	53.19
11	Queensland University of Technology	47.67	42.53	26.32	43.54	44.33
12	Deakin University	46.28	41.95	26.69	42.46	41.04
13	Curtin University	45.41	33.62	26.69	41.64	47.32
14	University of South Australia	45.02	26.44	32.33	49.52	39.71
15	Griffith University	44.69	36.21	10.53	48.67	51.53
16	University of Adelaide	42.73	36.21	10.53	33.36	60.40
17	Swinburne University of Technology	41.38	24.43	10.53	35.77	65.33
18	University of Newcastle	41.29	26.44	21.05	27.53	60.73
19	University of Wollongong	36.94	26.44	33.08	26.65	35.29
20	La Trobe University	32.09	14.94	16.17	26.00	48.38
21	Edith Cowan University	30.83	10.63	10.53	35.72	44.47
22	University of Tasmania	23.63	4.31	10.53	22.46	40.41
23	Australian Catholic University	22.70	0.00	0.00	26.25	48.37
24	University of Sunshine Coast	21.78	0.00	10.53	31.19	29.89
25	Bond University	21.75	0.00	21.05	20.26	30.20
26	University of Southern Queensland	20.42	4.31	0.00	25.19	37.63
27	Torrens University Australia	20.34	0.00	0.00	24.51	42.37
28	James Cook University	19.19	3.45	0.00	23.28	36.36
29	Murdoch University	18.61	0.00	0.00	22.19	39.00
30	University of New England	18.16	1.15	0.00	16.68	41.87
31	Charles Darwin University	17.77	0.00	0.00	17.33	41.09
32	Western Sydney University	17.67	1.15	10.53	6.96	39.45
33	Central Queensland University	17.28	3.45	0.00	15.54	37.81
34	Flinders University	16.95	0.00	0.00	14.97	40.75
35	University of Canberra	15.50	0.00	0.00	10.73	40.23
36	Victoria University	13.22	0.00	5.64	10.17	27.65
37	Federation University Australia	12.03	0.00	0.00	8.51	31.04
38	Charles Sturt University	10.72	0.00	0.00	15.72	19.52
39	Southern Cross University	10.15	0.00	0.00	7.76	25.59
40	University of Notre Dame Australia	8.97	0.00	0.00	20.75	8.74

1. Subject World Reputation (SWR): An indicator which integrates the subject rankings from three global university rankings, including the QS World University Rankings by Subject, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject, and the Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU) by Subject
2. Global Accreditation and Master of Business Administration (GA&MBA): An indicator which evaluates institutions based on two factors: prestigious accreditations (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) and rankings of MBA and Executive MBA programs from the Financial Times and QS
3. Research Leadership (R-Lead): An indicator that evaluates a university’s excellence in business and economics through leading ARC grants, top researchers (Stanford’s Top 2% Scientists), and top 10% journal publications
4. Research Publication Impact (RPI): An indicator that assesses the reach and significance of a university’s research in business and economics, based on citation impact, policy citations, and media exposure

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