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This is a list of universities and other higher education institutions in Australia. The Commonwealth Higher Education Support Act 2003 sets out three groups of higher education providers. Students at all three types of institutions are eligible for FEE-HELP, an income contingent loan to cover charges and fees. National Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Victoria (Australia)|Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Northern Territory Other self-accrediting higher education institutions These institutions are for nearly all practical purposes, universities. However, they are deemed not to be because their academic focus is too narrow. State and territory accredited higher education institutions Each qualification these institutions offer must first be approved by the relevant state or territory authority. For the purposes of maintainability, the list below only aims to include institutions that create their own degree, masters or doctorate courses - not those that deliver courses created by others, or create only lesser courses. Links to full lists of Higher Education course originators can be found at the bottom of this section. Institutions that only deliver higher education courses created by another institution can be found via the parent institution listed. Specialist General National New South Wales South Australia Tasmania Queensland Victoria Western Australia Specialist General Full listings Institutions operating in the external territories are auspiced by the Commonwealth Deparment of Education, Science and Training. However, there are none at this time (2005). Groupings of universities Rankings of universities 2006 Shanghai Jiao Tong University's academic ranking of world universities The academic ranking of world universities * produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Institute of Higher Education is the most methodologically sound and authoritative world ranking of universities. The 2006 ranking ranked Australian universities thus: 2005 Times Higher Education Rankings The 2005 Times Higher Education Supplement world university Top 20 ranked Melbourne University in the world's top 20 unversities. However, note the methodological flaws in the Times Higher Education Supplement's rank * Source: Times Higher Education Supplement 2005 Teaching Performance Rankings (The Australian) This table shows the teaching standards in Australia universities and was published in The Australian newspaper. The scaling method used in preparing this league table had five components: 2004 Times Higher Education Supplement Australian Rankings This list shows the international ranking of Australian universities that had been included in the top 100 universities as determined by the Times Higher Education Supplement Asiaweek's Australian top ranking universities In 2000, Asiaweek ranked Asia's universities and grouped them according to whether they were a generalist Multi-Disciplinary or a Science and Technology university. * In 1999, Asiaweek released the first regional listing of Asia's best universities. * Australian universities in the list and their rankings were: 2005 Melbourne Institute International Standing of Australian Universities A study released by the Melbourne Institute * (operated by the University of Melbourne) in 2005 examined Australian universities on the basis of: Ranking performance by other measures Universities can also be ranked by other measures See also | |||||||
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