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Central Queensland University Rankings 2025
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- CQU Ranking Highlights
- CQU University Ranking
- CQU US News & World Report Ranking 2024
- CQU QS Ranking 2025
- CQU THE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2024
- CQU ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2023
- CQU Course Ranking
- CQU Student Reviews
CQURanking Highlights
Renowned for its academic excellence and diverse campus community, Central Queensland University has consistently secured top global university rankings. Offering a wide array of courses across various fields and disciplines for its students, Central Queensland University stands out and has an impressive global ranking, and is surely a world-class education place for international students.
Rated C by Shiksha Grading, Central Queensland University is also rated B for courses, such as MSN and various PG courses. Looking at the Shiksha Grading by Courses, most of the Central Queensland University courses are in the range of B and C+ grades.
Although there are multiple grading platforms accessible for students to check university rankings, what makes Shiksha Grading stand out is that Shiksha uses the aggregate of all the publicly available university and course rankings from top-ranking publishers and maps it into nine buckets, namely A++, A+, A, B++, B+, B, C++, C+, C. With this method, courses are graded on the basis of their availability at the college in a particular country and universities are graded by the countries.
Moving on, according to 'University Ranking' category of QS 2025, Central Queensland University ranks #495, which is improving in comparison to its last year’s ranking, i.e., #551 in 2024. Central Queensland University also ranks #501 in THE 'University Ranking' category 2024. As compared to the last year, Central Queensland University witnessed an improving trend in its THE (Times Higher Education) ranking which stood at #601 in 2023.
Check out more details on Central Queensland University ranking in the below content.
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CQUUS News & World Report Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Global Universities | 1202 | 1095 | 986 |
CQUQS Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World University | 651 | 551 | 495 |
| Medicine | – / – | 601 | – / – |
| Nursing | – / – | 151 | – / – |
CQUTHE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University | 801 | 601 | 501 |
| Clinical and Health | 601 | 401 | 401 |
| Engineering | 601 | 601 | 601 |
| Life Sciences | – / – | – / – | 301 |
| PG Business and Economics | 501 | 401 | 301 |
| PG Computer Science | – / – | – / – | 601 |
| Psychology | 301 | 126 | 201 |
CQUARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2023
| Ranked by | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 151 | 151 | 201 |
CQUCourse Ranking
Shiksha has graded Central Queensland University streams, such as Nursing, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Medicine & Health Sciences with B, C++, and C++ grades, respectively. The availability of multiple rankings on the web can prove to be overwhelming to students looking to study abroad. Hence, Shiksha Study Abroad has launched Shiksha Grading. With it, students will no longer be required to check multiple ranking organisations to know about the performance of a particular university. Just checking Shiksha rating will suffice.
When it comes to global level course rankings of Central Queensland University, the Nursing, Medicine, Psychology, and Life Sciences courses of the university rank well in the rankings by QS and THE. Its Nursing program has been ranked at #151 by QS 2024. Additionally, Central Queensland University ranks well for Medicine course as well. According to QS 2024, the Medicine course ranks at #601 in the 2024.
In the rankings by THE Psychology 2024, Central Queensland University ranks at #201. Know more about Central Queensland University courses and subject rankings in the below article.
MIM
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE (Times Higher Education) - PG Business and Economics | 501 | 401 | 301 |
MS
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Life Sciences | - | - | 301 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - Engineering | 601 | 601 | 601 |
| THE (Times Higher Education) - PG Computer Science | - | - | 601 |
CQUStudents Ratings & Reviews
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 3 months ago
The final decision to study at CQU o Charles Sturt University or Griffith is dependent on students' choice. A comparison of these 3 universities is given below:
Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 months ago
Some of the courses studied by CQ University Australia are:
- Information Technology
- Project Management
- Accounting and Related Services
- Business / Commerce
- Business Administration and Management
- Mechanical Engineering
- Marketing
- Accounting and Finance
- Computer Science
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics
Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 months ago
According to the 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS), given below are the placement rates:
- UG: 86.2%
- PG: 92.6%
The average salary for this university’s graduates and postgraduates is AUD 78,300 (Around INR 43.2 L) and AUD 109,900 (Around INR 61 L) respectively.
Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 months ago
Some of the famous personalities who went to CQ University are given below:
Names | Designation |
|---|---|
Martin Bowles | Healthcare Executive and Former Senior Public Servant |
William McInnes | Actor and Author |
Craig Foster | Retired soccer player, Human Rights Activist, and Sports Analyst |
Craig Zonca | Radio and TV Presenter |
Anna Meares | Olympic Gold-Medal Winning Track Cyclist |
Terry Effeney | Chief Executive Officer at Energex |
Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 months ago
Various sporting opportunities are available at CQ University. Whether students want to compete on behalf of the university or want to try something new, there is something for everyone. Students can represent the university by nominating themselves UniSport Australia events such as Nationals Div 1
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| University City | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
| Size of city | Small |
| Population of City | 80,665 |
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