Australian National University is a founding member of Australia's Eight Universities Alliance, International Research University Alliance and Pacific Rim University Alliance. It enjoys a special academic status in Oceania. Four of Australia's five national academies are located in national universities, namely, the Australian Academy of Sciences, the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and australian academy of the humanities. There are more than 270 members of the Commonwealth of Australia, more than half of the members of the Royal Australian Society, and Australia ranks 1. 94% of the scientific research in national universities is rated as the world leader, and the research results cover optical fiber communication, accelerated expansion of the universe, cellular immunity, the world's thinnest lens, supercomputers and so on. Outstanding alumni include six Nobel Prize winners, two Australian prime ministers, 65,438+02 current ministers and 30 current ambassadors.
20 15/ 16, global ranking of QS World University for ten consecutive years 19, Australia ranking 1. Four disciplines are ranked in the world 10, and 15 disciplines are ranked in the world's top 25, ranking first in Australia. New york Times ranks 32nd in the world in terms of employment, with Australia 1. The Times ranks 25th in the world in the internationalization of higher education, with a reputation of 5 1, and ranks 52nd comprehensively. Academic ranking of world universities ranks 77th. Its teacher-student ratio of 1: 5 is the highest in Australia, laying the foundation for national universities to become top universities in the world.
20 16 16 10. In October, brian schmidt, the Nobel Prize winner in physics, officially became the president of the Australian National University 12.