UNSW Rankings
UNSW consistently scores highly in a range of national and international rankings. 5 Star University - The Good Universities Guide gives UNSW the maximum five-star rating for ten key performance indicators, in the following categories:
 | Graduate Starting Salary | | Research Grants |
| Student - Staff Ratios | | Research Intensivity |
| | Staff Qualifications | | Acquisition of Generic Skills |
| | Teaching Quality | | Cultural Diversity |
| | Positive Graduate Outcomes | | Student Success in Gaining Employment |
Number one Engineering Faculty in Australia and ranked 27th in the world.
- 2008 Time Higher Education Supplement Rankings
Highest median starting salary for UNSW graduates amongst all first degrees at Australian universities.
- 2008 Australian Graduate Survey
Top performing engineering discipline among Australian universities.
- 2007 Melbourne Institute's Discipline Ratings for Australian Universities
Top score in computing, engineering, science and architecture UNSW also achieved the top score for excellence in business, law and economics and the top overall scores for both excellence and improvement.
- 2009 Learning and Teaching Performance Fund
Most cited Australian university in Computer Science as well as Engineering, Maths, and Psychology.
- 2003 To 2007 Thomson Reuters-Indexed Journal
The largest share of LIEF grant funding went to UNSW as the lead institution ($4.7M) in the country. The Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Grants supports the purchase of major instrumentation and facilities.
- 2009 ARC LIEF Grant Funding
