University of New South Wales ranks 19th in QS World University Rankings, with nine Australian universities achieving record-high positions

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The University of New South Wales has overtaken the University of Melbourne for the first time in a prestigious world university rankings list.

UNSW ranked 19th in the QS World University Rankings, an improvement of one place for the Sydney university on last year’s result and 30 places since 2017.