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5 Star Experience

This page is a snapshot of our university's most recent rankings from national and international surveys. It paints a picture of the quality of the educational experience our graduates say they received, and some very good reasons to choose ECU for future study.

Good Universities Guide

Australian university graduates are surveyed annually about the quality of their university experience and subsequent employment outcomes. The resulting scores are translated into star ratings and are published in the Good Universities Guide.

ECU has been a long-standing Australian leader in university teaching, with 5-star ratings for undergraduate Teaching Quality for an amazing 19 years in row.

Teaching Quality

Learning Resources

Skills Development

Student Support

Everyone has the same experience at ECU

The ECU experience is personal, inclusive and empowering and built around care, engagement and opportunity.

It's why our 2026 ratings included 5 stars from both undergraduate and postgraduate students in these categories:

  • overall education experience
  • student support
  • skills development
  • learning resources
  • teaching quality

Undergraduate

The latest undergraduate ratings again put ECU at the top of all Western Australian universities.

Postgraduate

Our university is also rated number one in Western Australia for overall experience, student support and full-time employment for postgraduate coursework students.

Subject areas rated best in Australia

ECU's best fields of study as defined by the Good Universities Guide for undergraduate and postgraduate study.

Undergraduate ratings

Postgraduate ratings

Australian Financial Review's Best Universities

In AFR's 2025 Best Universities rankings, ECU has reaffirmed its position as a national leader in teaching, ranking us second nationally for teaching quality.

We also ranked top university in Western Australia for teaching excellence.

Rankings are based on the performance of universities under four pillars: Teaching, Research, Career impact, and Equity.

Read more about the AFR results

Top 400 in Times Higher Education World University Rankings

ECU has maintained its position for the fourth year running as one of the top 400 universities in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2026.

This Times Higher Education ranking lists the top universities in the world based on their performance in:

  • teaching
  • research
  • knowledge transfer
  • international outlook
Explore ECU's 2026 ranking

QILT Student Experience Survey

This independent Australian government survey is the only comprehensive review of current higher education students across Australia's public and private universities.

QILT means Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching. It's based on hundreds of thousands of surveys completed in 2024.

ECU still Australia's best for skills development

For the third year in a row, ECU is Australia's leading public university for developing real-world skills, ensuring our graduates are career-ready and future-focused.

This continued strong national performance reflects our commitment to immersive learning –providing students with practical learning opportunities through industry work placements and internships, along with access to modern industry-quality in-house facilities.

A leader in student support

ECU also continues to be recognised nationally for exceptional student support services, ranking second among Australian public universities. This underlines the strength of the university's culture of care, inclusivity, and a focus on putting students first.

The best in the west

ECU is ranked #1 among Western Australian universities for:

  • Overall Experience of Students
  • Teaching Quality and Engagement
  • Skills Development
  • Student Support and Services
Discover more about QILT 2025

Top 100 in Times Higher Education Young Universities

THE Young University Rankings lists the world’s best universities aged 50 years old or younger.

ECU is 33 years old in 2024 and is again ranked in the top 100 with an improved position on 2023, as was the case in 2022.

Young universities are judged across their core missions

  • teaching
  • research strength, excellence and influence
  • research citing in patents
  • knowledge transfer
  • international outlook
  • extent of domestic students studying abroad

to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available.

More about the rankings for 2024

ECU graduate employment rate tops all WA universities

The latest Graduate Outcomes Survey shows 93% of our graduates are in full-time employment within 3 years of completing their degrees, above the national average.

  • ECU's highest ranking for employability of graduates is in the fields of Computer and Information Systems, Engineering, Health Services, Nursing and Teacher Education.
  • 71.8% of ECU graduates are in professional or managerial positions within 3 years, a testament to the high quality of our teaching and the job readiness initiatives.
  • Three years after completing their degree, graduates earn the highest average salary of all WA universities at $86,900 a year.
More about the survey

QS World University Rankings by Subject

The QS World University Rankings is a portfolio of comparative university rankings compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds, a higher education analytics firm, based in London.

Excellence in Sport

ECU continues to be highly regarded internationally for Sports related subjects, again being ranked 30th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022.

Among Australian universities, we’re ranked sixth for Sports related subjects.

For Nursing studies, ECU is again ranked in the global top 100.

Learn more about QS rankings

Excellence in STEM

Our Performing Arts program also ranks in the top 100 worldwide, equating to second among Australian universities.

Petroleum Engineering has again ranked in the top 150 world-wide.

ECU’s Education subjects are ranked in the 251-300 band globally.

Business and Management studies have been ranked for the first time, appearing in the world-wide 501-550 band.

Learn more about QS rankings
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