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James Cook University Rankings 2024-25

Cairns, Australia

  • Cost of LivingAU$ 18,900
  • Tuition Fee FromAU$ 14,800
  • Country Rank-
  • Batch Strength10,794
  • Global Diversity12%
  • Gender Ratio64 : 36

QS World University Ranking 2024:

James Cook University has shown excellence by securing 351–400 spot on the global scale.


The Times Higher Education (THE) Global University Rankings placed JCU in the top 300 academic institutions worldwide in 2022. According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities  (ARWU) 2010, the university has maintained a position among the top 400 universities. The Council for Global University Rankings (CWUR) placed JCU No. 1 in the world for Marine & Freshwater Biology and No. 2 for Biodiversity Conservation in 2017. In the Times Higher Education (THE), the university ranked 29th in the Best Young Universities in the world rankings for institutions of higher learning that are 50 years of age or younger.

 

The 2022 Good Universities Guide gave the university five stars for full-time employment, undergraduate and postgraduate beginning salaries, learner engagement, and social equality. JCU’s research received a world-class or higher rating in 83% of the evaluated research fields in the Commonwealth Government's Excellence in Research for Australia 2018 National Report. This included the highest possible ranking, which is much higher than the global average, in 8 research fields and the global average in 30 other research areas. Glance through some of James Cook University rankings in 2022 & 2023 -

 

  • 351st - 400th in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023
  • 101st - 200th in Times Higher Education World Impact Rankings 2022
  • 324th in the US News & World Report Global Rankings 2023
  • 24th in the US News & World Report Rankings (Australia and New Zealand) 2023
  • 22nd in the US News & World Report National Rankings 2023
  • 301st - 400th in the ARWU Rankings 2022

 

Course Rankings 

 

James Cook University courses and their rankings for 2022 & 2023 are listed below -

 

Science Courses 2022 & 2023

  • QS - Biological Sciences (2022): #251 - 300
  • Times Higher Education - Life Sciences (2023): #126 - 150
  • Times Higher Education - Psychology (2023): #401 - 500

 

Medicine Courses 2022 & 2023

  • ARWU - Nursing (2022): #151 - 200
  • QS - Medicine (2022): #351 - 400
  • Times Higher Education - Clinical & Health (2023): #401 - 500

 

Business Courses 2023

  • Times Higher Education - PG Business & Economics: #401 - 500

 

Engineering Courses 2023

  • Times Higher Education - Engineering: #401 - 500

Year

QS Ranks

US News Ranks

2025

#445

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2023

#461

#324

2022

#424

#324