Bond was named Australia’s top university for teaching in the Australian Financial Review (AFR) Best Universities Ranking in 2024. Bond recorded the highest score of 99, the best in the country. The AFR Best Universities Rankings use public data from the federal government to evaluate a university’s performance.
Rankings and ratings
Students are at the heart of everything we do here at Bond. The student experience informs every decision we make and innovation we create. Our focus on providing a world-class, transformational student experience is consistently reflected in national and international rankings and ratings.
Australia’s best student-to-teacher ratio
Bond is proud to offer Australia’s best student-to-teacher ratio, with just 11 students per 1 teaching staff member*. Students learn in small classes and with the benefit of personal attention from academics and dedicated support staff.
*2025 Good Universities Guide (GUG). The GUG is a trusted independent consumer guide that provides ratings, rankings, comments and information about all Australian higher education institutions.
Bond's teaching is the best in Australia
#1 in Australia for educational experience in more study areas than any other university
Bond ranked #1 in Australia for overall quality of educational experience in more undergraduate study areas than any other university* including:
*The federal government's 2022-23 Student Experience Survey
A five-star education
In the 2023-2026 QS Star ratings, Bond achieved a rating of five stars across several categories including teaching, employability, academic development, internationalisation, facilities, medicine and inclusiveness.
QS Stars is a global rating system providing students with a detailed overview of a university’s excellence. The rating explores program strength, facilities and graduate employability for education institutions across the world.
Standout research
World-class research
For a small university, Bond University’s research capabilities stand up to its large, international counterparts. Bond’s research is rated as world standard or above world standard in a number of disciplines by the Australian Research Council.
These include:
Well above world standard
Public Health and Health Services
Above world standard
Clinical Sciences
World standard
Human Movement and Sports Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
Business and Management
Law and Legal Studies
Times Higher Education (THE) rankings
Small but mighty
Bond ranked 23rd best small university in the world, according to the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) Best Small Universities rankings. The THE Best Small Universities ranking ranks universities with fewer than 5,000 students.
Bond is a university with global impact
Bond is ranked in the top 80 for two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the 2024 (THE) Impact Rankings (SDGs). Bond placed 75th in the world for SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) and 87th in the world for SDG 17 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions). The THE Impact Rankings (SDGs) ranks more than 2,000 universities worldwide in line with the SDGs.
Building tomorrow’s business leaders, one by one
Bond is in the top 2 per cent of business schools in the world, accredited by both AACSB and EQUIS. The University produces more business leaders as a proportion of its alumni than any other Australian university*. The most common job title of Bond Business School graduates is’ Director’.
*2023 survey of LinkedIn data published in the Australian Financial Review. Bond produced 60.6 business leaders per 1,000 alumni.
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