Sydney, Australia
Macquarie University
Ranked in the world
13
Macquarie University is ranked 13th in the world for clean water and sanitation (SDG 6).
Source: THE Impact Rankings: Clean Water and Sanitation, 2025
Full ranking profile
Macquarie University's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.
| Ranking | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2025Headlinein the world for clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) | Times Higher Education | 13 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Philosophy | Quacquarelli Symonds | 18 |
| THE Impact 2025in the world for life below water (SDG 14) | Times Higher Education | 21 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | 28 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Linguistics | Quacquarelli Symonds | 29 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Linguistics | Quacquarelli Symonds | 36 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 39 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024in the world for Business Administration | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 41 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Business Administration | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 41 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 49 |
| THE Impact 2025in the world for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | 50 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 55 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 65 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 66 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 76 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 83 |
| QS Sustainability 2026in the world for sustainability | Quacquarelli Symonds | 98 |
| QS Employability 2022in the world for graduate employability | Quacquarelli Symonds | 98 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 118 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 126 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 133 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 134 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 138 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 141 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 149 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 150 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 153 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 166 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 170 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | 173 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 192 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 197 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 201 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 215 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 217 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 230 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 232 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 241 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 255 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 255 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 268 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 275 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 280 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 280 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 298 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 340 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | 341 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 355 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 355 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 356 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 393 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 401 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 401 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 404 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 409 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 429 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 433 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 471 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 730 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.