Universities of Melbourne, New South Wales and Sydney score high, as Australia ranks 11th worldwide on sustainability programs and research
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Three Australian universities have made the world’s top 20 list for the first time after new metrics placing greater weight on international research and sustainability were introduced.
The QS World University Rankings, run by global higher education specialist Quacquarelli Symonds, draws from millions of academic papers and insights from 240,000 academics and employers across 1,500 universities.
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