The university is world number one for sports sciences – again

Deakin U came first in the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2016 and proving it wasn’t a fluke, in 2017 as well. It dropped back to third in the ARWU for 2018 and 2020 but returned to first place, last year and this (for reasons that CMM can’t remember there was no 2019 ranking).

Back in 2016 a learned reader suggested that DU’s win was then the first ever Australian number one in a major discipline ranking – having managed it four times must be even more of a record.

DU does not have all the glory in this year’s ARWU – Victoria U is seventh and Curtin U is tenth. All up there are 13 Aus universities in the world top 50.