About ECU

5 Star Experience

This page is a snapshot of recent university rankings, both nationally and internationally. It includes ratings from recent graduate surveys and other international quality measures.

2020 Good Universities Guide

Every year, Australian university graduates are surveyed about their time at university, including factors impacting the quality of their experience and some post-university outcomes.

The resulting scores are translated into university star ratings and these are published in the Good Universities Guide.

In the 2020 guide, ECU graduates have again given us a 5-star rating for teaching quality. This rating has now been achieved for 13 years in a row. It makes ECU the only public university in Australia to have achieved such a consistently high endorsement for teaching quality.

A 5-star rating has also been achieved for full-time graduate starting salary, the equal highest in Western Australia and above the national average. This is based on the starting salary for new domestic graduates under age 25, and in their first full-time job.

ECU was also rated 5 stars and the best in Western Australia for overall experience, skills development, student support and learning resources.

Read more about our GUG 2020 ratings.

2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings

ECU has been named in the top 500 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2020.

The World University Rankings is an annual list of the top 1000 universities ranked for their teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

This ranking places ECU in the top 2.5% of universities in the world.

2019 QILT website: teaching quality rating

In 2019, and for the 4th year in a row, ECU received the top undergraduate teaching quality ranking of all public universities in Australia. QILT results are based on thousands of surveys completed by students across Australia. Over 85% of ECU students surveyed, rated the quality of the teaching they received positively.

ECU was also the top-ranked Australian public university for skills development and overall educational experience (based on two-year aggregated results).

2019 QILT website: discipline ratings

ECU is Australia’s top university for teaching quality and skills development in the Humanities, Culture and Social Sciences discipline. We’re also Australia’s top university for teaching quality and student support in the Rehabilitation discipline.

In the Creative Arts discipline, ECU was rated Australia’s #2 university for teaching quality, skills development and quality of educational experience. And in the Teacher Education discipline, we’re Australia’s top public university for teaching quality and overall educational experience.

2019 Times Higher Education Young University Rankings

ECU has been ranked in the world's top 150 universities under 50 years old in the 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) Young Universities Rankings.

Young universities were measured on their teaching, research, citations, international outlook and industry income. These are the same performance indicators as the overall THE World University Rankings.

Review the full rankings for young universities

2019 Top 100 Asia-Pacific Universities

ECU has been ranked in the top 100 universities in the latest Times Higher Education Asia-Pacific University Rankings.

These rankings are based on the same rigorous criteria as the THE World University Rankings, but with special modifications to better reflect the characteristics of universities in the region.

Read the full 2019 THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings

2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject

ECU has been ranked in the world’s top 100 for Sports-related courses in the 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

We also achieved a top 300 ranking for Education, a subject that has now achieved a top 300 ranking or better for seven years in a row.

2019 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings

ECU has been ranked number 6 in the world for Gender Equality and is in the top 50 overall in the 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact ratings.
The rankings show how the global higher education sector is working towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

ECU also ranked in the top 50 for Quality Education (11), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (22), and Good Health and Well being (28).

Read more about the THE Impact Rankings

2018 ShanghaiRankings

ECU has received international recognition for the quality of our Sports Science program in ShanghaiRanking’s 2018 global ranking of Sports Science Schools and Departments. The university was named one of the top 25 universities in the world and 5th in Australia. Sports Science is a key teaching and research discipline in our School of Medical and Health Sciences.

Other university programs to feature strongly in the 2018 rankings included Nursing and Hospitality and Tourism Management, both placing in the world's top 150.

2018 QS World University Rankings Top 150 under 50

ECU has been listed in the QS Top 150 under 50 rankings for 2018. The rankings cover the world’s 150 leading institutions founded after 1967. ECU was established in 1991 and appears in the 101-150 category.

Review the full rankings