International Benchmarking Program
The University Planning Office conducts benchmarking activities with national and international peer institutions and monitors Melbourne's standing in national and international rankings. Ongoing developments in rankings and benchmarking are also reviewed and a summary of recent developments is available.
For further information regarding the reports here please contact Taliessin Reaburn.
- The complete International Benchmarking Report is now available. Individual sections can be found below.
Institutional Analysis
Institutional Profiles
The UPO annually gathers information on a group of international universities and compares data on students, staff and finance.
Rankings Analysis
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Times Higher Education Supplement-QS World Rankings
Taiwan Index
Melbourne Institute
The Melbourne Institute produces individual national rankings papers at various times. The most recent, Ranking Australian Universities, was published in October 2007.
International Directions
- UNESCO Higher Education
- OECD Directorate for Education
- OECD Education at a Glance 2008
- OECD Education at a Glance 2007
- OECD Informal Ministerial Meeting on Evaluating the Outcomes of Higher Education
- OECD Higher Education for the Knowledge Society (overview)
- Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente, Netherlands
- National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) – The Higher Educational Transformation of China
- World Bank Data and Research (Browse by topic — Education)
- Approaches to Teaching and Learning
- National Student Survey (UK)
- National Survey of Student Engagement (USA)
- i-Graduate (International Student Barometer)
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Other Links and References
- Leiden Rankings
- Macleans Rankings
- International Rankings Expert Group (IREG)- Berlin Principles
- Institute for Higher Education Policy - College and University Rankings Systems
- For further explanation of the h-index see J. E. Hirsch’s paper, An Index to Quantify an Individual’s Research Output
- Higher Education Management and Policy Issue 19 Vol 2
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USA Data
- US Department of Education — Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Centre for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Projections of Education Statistics to 2016
- Digest of Education Statistics 2007
- Employees in Post Secondary Institutions, Fall 2006, and Salaries of Full–Time Instructional Faculty, 2006–2007
- Deciding on Post Secondary Education
- Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G–8 Countries: 2006
- To Teach or Not to Teach? Teaching Experience and Preparation Among 1992–1993 Bachelor's Degree Recipients 10 Years After College
- Enrolment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2005; Graduation Rates, 1999 and 2002 Cohorts; and Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2005
- Academic Libraries: 2004
- Institutional Policies and Practices Regarding Postsecondary Faculty: Fall 2003
- The Centre for Measuring University Performance (The Centre)
- Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)
- US News & World Report — Education section
- Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
- The Boston College — Centre for International Higher Education
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Canada Data
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UK Data
- Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE)
- UK Higher Education International Unit
- Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)
- Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
- Reports and Publications
- Innovation Nation — White paper (also available executive summary)
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Australian Data
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- Australian Council for Educational Research
- Graduate Careers Australia
- Group of Eight (Go8)
- Universities Australia (UA)
- Australian Education International (AEI)
IDP Education
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Institutional Links
- Australian National University
- The University of Queensland
- The University of Sydney
- The University of Hong Kong
- National University of Singapore
- Tsing Hua University
- The University of British Columbia
- The University of Toronto
- University of California - Berkeley
- The University of Chicago
- University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- University of Virginia
- The University of Edinburgh
- Imperial College London
- The University of Manchester
- The University of Nottingham
- University College Dublin
- ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich)