Griffith University

1. Established in 1971 and officially opened in 1975, the University is named in honour of Sir Samuel Griffith (1845-1920), a former Premier and Chief Justice of Queensland and the first Chief Justice of Australia
2. Griffith's Queensland College of Art was established in Brisbane in 1881, followed in 1957 by the Queensland Conservatorium
3. We are home to over 43,000 students from all over the world
4. Griffith offers more than 300 degrees including undergraduate degrees, postgraduate and research degrees
5. We have five campuses: Gold Coast, Logan, Mt Gravatt, Nathan and South Bank
6. More than 120,000 graduates from over 156 countries have passed through our doors
7. Griffith was the first Australian university to offer Environmental science and Asian studies degrees
8. Griffith University is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact - the world's largest voluntary corporate and sustainability initiative 
9. Griffith Business School is recognised by the Aspen Institute's ‘Top 100’ for its leadership in integrating social, environmental and ethical issues into its programs. Our MBA is ranked #27 in the world, which is the highest Australian ranking, in the 2009-2010 Beyond Grey Pinstripes Global Top 100
10. Griffith Business School was the first Australian business school to sign the United Nations principles of responsible management education
11. Griffith University has international accreditation from AACSB International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. This accreditation is considered one of the highest achievements for an educational institution, with less than 5 per cent of the world's business schools receiving the accolade
12. The prestigious QS World University Rankings places Griffith in the top 300 universities in the world, which means we are in the top 5% of universities in the world - as at 8 October 2009
13. We also appear in the top three hundred of these major international rankings:
    • QS World University Subject Rankings (2009) – Social Sciences (200), Arts and Humanities (268), Natural Sciences (294)
    • Global University Rankings (Russia) 256 (2009)
14. Our world leading teaching staff are not just passionate about what they do, they have also been recognised for it with a host of prestigious accolades including numerous Australian Learning and Teaching Council awards
15. Griffith University ranks among Australia's top-10 research universities, according to the latest Excellence in Research for Australia* (ERA) results. Griffith's research is world-standard or better in 18 broad fields of research placing Griffith in the top eight of universities of Australia. See ranking tables (*Based on fields of research at the 4-digit level in the Excellence in Research for Australia 2010 National Report)
16. In 2011, Griffith achieved outstanding funding outcomes from the NHMRC Project Grant round, with 9 new grants totalling almost $5.2 million. This was a substantial increase in both the number of grants and amount of funding awarded to the University under this scheme
17. Griffith was placed in the top eight among Australian universities for social sciences research in the QS World University Rankings. These rankings by subject are based on academic reputation, employer reputation and research citations, with weightings tailored to each subject. Griffith was one of only eight Australian universities to rank in the top 200 in four out of the six disciplines and was ranked in the top 51-100 universities in the world for Politics and International Studies as well as Law, and in the 151-200 range for Sociology and Economics and Econometrics.
18. Griffith achieved a ranking of 7th in Australia and 30th in the Asia-Pacific in the Nature Publishing Index 2010 Asia-Pacific.  The Index ranks more than 450 institutions in the Asia-Pacific region based on the affiliations of authors of research articles appearing in Nature journals in the 2010 calendar year.
19. Griffith University has secured a top 500 position on the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) for the first time (2011). Griffith is only the second university in South East Queensland to make it onto this prestigious list, complementing its top 400 positions on both the QS World University Rankings and the Times HE World University Rankings.  The ARWU was first published in 2003 by the Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and is considered the most reputable and reliable global ranking of research performance.  
    

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