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La Trobe University

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World University Rankings 2026 · 90% range 329–878 of 1,240 · score 40.9
Research Index =234

How it scores

Research
80
Alumni outcomes
23
Admissions & earnings
26/28

Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among 1,240 universities; alumni outcomes are counted per student. Admissions & earnings is the position among universities in the same country (Australia).

Admissions, outcomes and alumni

Median graduate salary (QILT)
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Internationally notable alumni (Wikidata)
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Heads of state or government (Wikidata)
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Students (undergraduate / total)
24,375 / 36,986

Each figure links to its source. Admissions and earnings figures are comparable only within a country.

Research Index

A · Quality
81.6
B · Strength
69.0

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: =225. On strength alone: 405. The Research Index scores research only; admissions, earnings and alumni outcomes are scored in the overall ranking where data exists.

The numbers behind it (2020–2023)

Papers in the top 10% of their field
12.7% (11.9%–13.5%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
1.4% (1.1%–1.7%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
521
All papers (fractional count)
4,106
International co-authored
52.7%
Open access
64.9%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
1 (0.08 per 1,000)

Core publications, fractional counting, field-normalised citation shares. Brackets show Leiden’s stability interval. Collaboration and open-access shares use full counting and aren’t field-normalised. Retraction counts come from the Retraction Watch database and include publishers’ mass retractions as well as honest-error retractions; a retraction is not by itself evidence of misconduct, and the count is never scored.

By field

Biomedical & health sciences=186range 144–284 of 1,671
Life & earth sciences=634range 493–764 of 1,092
Mathematics & computer science202range 108–364 of 1,391
Physical sciences & engineering844range 571–1186 of 1,742
Social sciences & humanities=121range 80–255 of 1,262

Position over time

top 30%bottom2006–2009: 454 of 5712020–2023: 234 of 1,305

The same method applied to each 4-year publication window. The number of ranked universities grows from period to period, so position is shown as a share of the field.

How other rankings place it

=234Research Index 2026
–QS 2027 (not in top 100)
–THE 2027 (not in top 100)
–ARWU 2026 (not in top 100)

Other rankings are cited for comparison. The Research Index measures research only; QS and THE also use reputation surveys and figures universities submit, and ARWU counts prize winners and total output.

Prize winners

Alumni laureates
0
Staff laureates
1

Alumni: none recorded. Counted from Wikidata (CC0). Alumni laureates count toward the overall ranking per student (10 of 65 global weight points); staff laureates are shown for context only.