The University of Newcastle has climbed 10 places to sit inside the top 200 on a global ranking of tertiary education institutions.
Newcastle is 197th out of 1604 on the 2021 QS World University Rankings issued on Wednesday.
The rankings, compiled annually by British firm Quacquarelli Symonds, classed Newcastle's research output as "very high", based on the number of papers it had published relative to its size.
Newcastle has climbed inside the top 200 from a ranking 268 in 2014.
In five broad subject areas, Newcastle was ranked 229 for engineering and technology, 321 for arts and humanities, 215 for life sciences and medicine, between 450 and 500 for natural sciences, and 254 for social sciences.
By subject, it ranked between 50 and 100 for civil engineering, and between 100 and 150 for architecture, education and medicine.
Its nursing degree, offered on relatively few campuses worldwide, was ranked 38th, one of 10 Australian universities in the top 50.
Vice-chancellor Professor Alex Zelinsky said in a statement that the jump from No.207 last year to inside the top 200 reflected the university's focus on excellence.
"Our sector is facing a number of unprecedented external challenges and the University of Newcastle itself has dealt with bushfires, droughts as well as a pandemic affecting our students, staff and communities in the past year," Professor Zelinsky said.
"What this outstanding result shows is that, despite these external impacts, our teaching, research and academic staff have continued to deliver inspiring and innovative programs for our students and lead critical research breakthroughs."
The Newcastle Heraldreported on Tuesday that the university was well placed to deal with the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic compared with most other tertiary institutions in Australia.
Its annual report showed it had $570 million in investment and cash reserves.
