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AUSTRALIA

Group of Eight

Australia's leading research-intensive universities.

🏆 Current Standings

RankUniversityTierRP ScoreGlobal Rank (QS)
#1
University of Sydney
Australia
Challenger
2425
RP
#96
#2
University of Melbourne
Australia
Grandmaster
2395
RP
#97.2
#3
University of Queensland
Australia
Grandmaster
2345
RP
#95.2
#4
Australian National University
Australia
Master
2253
RP
#94.4

📰 Latest Stories from Group of Eight

University of Melbourne2/20/2026

Meanjin saved by Queensland University of Technology after shock cancellation - Honi Soit

[Beta AI] A negative issue has been detected.

Impact: -1.5 RP
University of Queensland2/20/2026

Meanjin saved by Queensland University of Technology after shock cancellation - Honi Soit

[Beta AI] A negative issue has been detected.

Impact: -1.5 RP
Australian National University2/20/2026

Australia's happiness crisis could cost us our global mojo - The University of Melbourne

[Beta AI] A negative issue has been detected.

Impact: -1.5 RP
University of Melbourne2/19/2026

University of Melbourne and National University of Samoa form partnership for a resilient Pacific - The University of Melbourne

[Beta AI] A positive trend has been detected.

Impact: +1 RP
University of Sydney2/18/2026

Colonists dredged away Sydney’s natural oyster reefs. Now science knows how best to restore them. - EurekAlert!

[Beta AI] A positive trend has been detected.

Impact: +1 RP
Australian National University2/18/2026

Postdoctoral Fellow, Research School of Chemistry job with AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (ANU) | 407598 - Times Higher Education

[Beta AI] A positive trend has been detected.

Impact: +1 RP
University of Queensland2/17/2026

Moving biopesticides through plants opens new opportunities - UQ News

[Beta AI] General university news.

Impact: 0 RP
University of Sydney2/17/2026

A shocking example of dangerous ignorance and hatred is highlighted, where activists at Sydney University, during an LGBTQ event, called to 'globalise the intifada' and 'Queers for Gaza'. - facebook.com

[Beta AI] General university news.

Impact: 0 RP

📜 The History of Group of Eight

The "Group of Eight" (Go8) is Australia's equivalent of the Ivy League. The rivalry between the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney is the fiercest—Sydney is Australia's oldest university (1850), while Melbourne (1853) followed closely behind.

This "Sandstone University" rivalry mirrors the Melbourne vs. Sydney city rivalry. ANU, located in the capital Canberra, is the national university focused heavily on research and public policy, offering a third pole of power.