UOW is here to support your choices and open doors, so that you graduate ready for your dream career. Here you can see rankings for study areas, student experience measures and employment outcomes for UOW graduates.
Teaching and learning rankings
Undergraduate rankings
As a student at UOW, you know you’ll receive a quality education and be supported to do your best.
Student experience*
5-star ratings (GUG 2025)
- Learner engagement (6th in Australia)
- Learning resources (1st in NSW, 7th in Australia)
- Skills development
- Teaching quality (9th in Australia)
1st in NSW (QILT)
- Learning resources
2nd in NSW (QILT)
- Teaching quality and engagement
- Skills development
- Student support and services
3rd in NSW (QILT)
- Quality of educational experience
- Peer engagement
- CEQ - overall satisfaction
Student experience by study area
5 stars for Full-Time Employment (GUG 2025)
- Education and Training (2nd in Australia)
- Social Work (7th in Australia)
5 stars for Learning Resources (GUG 2025)
- Agriculture and Environmental Studies (1st in NSW, 2nd in Australia)
- Communications (1st in NSW, 2nd in Australia)
- Creative Arts (7th in Australia)
- Education and Training (6th in Australia)
- Health Services and Support (1st in NSW, 8th in Australia)
- Humanities, Culture and Social Sciences (1st in NSW, 6th in Australia)
- Law and Paralegal Studies (9th in Australia)
- Medicine (1st in Australia)
5 stars for Overall Education Experience (GUG 2025)
- Communications (1st in NSW, 5th in Australia)
- Education and Training (6th in Australia)
- Health Services & Support (1st in NSW, 9th in Australia)
- Law & Paralegal Studies (1st in NSW, 7th in Australia)
- Nursing (6th in Australia)
- Social Work (1st in Australia)
5 stars for Skills Development (GUG 2025)
- Humanities, Culture and Social Sciences (1st in NSW, 7th in Australia)
- Law and Paralegal Studies (4th in Australia)
- Nursing (4th in Australia)
- Psychology (1st in NSW, 7th in Australia)
- Social Work (1st in NSW, 2nd in Australia)
5 stars for Student Support (GUG 2025)
- Agriculture and Environmental Studies (1st in Australia)
- Communications (1st in NSW, 6th in Australia)
- Humanities, Culture and Social Sciences (7th in Australia)
- Medicine (1st in NSW, 3rd in Australia)
- Nursing (6th in Australia)
5 stars for Teaching Quality (GUG 2025)
- Business and Management (1st in NSW, 8th in Australia)
- Communications (1st in NSW, 5th in Australia)
- Education and Training (6th in Australia)
- Humanities, Culture and Social Sciences (7th in Australia)
- Law and Paralegal Studies (1st in NSW, 4th in Australia)
- Medicine (1st in NSW, 2nd in Australia)
- Nursing (5th in Australia)
Study area*
1st in Australia (QILT)
- Communications
- Law and Paralegal Studies
- Teacher Education
3rd in Australia (QILT)
- Humanities, Culture and Social Sciences (1st in NSW)
2nd in NSW (QILT)
- Engineering
- Health Services and Support
- Nursing
- Psychology
3rd in NSW (QILT)
- Creative Arts
Employment
UOW is one of Australia's best universities for graduate employer satisfaction.
QILT Employer Satisfaction Survey 2023
- The latest QILT Employer Satisfaction Survey (2023) indicated that 86% of employers are overall satisfied with UOW graduates.
Ahead of the pack (QILT)
- 87.6% of UOW graduates gained employment within four months of completing their course – this is above the national average (87.5%).
5 stars for Full-Time Employment (GUG 2025)
- Education & Training (2nd in Australia)
- Social Work (7th in Australia)
Postgraduate rankings
Student experience by study area
5 stars for Learner Engagement (GUG 2025)
- Medicine (1st in Australia)
- Nursing (3rd in Australia)
- Social Work (5th in Australia)
5 stars for Overall Educational Experience (GUG 2025)
- Education and Training (4th in Australia)
5 stars for Skills Development (GUG 2025)
- Education and Training (9th in Australia)
- Medicine (5th in Australia)
- Social Work (7th in Australia)
5 stars for Student Support (GUG 2025)
- Education and Training (10th in Australia)
- Nursing (3rd in Australia)
- Social Work (7th in Australia)
5 stars for Teaching Quality (GUG 2025)
- Education and Training (3rd in Australia)
- Social Work (7th in Australia)
5 stars for Full-time Employment (GUG 2025)
- Engineering and Technology (1st in Australia)
- Law and Paralegal Studies (1st in Australia)
- Psychology (1st in Australia)
Study area*
1st in NSW (QILT)
- Engineering
See for yourself
The federal government’s Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) allow you to compare universities using their CompareED website. All of the above results are determined by UOW's ranking based on the average performance across all QILT indicators.
The Good Universities Guide is Australia’s largest course comparison website. This is an independent resource, providing education and career information.