About Curtin University:

Curtin University is an Australian public research university based in Bentley and Perth, Western Australia. The university is named after the 14th Prime Minister of Australia, John Curtin, and is the largest university in Western Australia, with over 58,000 students (as of 2016). Curtin was conferred university status after legislation was passed by the Parliament of Western Australia in 1986. Since then, the university has been expanding its presence and has campuses in Singapore, Malaysia, Dubaiand Mauritius. It has ties with 90 exchange universities in 20 countries. The University comprises five main faculties with over 95 specialists centres. The University formerly had a Sydney campus between 2005 & 2016. On 17 September 2015, Curtin University Council made a decision to close its Sydney campus by early 2017.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
World University Rankings - - - - - - - - - - 326 296 277 267 256 248 240 210 206

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Agriculture - - - - - - - - - - - - - 236 232 204 225 234
Engineering - - - - - - - - - 166 166 152 149 153 158 220 224 203
Life Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - 451-500 - 451-500 451-500 -
Medicine - - - - - - - - - - - - - 351-400 351-400 301-350 295 274
Natural Sciences - - - - - - - - - 260 247 226 215 212 213 207 174 183
Social Sciences 288 - - 297 274 290 250 216 175 178 151 154 141 139 141 150 130 108

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Agricultural Sciences - - - - - - - - - - 301-350 279 301-350 351-400 351-400
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 401-450
Chemistry - - - - - - 258 232 199 183 187 159 250 206 199
Chemical Engineering - - - 117 109 93 84 69 64 57 48 43 71 95 90
Civil Engineering 177 119 192 82 64 41 35 39 34 30 61 51 27 46 43
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 301-350 296 301-350 351-400 301-350 301-350 296
Computer Science - - - - - - 301-350 301-350 301-350 301-350 301-350 351-400 451-500 451-500 -
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - 174 140 140 162 166 157 162
Electrical Engineering - - - - - - 276 301-350 273 301-350 301-350 301-350 351-400 351-400 401-450
Environment / Ecology - - - 269 262 235 206 202 187 186 161 157 155 164 185
Geosciences 69 77 90 54 60 54 68 58 61 58 56 65 77 80 91
Immunology - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Materials Science - - - - - - - - - - 209 172 177 73 87
Mathematics - - - 247 249 277 252 198 86 81 102 126 207 229 240
Mechanical Engineering - 225 - 241 259 275 190 150 115 150 170 161 147 152 149
Microbiology - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - - - - - - - - - - 301-350 301-350 301-350 301-350 351-400
Physics - - - - - - 451-500 401-450 451-500 451-500 451-500 451-500 - - -
Plant & Animal Science - - - - - - - - - - - - 272 - 351-400
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - 217 180 191 194 167 127 108
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 146 134 146 144 144 118 100
Space Science - - - - - - - - 245 198 136 225 232 188 170
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 85 95 90 98 109
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 107 119 118 148 136
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -