UTS top of the class for AI, nursing, engineering and business subjects

UTS has placed in the top 100 universities in the world across 17 subjects, including standout results of number 5 in nursing and number 8 in artificial intelligence, in the ShanghaiRanking’s 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. 

“These rankings showcase the work of UTS’s world-class academics who are working to deliver outstanding education programs for their students and impactful research that will improve the way in which we live and work,” said UTS Vice-Chancellor, Professor Andrew Parfitt. 

“From artificial intelligence and computer science, telecommunications and electrical engineering, and nursing and business, our performance in rankings such as this is further evidence of the areas where we’re punching above our weight on the world stage.” 

UTS has been ranked in the top 50 universities in the world for nursing (5th), artificial intelligence (8th), telecommunications engineering (29th), electrical and electronic engineering (34th), computer science and engineering (42nd), and instruments science and technology (50th). 

Eight subjects rank in the 51st to 75th band – business administration, chemical engineering, civil engineering, environmental science and engineering, finance, robotic science and engineering, transportation science and technology, and water resources. 

It was also placed in the 76th to 100th band in education, energy science and engineering, and materials science and engineering.

The Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects evaluates the performance of approximately 2,000 universities worldwide in 57 subjects in the fields of natural science, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences and social sciences.