Australian National University ranks in the top 52 in the world than Durham University.

Australian National University, a world-renowned top research university, ranks first among the eight famous universities in Australia, is the only university in the southern hemisphere that ranks among the top 20 in the world, and is also a founding member of the International Research University Alliance and the Pacific Rim University Alliance. 1946, the Australian federal parliament passed a special bill, becoming the only institution in Australia with the qualification of a national university to act as a federal think tank.

The Australian National University, with seven teaching colleges and four national academies of science, is the largest library in the southern hemisphere and has close ties with the federal government, national cultural and research institutions. More than 270 scholars have been elected as Australian Commonwealth Fellows, and the Royal Society has the largest number of academicians in Australia, with the best teachers in Australia. There is an academic scepter presented by Oxford University on campus, just like the Oxford scepter. Only appeared at the degree awarding ceremony, filled with academic awe.

Australian national universities rank 1 in Australia and 10 in the world in the fields of arts and humanities, natural sciences and social sciences. Engineering, science and technology and life sciences rank third in Australia, and all disciplines rank among the top 40 in the world. Outstanding alumni include seven of the 12 Nobel Prize winners in Australian history, two Australian prime ministers, more than 30 current ministers, politicians, outstanding scholars and business tycoons from all over the world.