Curtin awarded multiple top rankings in Good Universities Guide
MIRI: Curtin University has been awarded multiple five-star ratings in the recently released 2021 Good Universities Guide rankings.
It ranked first among Western Australian universities for graduate outcomes (including full-time employment and starting salary), staff qualifications, learner engagement, and learning resources.
Curtin University vicechancellor Prof John Cordery said the university also ranked in the top band of Australian universities for undergraduate teaching quality, overall experience, learning resources, learner engagement, starting salary, and skills development.
“The latest results reaffirm Curtin’s excellent reputation in teaching, learning, and graduate outcomes. It continues to outrank all other Western Australia universities in several important categories including the full-time employment rate, confirming our commitment to producing job-ready graduates,” he said in a statement yesterday.
He added that it was particularly satisfying to see Curtin achieving high rankings across Western Australia and nationally in the undergraduate educational experience measures for many fields of study including medicine, architecture, business management, psychology, and social work.
Curtin University Malaysia pro vice-chancellor, president, and chief executive Prof Simon Leunig said the results reflect the skill and dedication of the university’s academic and professional staff in Western Australia and its global campuses in Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, and Mauritius.
He pointed out in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2020, Curtin maintained its ranking in the 201-300 band worldwide, well within the top 1 per cent of universities worldwide and is placed ninth in Australia.
The ARWU is widely recognised as the most relevant researchoriented university ranking system worldwide and is based on a range of measures including research output and number of Highly Cited Researchers.
Leunig added as Curtin’s largest international campus, Curtin Malaysia prides itself on offering identical academic programmes, an undifferentiated student learning experience, and a shared commitment to excellence in education and research as the main campus in Western Australia.
He said Curtin Malaysia is widely recognised for its practical research that is focused on solving timely, real-world problems.
In recent years, its research activity has grown significantly, helping to drive Curtin’s rapid rise up the global university rankings. Curtin Malaysia gained recognition through its ratings in Malaysia’s Setara, D-Setara, and Myra rating systems for institutional excellence, academic programmes, and research.
It is also one of 19 public and private universities in the country granted self-accreditation status by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA).
He added Curtin Malaysia continues to rapidly ramp up its already strong research capacities in its faculties, Curtin Malaysia Graduate School, and the multi-disciplinary Curtin Malaysia Research Institute.
Among the efforts were the development of the Sarawak BioValley Pilot Plant, a new Faculty of Engineering and Science building and Engineering Research Laboratory with facilities for teaching, research and postgraduate work, as well as the modern Digital Centre for Excellence that would add new dimensions to research and innovation at Curtin Malaysia.