The nation’s top universities revealed

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Find out who shone in research, teaching, career impact and equity, and which one performed best overall in the Financial Review’s 2026 rankings.

here’s a palpable sense of excitement rippling through UNSW Sydney’s sprawling eastern suburbs campus, according to vice chancellor Attila Brungs. “When we start to get momentum, people feel it,” he says. “2026 has been quite extraordinary.”

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