University of Wollongong

201–250^th

World University Rankings 2025

=44^th

Impact Rankings 2024

16^th

Young University Rankings 2024

Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2522, Australia

About University of Wollongong

The University of Wollongong is a public university in the coastal city of Wollongong, Australia. It was established in 1951.

The university has nine campuses in Australia, and opened the University of Wollongong Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in 1993.

There are five faculties at the university: business; engineering and information sciences; law, humanities and the arts; science, medicine and health and social sciences.

The Wollongong Undergraduate Students' Association produces a magazine called Tertangala which features news, features, artwork, opinion, film and music reviews mostly written by students. The magazine has been running for 48 years.

The university has international exchange agreements with over 140 universities across the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Americas, the Utrecht Network and in Dubai.

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23.1

No. of students per staff

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15,249

Number of FTE Students

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26%

Proportion of ISR Publications

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55 : 45

Student Ratio of Females to Males

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24%

Percentage of International Students

(1)

Based on data collected for the ⁽¹⁾ 2025 World University Rankings

Subjects taught at University of Wollongong

Business & economics
- Business & Management
- Accounting & Finance
- Economics & Econometrics
Arts & humanities
- Art, Performing Arts & Design
- Archaeology
- History, Philosophy & Theology
- Architecture
- Languages, Literature & Linguistics
Social sciences
- Sociology
- Politics & International Studies (incl Development Studies)
- Communication & Media Studies
- Geography
Engineering & technology
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- General Engineering
- Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Life sciences
- Sport Science
- Agriculture & Forestry
- Biological Sciences
Psychology
- Psychology
Clinical, pre-clinical & health
- Medicine & Dentistry
- Other Health
Law
- Law
Physical sciences
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Chemistry
- Geology, Environmental, Earth & Marine Sciences
- Physics & Astronomy
Computer science
- Computer Science
Education
- Education