Good Universities Guide
Australian university graduates are surveyed annually about the quality of their university experience and subsequent employment outcomes. The resulting scores are translated into star ratings and are published in the Good Universities Guide.
In the 2023 guide, ECU has maintained its long-standing 5-star rating for teaching quality. It’s now 16 straight years!
ECU was also rated 5 stars for undergraduate:
- overall experience
- skills development
- student support
- learning resources
- learner engagement
For the second time, ECU has been rated 5 stars for postgraduate overall experience, as well as skills development, learning resources, student support and teaching quality.
Best in Australia discipline rankings
ECU has achieved 5 stars and the highest ranking in Australia across these categories and disciplines:
- for teaching quality in the undergraduate Computing and Information Systems and Education and Training disciplines
- for overall educational experience in the undergraduate Computing and Information Systems discipline
- for teaching quality and student support in the postgraduate Psychology discipline
- for student support in Business and Management discipline
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings lists the top universities in the world based on their performance in teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
The latest rankings for 2023 have seen ECU ranked in the top 400 universities in the world for the first time, marking a jump of two category levels from featuring in the top 600 in 2019.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject
A range of ECU disciplines have ranked globally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject for 2023:
- Business and Economics – ranked in top 250
- Computer Science - ranked in top 400
- Clinical and Health – ranked in top 500
- Education – ranked in top 300
- Engineering and Technology – ranked in top 175
- Psychology – ranked in top 500
- Social Sciences – ranked in top 300
QILT Student Experience Survey
Our students have rated ECU Australia's top public university for undergraduate teaching quality for the 7th year in a row in the latest QILT rankings (2021 Student Experience Survey).
In fact, ECU topped the rankings for public universities in Australia for undergraduate overall experience, teaching quality, skills development and learning resources.
ECU is also the top ranked university (public or private) in Western Australia for undergraduate overall experience, student support and learning resources.
Additionally, our international undergraduate students have rated ECU the top public university in Australia for overall experience.
The Student Experience Survey National report is the only comprehensive survey of current higher education students in Australia. It is based on hundreds of thousands of surveys completed in 2021 by students from all universities across Australia, both public and private.
QS World University Rankings by Subject
ECU continues to be highly regarded internationally for Sports related subjects, again being ranked 30th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022.
Among Australian universities, we’re ranked sixth for Sports related subjects.
For Nursing studies, ECU is again ranked in the global top 100.
Our Performing Arts program also ranks in the top 100 worldwide, equating to second among Australian universities.
Petroleum Engineering has again ranked in the top 150 world-wide.
ECU’s Education subjects are ranked in the 251-300 band globally.
Business and Management studies have been ranked for the first time, appearing in the world-wide 501-550 band.