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University of Wollongong

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World University Rankings 2026 · 90% range 287–957 of 2,287 · score 43.9
Research Index =223

How it scores

Research
90
Alumni outcomes
54
Admissions & earnings
=29/38

Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among 2,287 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)
A$75,000 src
Internationally notable alumni (Wikidata)
4 src
Heads of state or government (Wikidata)
0 src
Founders, billionaires and $30M+ alumni
not on the published top lists; estimated
Students (undergraduate / total)
23,754 / 34,121 src

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

Research Index

A · Quality
81.4
B · Strength
72.2

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: =230. On strength alone: =363. 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
12.4% (11.8%–13.2%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
1.5% (1.2%–1.7%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
560
All papers (fractional count)
4,502
International co-authored
63.4%
Open access
53.2%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
5 (0.39 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=386range 295–551 of 1,671
Life & earth sciences=379range 270–541 of 1,092
Mathematics & computer science=312range 210–457 of 1,391
Physical sciences & engineering83range 59–127 of 1,742
Social sciences & humanities=309range 201–470 of 1,262

Position over time

top 30%2006–2009: 365 of 5712020–2023: 223 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

=223Research 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

No Nobel, Fields, Turing or Abel laureates linked to this university in Wikidata.